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systematic-debugging

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Root-cause debugging through the vendored superpowers systematic-debugging procedure, with findings routed into KNOWLEDGE.md and DECISIONS.md. Use when hitting a bug, a failing test, flaky behaviour or any unexpected output, before proposing a fix. Not for a one-line fix with an obvious, already-known cause (quick-task).

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The file

We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent

4 rules. 0 are common, 2 are distinctive, and 2 are very specific to this project.

  • 0

    Common

    Most of the 177 edited versions we read keep these.

  • 2

    Distinctive

    This author's own choices. Worth a look.

  • 2

    Very specific

    Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.

  • Common
  • Distinctive
  • Very specific
  1. Distinctive:

    After the vendored procedure completes:

    line 53
  2. Very specific:

    If HAS_YTSTACK=yes and the root cause reveals a project-level pattern (e.g.

    line 54
  3. Very specific:

    If the root cause forces an architectural decision (e.g.

    line 55
  4. Distinctive:

    If the root cause relates to an active task, reference it in the task-plan body so future sessions see the context.

    line 56

“Common” is measured: kept by at least 6 in 10 of the 177 edited versions of this file we could read. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.

Keep what fits and drop the rest. Your version, ready for your agents.
Files
SKILL.md

ytstack:systematic-debugging

Thin wrapper around the vendored superpowers systematic-debugging skill (vendor/superpowers/skills/systematic-debugging/SKILL.md). Injects ytstack project context, then inlines the vendored procedure verbatim. Findings are routed into ytstack artifacts. Vendor is single source of truth.

ytstack context (resolved at render time)

# ytstack resolver (M016): checkout = where this shell runs, via the shared lib.
_LIB="${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../hooks/lib/git-ctx.sh"
if [ -f "$_LIB" ]; then
  . "$_LIB"; yt_git_ctx "$PWD"; yt_resolve_yt_dir >/dev/null
  _PROJECT_DIR="$YT_TOPLEVEL"; _YT_DIR="$YT_DIR"; _YT_SCOPE="$YT_SCOPE"; _IS_GIT="$YT_IS_GIT"; _PROJECT_KEY="$YT_REPO_KEY"
else
  # Host did not substitute CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR (e.g. Codex adapter): project scope only.
  _IS_GIT=$([ "$(git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree 2>/dev/null)" = true ] && echo yes || echo no)
  _PROJECT_DIR=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || pwd -P)
  _YT_DIR=""; _YT_SCOPE=none; _PROJECT_KEY=""
  [ -d "$_PROJECT_DIR/.ytstack" ] && { _YT_DIR="$_PROJECT_DIR/.ytstack"; _YT_SCOPE=project; }
fi
cd "$_PROJECT_DIR" 2>/dev/null || true
_PROJECT_SLUG=$(basename "$_PROJECT_DIR")
_M=none; _T=none
if [ -n "$_YT_DIR" ] && [ -f "$_YT_DIR/STATE.md" ]; then
  _M=$(sed -n 's/^current_milestone: *//p' "$_YT_DIR/STATE.md" | head -1)
  _T=$(sed -n 's/^active_task: *//p' "$_YT_DIR/STATE.md" | head -1)
fi
echo "HAS_YTSTACK: $([ -n "$_YT_DIR" ] && echo yes || echo no)"
echo "YT_DIR: $_YT_DIR"
echo "CURRENT_MILESTONE: $_M"
echo "ACTIVE_TASK: $_T"

ytstack invocation notes

You are invoked inside a ytstack project (or without -- systematic-debugging is useful outside ytstack too). The Iron Law from the vendored skill holds: no fixes until root cause is identified.

HARD-GATE: none. Debugging may happen before ytstack is initialized.

After the vendored procedure completes:

  • If HAS_YTSTACK=yes and the root cause reveals a project-level pattern (e.g. "config race between env-vars and config.json reads that will recur elsewhere"), append to KNOWLEDGE.md under ## Gotchas or ## Lessons learned.
  • If the root cause forces an architectural decision (e.g. "we must enforce X pattern across all future modules"), append to DECISIONS.md in append-only format.
  • If the root cause relates to an active task, reference it in the task-plan body so future sessions see the context.

Vendored procedure (inlined verbatim)

cat "${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../vendor/superpowers/skills/systematic-debugging/SKILL.md"

Namespace note (ytstack)

The text above is upstream superpowers content (v7.0.2) rendered inside ytstack. Read superpowers:<skill> as ytstack:<skill> (superpowers:verification-before-completion is ytstack:verification-before-completion, superpowers:test-driven-development is ytstack:test-driven-development) and invoke the ytstack-namespaced skill via the Skill tool. Relative links resolve under vendor/superpowers/skills/systematic-debugging/ in the ytstack plugin directory (${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../vendor/superpowers/skills/systematic-debugging/); read them from there when you need them.

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