Fix Your Broken AI

Systematic approach to diagnosing and fixing AI features that aren't working.

Step 1 — Gather context

Before debugging, ask the user:

1. What error message or unexpected behavior are you seeing? (paste the traceback or describe the output)
2. Did this work before, or is it a new feature that has never worked?
3. Are you using an optimizer, or is this a zero-shot / few-shot program?
4. What LM provider and model are you using?

Step 2 — Quick Diagnostic Checklist

1. Is the AI provider configured?

import dspy