Systematic Debugging
Systematic Debugging is an agent skill published by obra, listed under review & testing. It lives in the obra/superpowers-skills repository, which has 756 GitHub stars and is licensed under MIT; we last read it on 2026-09-16.
Four-phase debugging framework that ensures root cause investigation before attempting fixes. Never jump to solutions.
Install
skills is a generic installer for any repository of Claude agent skills -- it reads obra/superpowers-skills’s own structure rather than assuming one, the same way this page reads the skill’s own SKILL.md rather than assuming a format.
npx skills add obra/superpowers-skills
Maintenance
Four-phase debugging framework that ensures root cause investigation before attempting fixes. Never jump to solutions.
Systematic Debugging compared with similar skills
| Skill | Publisher | What it does | Repo stars | Last update |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Systematic Debugging (this page) | obra | Four-phase debugging framework that ensures root cause investigation before attempting fixes. Never jump to s… | 756 | 2025-10-14 |
| Requesting Code Review(same repository) | obra | Dispatch code-reviewer subagent to review implementation against plan or requirements before proceeding | 756 | 2025-10-14 |
| 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 |
| tdd | mattpocock | Test-driven development. Use when the user wants to build features or fix bugs test-first, mentions "red-gree… | 303,549 | 2026-10-22 |
| webapp-testing | anthropic | Toolkit for interacting with and testing local web applications using Playwright. Supports verifying frontend… | 183,845 | 2026-10-09 |
| browser-testing-with-devtools | 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 |
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 Systematic Debugging
- What does Systematic Debugging do?
- Four-phase debugging framework that ensures root cause investigation before attempting fixes. Never jump to solutions.
- How do I install Systematic Debugging?
- Run npx skills add obra/superpowers-skills. The skills installer reads the repository’s own structure, so it works for any repository of agent skills.
- Who publishes Systematic Debugging?
- obra.
- Is Systematic Debugging maintained, and what licence does it use?
- Its repository has 756 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2025-10-14. The repository declares the MIT licence.
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- vitestby antfu
- webapp-testingby anthropic