Systematic Debugging

Walks Claude through a structured root-cause process instead of guessing at fixes.

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name: systematic-debugging description: Use when Walks Claude through a structured root-cause process instead of guessing at fixes.

Systematic Debugging

Systematic Debugging, from obra/superpowers, gives Claude a repeatable debugging framework: reproduce, isolate, form a hypothesis, test it, and only then patch, which cuts down on the guess-and-check fixes AI coding tools tend to produce.

What you get

  • A structured reproduce-isolate-hypothesize-fix debugging framework.

Customize your output

  • Adjust the framework for a different language or stack.

Example output

A root-caused fix along with the reasoning trail that led to it.

Best for

Developers frustrated by AI tools that patch symptoms instead of causes.

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SKILL.md
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name: systematic-debugging
description: Use when Walks Claude through a structured root-cause process instead of guessing at fixes.
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# Systematic Debugging

Systematic Debugging, from obra/superpowers, gives Claude a repeatable debugging framework: reproduce, isolate, form a hypothesis, test it, and only then patch, which cuts down on the guess-and-check fixes AI coding tools tend to produce.

## What you get

- A structured reproduce-isolate-hypothesize-fix debugging framework.

## Customize your output

- Adjust the framework for a different language or stack.

## Example output

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