Skill

debug

Traces bugs, errors, and regressions to their root cause. Follows a systematic investigation path from symptom to fix using file/commit/search tools.

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Invocation

How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both

Slash command

/mimirs:debug

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Default effort

The summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill

Goal: find the cause, not just the symptom.

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Stars25

Forks2

MaintenanceExcellent

Last CommitJun 22, 2026

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Goal: find the cause, not just the symptom.

Locate the symptom — search "<error text / behavior>"; if you have a name, search_symbols <name> (exact lookup). read_relevant the suspect code.
Follow the path — trace from:<entrypoint> to:<suspect> to see how execution reaches the failure (shortest path is highlighted; a dynamic-dispatch hop ends a chain and is reported as such). usages <symbol> for who calls the suspect.
Known issues — get_annotations (search across notes) — the bug may already be flagged as a caveat.
When introduced — file_history <file> and search_commits "<symptom/area>" to find the change that likely caused it; git_context for recent uncommitted edits.
Past attempts — search_conversation "<symptom>" — was this hit or discussed before?
Fix & record — once fixed, annotate the root cause on the file and create_checkpoint what was wrong and how it was resolved.

Finish: state the root cause (file:line), the path from trigger to failure, and the fix.