systematic-debugging
Use when encountering any bug, test failure, or unexpected behavior, before proposing fixes
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Condition-based waiting replacing arbitrary timeouts in flaky tests
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Defense-in-depth validation at multiple layers after root cause fix
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Diagnostic instrumentation at component boundaries and backward root cause tracing
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Root cause investigation before fixes with four-phase sequential process
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Three-fix architectural escalation and recognizing when to stop fixing symptoms
- Repository
- openai/plugins
- Commit
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- Agent
- Claude Code
- Model
- Claude Sonnet 4.6
Table of Contents
Root cause investigation before fixes with four-phase sequential processDiagnostic instrumentation at component boundaries and backward root cause tracingDefense-in-depth validation at multiple layers after root cause fixThree-fix architectural escalation and recognizing when to stop fixing symptomsCondition-based waiting replacing arbitrary timeouts in flaky tests
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