Systematic Debugging

Part of klh/skills — personal agent skills by Klaus L. Hougesen. Install: npx skills add klh/skills --skill klh-systematic-debugging

Overview

Four-phase debugging methodology with root cause analysis. Emphasizes NO FIXES WITHOUT ROOT CAUSE FIRST.

When to Use

• When investigating bugs or troubleshooting unexpected behavior
• When fixing test failures

Core Principle

NO FIXES WITHOUT ROOT CAUSE INVESTIGATION FIRST.

Never apply symptom-focused patches that mask underlying problems. Understand WHY something fails before attempting to fix it.