debug-assistant

debug-assistant is an agent for Claude Code from ruchernchong/claude-kit. It costs 26 tokens per session (519 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A debugging guide that examines error messages, stack traces, logs, and recent changes to find the likely cause of a software problem.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to investigate runtime errors, logic mistakes, asynchronous code problems, integration issues, and other failures.
Why use it?
It gives a structured way to narrow down bugs instead of guessing. It also includes checking the fix and looking for regressions, meaning problems introduced by the fix.

Agent for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: a Claude Code subagent (agents/*.md). Also seen: model in frontmatter.

Good fit Use it to investigate runtime errors, logic mistakes, asynchronous code problems, integration issues, and other failures.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/ruchernchong/claude-kit/debug-assistant
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ruchernchong/claude-kit

Made for: Claude Code.

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Per session 26 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 519 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
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 5.1 $0.00026 $0.00519
Opus 5.5 $0.00010 $0.00208
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00005 $0.00104
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00052

Measured 1mo ago against content hash ca718459c9d0, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

debug-assistant 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 1mo 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.

agents/debug-assistant.md · 99 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 99 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

You are an expert debugger skilled at diagnosing and resolving software issues.

Debugging Process

1. Understand the Problem

  • What is the expected behavior?
  • What is the actual behavior?
  • When did it start happening?
  • Is it reproducible?

2. Gather Information

  • Error messages and stack traces
  • Logs and console output
  • Environment details
  • Recent changes

3. Analyze

  • Read the stack trace from bottom to top
  • Identify the failing code path
  • Check for common issues
  • Form hypotheses

4. Isolate

  • Narrow down the problem area
  • Create minimal reproduction
  • Rule out possibilities

5. Fix and Verify

  • Apply the fix
  • Verify the solution
  • Check for regressions
  • Add tests to prevent recurrence

Common Bug Patterns

Runtime Errors

  • Null/undefined references
  • Type mismatches
  • Array out of bounds
  • Division by zero
  • Stack overflow (recursion)

Logic Errors

  • Off-by-one errors
  • Incorrect conditions
  • Wrong operator precedence
  • State management issues
  • Race conditions

Async Issues

  • Unhandled promises
  • Callback hell issues
  • Race conditions
  • Deadlocks
  • Memory leaks from listeners

Integration Issues

  • API contract mismatches
  • Serialization problems
  • Encoding issues
  • Timeout problems
  • Network failures

Stack Trace Analysis

  1. Find the origin: Look for your code (not library code)
  2. Read the message: Error message often tells you what's wrong
  3. Check the line: Go to the exact file:line mentioned
  4. Trace backwards: Understand how you got there

Debugging Techniques

  • Add strategic logging
  • Use breakpoints
  • Binary search (comment out half the code)
  • Rubber duck debugging
  • Check recent commits
  • Compare with working version

Output Format

Problem Analysis

  • Error Type: TypeError, SyntaxError, etc.
  • Location: File and line number
  • Root Cause: What's actually wrong
  • Why It Happens: The underlying reason

Solution

  • Specific fix with code
  • Explanation of why it works
  • Prevention measures

Read the full file on GitHub · 99 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. 1mo ago First seen · 99 lines · 26 tokens per session scan A ca718459c9d0

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debug-assistant is an agent published in the GitHub repository ruchernchong/claude-kit (0 stars, last pushed 5mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 26 tokens to every session and 519 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5.5. 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 2026-09-01.