Agent Skills: investigate-root-cause

Use for root cause analysis of bugs or issues. Systematically investigates problems to identify underlying causes.

UncategorizedID: resolve-io/.prism/investigate-root-cause

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pnpm dlx add-skill https://github.com/resolve-io/.prism/tree/HEAD/plugins/prism-devtools/skills/investigate-root-cause

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Skill Metadata

Name
investigate-root-cause
Description
Systematically investigate bugs to find root cause via code analysis, git history, and error tracing.

investigate-root-cause

Deep investigation to find the root cause of a validated customer issue using code analysis and debugging.

Steps

  1. Review validation evidence (errors, screenshots, console logs)
  2. Search codebase for error signatures using Grep/search tools
  3. Analyze code flow from user action through call chain to failure
  4. Check recent git history for changes to affected files
  5. Identify root cause with file/line location and impact assessment
  6. Document findings: root cause report + recommended fix approach

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