Bug Fix Protocol

Purpose

Turn a bug report into a merged fix without introducing a second bug. The protocol is deliberately rigid: it exists to prevent the two most common failures — fixing the symptom, and fixing the cause without proving it.

When to Use

• Any reported defect with a reproducible symptom.
• A regression discovered in CI or production.
• A hotfix under time pressure — especially then.

Capabilities

• Reproduction and minimization.
• Root-cause isolation (see the debugging skill for the search method).
• Minimal, targeted fixes with regression tests.
• Blast-radius assessment for the same class of defect elsewhere.