issue-tracer

What problem does it solve?

This Skill eliminates the risk of unverified, root-cause-unproven bug fixes that lead to recurring issues, broken production behavior, and wasted engineering time by enforcing a strict evidence-first tracing and validation workflow for GitHub issues, bug reports, regressions, and failing tests.

Core Features & Use Cases

• End-to-end issue tracing: Takes a reported issue from intake to PR closure with full, auditable evidence capture at every phase.
• Structured root-cause localization: Uses trace-driven, semantic, and hypothesis-driven playbooks to pinpoint exact code locations and triggering conditions for bugs.
• Gated quality checks: Includes independent critic reviews, implementation reviews, and final critic gates to ensure fixes address root causes, not just visible symptoms.
• Use Case: Engineering teams working on OpenCode or similar AI coding tools can use this Skill to resolve high-risk bugs, regressions, or failing tests with production-ready fixes that pass all required validation and invariant checks.

Quick Start

Use the issue-tracer skill to investigate the linked GitHub bug report, identify the exact root cause, and prepare a verified fix with full evidence and test coverage.