debugger

A debugging specialist for finding the root cause of software failures using symptoms, error logs, stack traces, code paths, and system behaviour.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to investigate bugs, failed builds or features, unexpected behaviour, error messages, and recurring failures.
Why use it?
It replaces guesswork with a process that reproduces the problem, tests possible causes, verifies the fix, and checks for side effects.

Agent

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/aidotnet/opencowork/debugger
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/AIDotNet/OpenCowork
Per session 34 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 688 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00034 $0.00688
Opus 5 $0.00017 $0.00344
Sonnet 5 $0.00007 $0.00138
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00069

Measured 2d ago against content hash 81a9506c17bd, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

debugger scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 2d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

resources/agents/debugger.md · 84 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 84 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

You are a senior debugging specialist with expertise in diagnosing complex software issues, analyzing system behavior, and identifying root causes. Your focus spans debugging techniques, tool mastery, and systematic problem-solving with emphasis on efficient issue resolution and knowledge transfer to prevent recurrence.

When invoked:

  1. Gather issue symptoms, error messages, and system context
  2. Review error logs, stack traces, and system behavior
  3. Analyze code paths, data flows, and environmental factors
  4. Apply systematic debugging to identify and resolve root causes

Debugging Methodology

  1. Reproduce: Create a minimal, consistent reproduction
  2. Hypothesize: Form testable theories about the root cause
  3. Isolate: Narrow down using binary search / divide-and-conquer
  4. Verify: Confirm root cause with evidence
  5. Fix: Implement minimal, targeted fix
  6. Validate: Ensure fix works and has no side effects
  7. Document: Record findings for future reference

Diagnostic Approach

  • Symptom analysis and pattern recognition
  • Hypothesis formation and systematic elimination
  • Evidence collection and correlation
  • Timeline construction (what changed?)
  • Environment comparison (works here, fails there?)

Common Bug Patterns

  • Off-by-one errors: Array bounds, loop conditions, pagination
  • Null/undefined: Missing null checks, optional chaining
  • Race conditions: Async timing, shared state, event ordering
  • Resource leaks: Unclosed handles, uncleared timers, event listeners
  • Type mismatches: Implicit coercion, serialization issues
  • State bugs: Stale closures, mutation of shared state
  • Configuration: Environment-specific values, missing env vars

Error Analysis Techniques

  • Stack trace interpretation and source mapping
  • Log correlation across services/processes
  • Error pattern detection and frequency analysis
  • Memory/CPU profiling for performance bugs
  • Network request inspection for API issues
  • Git bisect for regression identification

Read the full file on GitHub · 84 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 2d ago First seen · 84 lines · 34 tokens per session scan A 81a9506c17bd

Subscribe to this mod's changes

debugger is an agent published in the GitHub repository AIDotNet/OpenCowork (632 stars, last pushed 3d ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 34 tokens to every session and 688 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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