debugging-and-error-recovery
debugging-and-error-recovery is an agent skill published by addyosmani, listed under review & testing. It lives in the addyosmani/agent-skills repository, which has 110,611 GitHub stars and is licensed under MIT; we last read it on 2026-09-16.
Guides systematic root-cause debugging. Use when tests fail, builds break, something that worked yesterday broke, behavior doesn't match expectations, or you encounter any unexpected error. Use when you need to figure out what broke and why — a systematic approach to finding and fixing the root cause rather than guessing.
Install
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Guides systematic root-cause debugging. Use when tests fail, builds break, something that worked yesterday broke, behavior doesn't match expectations, or you encounter any unexpected error. Use when you need to figure out what broke and why — a systematic approach to finding and fixing the root cause rather than guessing.
debugging-and-error-recovery compared with similar skills
| Skill | Publisher | What it does | Repo stars | Last update |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| debugging-and-error-recovery (this page) | addyosmani | Guides systematic root-cause debugging. Use when tests fail, builds break, something that worked yesterday br… | 110,611 | 2026-10-13 |
| browser-testing-with-devtools(same repository) | addyosmani | Tests in real browsers via Chrome DevTools MCP. Use when building or debugging anything that runs in a browse… | 110,611 | 2026-10-13 |
| code-review-and-quality(same repository) | addyosmani | Conducts multi-axis code review. Use before merging any change. Use when reviewing code written by yourself,… | 110,611 | 2026-10-13 |
| code-simplification(same repository) | addyosmani | Simplifies code for clarity. Use when refactoring code for clarity without changing behavior. Use when code w… | 110,611 | 2026-10-13 |
| doubt-driven-development(same repository) | addyosmani | Subjects every non-trivial decision to a fresh-context adversarial review before it stands. Use when you want… | 110,611 | 2026-10-13 |
| code-review | mattpocock | Review the changes since a fixed point (commit, branch, tag, or merge-base) along two axes: Standards (does t… | 303,549 | 2026-10-22 |
| scaffold-exercises | mattpocock | Create exercise directory structures with sections, problems, solutions, and explainers that pass linting. Us… | 303,549 | 2026-10-22 |
Skills from the same repository first, then others for this job by repository stars. Figures are from each repository when we last read it.
Common questions about debugging-and-error-recovery
- What does debugging-and-error-recovery do?
- Guides systematic root-cause debugging. Use when tests fail, builds break, something that worked yesterday broke, behavior doesn't match expectations, or you encounter any unexpected error. Use when you need to figure out what broke and why — a systematic approach to finding and fixing the root cause rather than guessing.
- How do I install debugging-and-error-recovery?
- Run npx skills add addyosmani/agent-skills. The skills installer reads the repository’s own structure, so it works for any repository of agent skills.
- Who publishes debugging-and-error-recovery?
- addyosmani.
- Is debugging-and-error-recovery maintained, and what licence does it use?
- Its repository has 110,611 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2026-10-13. The repository declares the MIT licence.
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