Break AI Fix Loops

Replace patch-and-retry behavior with a bounded, evidence-producing repair. Treat a changed patch as progress only when an observable state changes.

When to Use This Skill

Use when an AI coding agent cycles through similar patches without changing the observed failure.
Use when a focused test passes but the installed, deployed, UI, API, persistence, or other real execution path still fails.
Use when a repair claim needs a verifier that can reject a known-bad state and a rollback that has actually restored the baseline on a disposable copy.
Do not use for a one-shot, already-understood edit whose acceptance check directly exercises the complete claimed behavior.

Before the first edit, record: