systematic-debugging
by obra (GitHub) in obra/superpowers
What it does
Use when encountering any bug, test failure, or unexpected behavior, before proposing fixes
Quoted from the skill's SKILL.md under its MIT license.
Install
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/obra/superpowers.git /tmp/superpowers mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/ cp -r /tmp/superpowers/skills/systematic-debugging ~/.claude/skills/systematic-debugging
The command copies the skill from the author's repo. SkillTrove does not host it.
Files
- CREATION-LOG.md
- SKILL.md
- condition-based-waiting-example.ts
- condition-based-waiting.md
- defense-in-depth.md
- find-polluter.sh
- root-cause-tracing.md
- test-academic.md
- test-pressure-1.md
- test-pressure-2.md
- test-pressure-3.md
Source: https://github.com/obra/superpowers/tree/main/skills/systematic-debugging. Checked 2026-10-13.
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