obra/superpowers

systematic-debugging

Keeps an agent in a root-cause investigation loop before it starts patching symptoms.

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GitHub stars: 280,462

Install this skill

$ npx skills add https://github.com/obra/superpowers --skill systematic-debugging

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Skill overview

Systematic Debugging, in plain English

Keeps an agent in a root-cause investigation loop before it starts patching symptoms.

This skill is a strong fit for intermittent failures, regressions, and multi-component bugs where plausible guesses are expensive.Instead of explaining the workflow from scratch each time, you can install it once and give your AI assistant a consistent way to approach the job.

What it helps your AI do

Separates evidence gathering, pattern analysis, hypothesis testing, and implementation.
Encourages tracing data and call paths across component boundaries.
Treats repeated failed fixes as a signal to revisit the model of the problem.

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