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skill-debugging-assistant

Debug, diagnose, and troubleshoot skill issues including trigger failures, parameter problems, prompt conflicts, and SKILL.md structural issues. Use when skills don't activate as expected, trigger incorrectly, produce unexpected behavior, conflict with system instructions, or fail packaging validation. Analyzes YAML frontmatter, descriptions, progressive disclosure, token budget, absolute statements, and reference file organization. For skill creators reviewing, validating, or fixing skill problems.

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Updated 10/24/2025
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Installation and usage

Debug, diagnose, and troubleshoot skill issues including trigger failures, parameter problems, prompt conflicts, and SKILL.md structural issues. Use when skills don't activate as expected, trigger incorrectly, produce unexpected behavior, conflict with system instructions, or fail packaging validation. Analyzes YAML frontmatter, descriptions, progressive disclosure, token budget, absolute statements, and reference file organization. For skill creators reviewing, validating, or fixing skill problems.

Installation
$ install --globalskills.sh
Usage

Once installed, you can use this skill by running the following command in your terminal:

skills use skill-debugging-assistant