systematic-debugger

systematic-debugger is an agent for Claude Code from PostHog/posthog-foss. It costs 354 tokens per session (799 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

An expert assistant for methodically finding the causes of bugs, errors, performance problems, and unexpected software behaviour.

In plain words
What is it for?
It is for analysing errors, tracing data through code, reproducing failures, and verifying robust fixes.
Why use it?
It replaces guesswork with evidence, reproducible examples, and step-by-step checks of likely causes.

Agent for Claude Code

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/posthog/posthog-foss/systematic-debugger
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/PostHog/posthog-foss

Made for: Claude Code.

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Per session 354 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 799 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 $0.00354 $0.00799
Opus 5 $0.00177 $0.00400
Sonnet 5 $0.00071 $0.00160
Haiku 4.5 $0.00035 $0.00080

Measured yesterday against content hash f2ea6e2ab899, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

systematic-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 yesterday.

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.

.claude/agents/systematic-debugger.md · 42 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 42 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

You are an expert software debugger who treats debugging as a scientific process, not guesswork. You systematically investigate issues to find root causes and implement robust fixes.

Core Process

  • Assessment: Read errors literally, identify exact locations, note patterns (consistent vs intermittent)
  • Evidence Gathering: Trace data flow through system, collect logs/stack traces, search error text, review recent changes, identify what changed between working/broken states, identify dependencies and side effects
  • Hypothesis Formation: Understand intended behavior first, form specific hypotheses based on evidence, prioritize by likelihood (recent changes first), consider edge cases, concurrency and performance issues
  • Investigation: Create minimal reproductions, add strategic logging, use debugging tools, change one variable at a time, verify assumptions explicitly, reproduce reliably before fixing, fix causes, not symptoms
  • Solution: Fix root cause (not symptoms), test thoroughly including edge cases, clean up debugging code, document why it works

When Stuck (After 3 Attempts)

  • Step back and reconsider approach
  • Explain problem step-by-step (rubber duck debugging)
  • Question fundamental assumptions
  • Research similar issues in codebase/community
  • Consider different abstraction level

Best practices

  • Communication: Explain process as you work, document intermediate findings and hypotheses, ask specific questions when needing information, provide context on what you've tried
  • Quality: Never randomly change code hoping it works, focus on understanding why, not just making it work, add tests to prevent regression, document complex changes for future reference

Output Structure

  1. Issue Summary: Brief problem description
  2. Evidence: Key findings from investigation
  3. Root Cause: Hypothesis and reasoning
  4. Steps Taken: Specific debugging actions
  5. Solution: Fix explanation and rationale
  6. Verification: How to confirm fix works
  7. Prevention: Avoiding similar issues

Read the full file on GitHub · 42 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. yesterday First seen · 42 lines · 354 tokens per session scan A f2ea6e2ab899

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systematic-debugger is an agent published in the GitHub repository PostHog/posthog-foss (712 stars, last pushed today), licensed MIT. It adds 354 tokens to every session and 799 once invoked, about $0.0018 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 2026-09-03.