Systematic Debugging

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name: systematic-debugging
description: "Use when encountering any bug, test failure, or unexpected behavior, before proposing fixes"
metadata:
  sources:
    - kind: github-file
      repo: obra/superpowers
      path: skills/systematic-debugging/SKILL.md
      commit: 1128a721ca3b7fd76bf12e8392cdeb89cfcfcf2a
      attribution: Jesse Vincent
      license: MIT
      usage: referenced
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4-phase root cause investigation — includes root-cause-tracing, defense-in-depth, and condition-based-waiting techniques. Find the cause before proposing a fix.