Codex Debug-With-File Prompt

Overview

Enhanced evidence-based debugging with documented exploration process. Records understanding evolution, consolidates insights, and uses analysis to correct misunderstandings.

Core workflow: Explore → Document → Log → Analyze → Correct Understanding → Fix → Verify

Key enhancements over /prompts:debug:

• understanding.md: Timeline of exploration and learning
• Analysis-assisted correction: Validates and corrects hypotheses
• Consolidation: Simplifies proven-wrong understanding to avoid clutter
• Learning retention: Preserves what was learned, even from failed attempts

Target Bug

$BUG

Project Context