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thananon/9arm-skills

A disciplined framework for systematic debugging and engineering post-mortems
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TL;DR

This collection provides a structured approach to resolving software defects. It guides engineers through a four-step debugging mantra—reproduction, path tracing, hypothesis falsification, and breadcrumb cross-referencing—to ensure fixes are based on evidence rather than intuition.

Beyond the fix, the tools facilitate the creation of canonical engineering records. These post-mortems document the root cause and mechanism of a failure, providing a formal validation record before a ticket is closed.

WHO IT'S FOR
Software engineers
applying a disciplined debugging framework
Technical leads / architects
standardizing root cause analysis documentation
AI agent power users
optimizing LLM token usage for mechanical tasks
Backend / infrastructure engineers
automating boilerplate and log summarization
Repository contents

6 skill files

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