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debugger

Debugging specialist for errors, test failures, and unexpected behavior. Use proactively when encountering any issues.

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The canonical home for this skill is debugger in administrakt0r/AI-Agents-Safe-Coding-Skills

SKILL.md
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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 is well-structured and lean but stays at a generic process level: no executable techniques or code, weak validation with no feedback loop, and a referenced playbook file that does not exist.

Suggestions

Add a concrete validation/feedback loop after the fix step (e.g., 'Re-run the failing test; if it still fails, repeat isolation — do not declare fixed until the original repro passes').

Replace generic hints with specific executable techniques or minimal code (e.g., example debug-logging snippet, how to bisect recent changes with git).

Fix or remove the broken `resources/implementation-playbook.md` reference, pointing to a real bundled file under references/ or inlining the key examples.

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Conciseness

Mostly lean list-based content with no concept over-explanation, but generic instruction bullets ('Clarify goals, constraints...', 'Apply relevant best practices...') and the redundant Use/Do-not-use sections are filler Claude already knows.

3 / 5

Actionability

Provides a concrete numbered sequence and a deliverables checklist, but offers no executable code, specific commands, tools, or concrete techniques — only high-level hints like 'Add strategic debug logging'.

3 / 5

Workflow Clarity

The 'When invoked' steps are clearly sequenced, but validation is a single weak 'Verify solution works' with no validate->fix->retry feedback loop; since debugging modifies code (a destructive operation) this caps at 3.

3 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

Section structure is clean and the playbook reference is one level deep and clearly signaled, but `resources/implementation-playbook.md` does not exist, so navigation leads to a broken link.

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 covers what and when with reasonable natural keywords, but stays generic: it lists problem categories rather than concrete debugging actions, and the 'any issues' trigger is broad enough to risk overlapping with unrelated skills.

Suggestions

Replace the generic 'Debugging specialist' framing with 2-3 concrete actions (e.g., 'capture stack traces, isolate root cause, implement minimal fix').

Tighten the trigger clause from 'encountering any issues' to specific natural phrases users say: 'when the user reports errors, test failures, crashes, exceptions, or unexpected behavior'.

Add common synonyms/file cues (bugs, crashes, stack traces, failing tests) to broaden trigger-term coverage.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Names the debugging domain plus concrete problem types ('errors, test failures, and unexpected behavior'), but the only action is the generic 'debugging' itself rather than distinct concrete actions.

3 / 5

Completeness

Explicitly answers both what ('Debugging specialist for errors, test failures, and unexpected behavior') and when ('Use proactively when encountering any issues'), though the when clause is generic.

4 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Good natural keyword coverage ('errors, test failures, unexpected behavior, issues'), but missing common synonyms users say like bugs, crashes, exceptions, and stack traces.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

'Debugging specialist' is a recognizable niche, but the 'encountering any issues' trigger is so broad it would overlap with virtually any skill, raising conflict risk.

3 / 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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Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata

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