Guide hypothesis-driven bug investigations across local, staging, or production environments.
npx skills add https://github.com/TimLai666/skills --skill investigate-timlai666
Please help me install this Agent Skill. Skill: investigate Source: https://github.com/TimLai666/skills/tree/main/investigate Command: npx skills add https://github.com/TimLai666/skills --skill investigate-timlai666
This Skill provides a structured approach to debugging by enforcing a root-cause-first mindset and documenting evidence before attempting fixes.
Run the investigation workflow to begin formulating hypotheses and validating them with cheap tests.
High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.
Hypothesis-driven debugging is a structured root-cause analysis approach that formulates plausible hypotheses, cheaply tests them, and traces data flow before applying fixes. Use it to systematically resolve complex bugs across local, staging, or production environments.
To find a root cause safely, you must understand symptoms, formulate three ranked hypotheses, run non-destructive tests to validate them, and trace data flow. Explicit root-cause determination is required before any fix attempts to ensure accountability.
The best way to structure a bug investigation workflow is to enforce a step-by-step trace, rank hypotheses by likelihood, document evidence, and log outcomes. This maintains accountability and ensures rigorous root-cause analysis before fixes.
You should escalate a bug investigation after three failed fix attempts. The structured workflow enforces this limit and maintains a clear log of tested hypotheses and traced data flow to provide accountability for the escalation.
Yes, this structured debugging workflow supports investigations across local, staging, and production environments. It guides you through formulating hypotheses and running cheap, non-destructive tests to validate them safely in any environment.
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