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debuggingtools

smalltalk-debugger

Systematic debugging guide for Pharo Smalltalk development. Provides expertise in error diagnosis (MessageNotUnderstood, KeyNotFound, SubscriptOutOfBounds, AssertionFailure), incremental code execution with eval tool, intermediate value inspection, error handling patterns (on:do: blocks), stack trace analysis, UI debugger window detection (read_screen for hung operations), and debug-fix-reimport workflow. Use when encountering Pharo test failures, Smalltalk exceptions, unexpected behavior, timeout or non-responsive operations, need to verify intermediate values, execute code incrementally for diagnosis, or troubleshoot Tonel import errors.

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Updated 1/17/2026
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quick start

Installation and usage

Systematic debugging guide for Pharo Smalltalk development. Provides expertise in error diagnosis (MessageNotUnderstood, KeyNotFound, SubscriptOutOfBounds, AssertionFailure), incremental code execution with eval tool, intermediate value inspection, error handling patterns (on:do: blocks), stack trace analysis, UI debugger window detection (read_screen for hung operations), and debug-fix-reimport workflow. Use when encountering Pharo test failures, Smalltalk exceptions, unexpected behavior, timeout or non-responsive operations, need to verify intermediate values, execute code incrementally for diagnosis, or troubleshoot Tonel import errors.

Installation
$ install --globalskills.sh
Usage

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

skills use smalltalk-debugger