Debug
Reproduce, minimize, localize, identify root cause, and distinguish diagnosis from an...
Install
npx skills add codewhale-hq/Codewhale --skill debug -g -a claude-code -y- Repository
- codewhale-hq/Codewhale41.2k
- Category
- Engineering
- Updated
- 3d ago
- License
- MIT
- Context cost
- Lightabout 145 tokens
- Runs scripts
- No, instructions only
What it does
Reproduce, minimize, localize, identify root cause, and distinguish diagnosis from an authorized fix. Prefer root-cause over symptom patches.
Debug
When to use
Use for failures, flakes, wrong outputs, crashes, and regressions.
Non-goals
- Do not jump to a fix before reproduction/localization when the bug is unclear.
- Do not treat “run all tests” as debugging by default.
Workflow
- Reproduce or gather the strongest available failure signal.
- Minimize the case.
- Localize to component/file/line.
- State root cause vs symptoms.
- Fix only when authorized; otherwise hand back a diagnosis with evidence.
Output shape
- Symptom
- Reproduction
- Localization
- Root cause
- Fix status / next step
