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bug-detective

This skill should be used when the user asks to "debug this", "fix this error", "investigate this bug", "troubleshoot this issue", "find the problem", "something is broken", "this isn't working", "why is this failing", or reports errors/exceptions/bugs. Provides systematic debugging workflow and common error patterns.

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

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Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

The body delivers a well-structured debugging workflow with executable Bash examples and a useful checklist, but it underperforms on actionability and progressive disclosure: the Python/JS pattern sections are empty stubs, inlined content duplicates reference files, and referenced example files are missing.

Suggestions

Fill the empty Python and JavaScript 'Common Error Patterns' subsections with concrete, actionable guidance (or remove the stub headers and point to the corresponding reference files instead).

Move the inlined Bash pattern examples into references/shell-errors.md and replace them with a brief summary plus a pointer, avoiding duplication of reference content.

Either create the referenced examples/ directory files (debugging-workflow.py, error-handling-patterns.py, debugging-workflow.sh) or remove those references so listed resources all resolve to real files.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

Most sections are reasonably efficient, but the error-type table (Syntax/Import/Type/Attribute...) restates knowledge Claude already has and the inlined Bash pattern section duplicates reference files, adding unnecessary tokens.

3 / 5

Actionability

Bash examples and debugging commands are concrete and executable, but the Python and JavaScript 'Common Error Patterns' sections are just empty header stubs ('### 1. Indentation Errors') with no guidance, leaving key cases without instruction.

3 / 5

Workflow Clarity

The five-step workflow is clearly sequenced with a question template, hypothesis framework, and a pre/during/post debugging checklist including verification in Step 5; only minor validation checkpoints are implicit.

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

Reference files are listed one level deep at the end, but bulk Bash patterns are inlined despite a shell-errors.md reference, and the referenced examples/ directory does not exist, so navigation and content placement are inconsistent.

3 / 5

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Description

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Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

The description is strong: it pairs an explicit trigger clause rich in natural user phrases with a clear statement of what the skill provides. The main gap is specificity of capabilities, which stays generic rather than enumerating concrete debugging techniques.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

It names the debugging domain plus two concrete actions ('Provides systematic debugging workflow and common error patterns'), but does not enumerate the specific techniques it offers, so coverage is not comprehensive.

3 / 5

Completeness

It explicitly answers both 'what' ('Provides systematic debugging workflow and common error patterns') and 'when' (a long 'Use when...' trigger clause), satisfying the top anchor.

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

It lists a broad set of natural phrases users would actually say ('debug this', 'fix this error', 'something is broken', 'this isn't working', 'why is this failing') plus the category 'errors/exceptions/bugs', giving comprehensive synonym coverage.

5 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The debugging niche is clear with distinct triggers and minimal conflict risk, but the domain still lightly overlaps with general code-writing skills, so it sits just below the top anchor.

4 / 5

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Validation

93%

Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation15 / 16 Passed

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15

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16

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Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar
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