Debugger (Node.js)

Why: Runtime bugs -- silent failures, wrong variable values, race conditions -- cannot always be diagnosed from code alone. This skill gives you a real debugger (breakpoints, variable inspection, expression evaluation) instead of scattering console.log and guessing. You use the Debug Adapter Protocol (DAP) via vscode-node-debug2 to pause execution and inspect actual state.

Hard constraints: Requires the top-coder-ai-skills-debugger Python package. All commands go through scripts/debug.py. Never leave a debug session running after you are done -- always call stop.

Setup (before first use)

Install the package in the environment used to run the script (globally or in the project):

• Global (recommended for skills):
  pip install top-coder-ai-skills-debugger
  or for the current user only: pip install --user top-coder-ai-skills-debugger

• Project (if using uv):
  uv add top-coder-ai-skills-debugger