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kiro-debug

Investigate implementation failures using root-cause-first debugging. Use when an implementer is blocked, verification fails, or repeated remediation does not converge.

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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.

A well-structured, actionable debugging methodology that sequences its steps clearly and assumes Claude's intelligence; the main improvements are removing the duplicated category list and making the validation/retry loop more explicit.

Suggestions

Deduplicate the root-cause category enum, which currently appears both in 'Method step 4' and in the 'Output Format' block.

Make the validate-fix-retry feedback loop explicit (e.g., after VERIFICATION fails, re-classify and re-plan) rather than leaving it implicit in NEXT_ACTION.

Trim or condense the 'Common Rationalizations' table if the same guard is already enforced by the 'Critical Rule' section to reduce redundancy.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The body is mostly lean structured lists and assumes Claude's competence, but the category list is duplicated between step 4 and the Output Format and the Rationalizations table lightly pads.

4 / 5

Actionability

Concrete, specific guidance throughout — exact files to inspect, a fixed category enum, and a copy-ready output template — with only minor gaps typical of a methodology skill.

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

Six numbered method steps are clearly sequenced with decision branches (RETRY/BLOCK/STOP) and a VERIFICATION checkpoint, though the validate-fix-retry loop is somewhat implicit rather than explicit.

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

No bundle files exist and none are needed; the single file is well-organized into clear sections and stays appropriately self-contained, with only minor organization redundancy.

4 / 5

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Description

82%Weight 40%Scale 1-5

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

A tight, well-targeted description that clearly states both capability and trigger conditions with distinct, low-conflict triggers; its only weakness is listing a single method rather than several concrete actions.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Names the domain ('implementation failures') and a concrete action ('Investigate ... using root-cause-first debugging'), but lists only one method rather than several specific actions.

3 / 5

Completeness

Explicitly answers both what ('Investigate implementation failures using root-cause-first debugging') and when (the 'Use when ...' clause with concrete triggers).

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

'Use when an implementer is blocked, verification fails, or repeated remediation does not converge' provides good natural trigger phrases a user would say, though a few common synonyms are missing.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The root-cause-first debugging niche with triggers like 'remediation does not converge' is clearly distinct from general coding skills and unlikely to fire for the wrong skill.

5 / 5

Total

17

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20

Passed

Validation

87%

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Validation — 14 / 16 Passed

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Total

14

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16

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