semantic-bug-detector

semantic-bug-detector is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from ArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE. It costs 106 tokens per session (2,673 once invoked), scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

A code-analysis tool that finds logic errors where the implementation does not match the purpose described by names, comments, docstrings, or documentation. These are validly written programs that produce the wrong result.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to inspect functions and variables for mismatches between intended behavior and actual behavior.
Why use it?
It targets mistakes that ordinary syntax and type checks may not catch, such as boundary errors or incorrect conditions.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one.

Good fit Use it to inspect functions and variables for mismatches between intended behavior and actual behavior.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/arabelatso/skills-4-se/semantic-bug-detector
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.

Any agent
npx skills add ArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE --skill semantic-bug-detector
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 106 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 2,673 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. Third-party audits
  • NVIDIA SkillSpector warn 7 Sept 2026
SkillSpector: 1 finding, up to medium

These are SkillSpector’s own severities. On a checked sample its high-severity flags on skills were ~96% false positives — a documented command, a public API, a “never do X” rule — so we show them as a caution to read, not a verdict. Why →

  • medium Excessive Agency · line 248
    Skill enables autonomous high-impact decisions without human-in-the-loop verification. Critical operations (destructive commands, financial transactions, data deletion) should require explicit user confirmation.
    Fix: Add human-in-the-loop confirmation for destructive, irreversible, or high-impact operations. Never auto-execute commands that modify files, send data, or alter system state.
How audits are shown
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 $0.00106 $0.02673
Opus 5 $0.00053 $0.01337
Sonnet 5 $0.00021 $0.00535
Haiku 4.5 $0.00011 $0.00267

Measured 9d ago against content hash 8977aa19261e, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-12, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

semantic-bug-detector 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 9d 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.

skills/semantic-bug-detector/SKILL.md · 387 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 387 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Semantic Bug Detector

Detect bugs where code behavior doesn't match its intended purpose.

Overview

This skill analyzes code to find semantic bugs—errors where the implementation contradicts the intent expressed through names, comments, and documentation. Unlike syntax errors or type errors, semantic bugs are logically valid code that does the wrong thing.

How to Use

Provide code with any of:

  1. Function/variable names that express intent
  2. Comments describing what code should do
  3. Docstrings specifying behavior
  4. Documentation stating requirements

The skill will:

  • Infer intended behavior from these sources
  • Analyze actual implementation
  • Identify mismatches
  • Report semantic bugs with explanations

Detection Workflow

Step 1: Extract Intent

Gather intent signals from multiple sources:

Names: is_even, get_last_n_elements, calculate_average

  • Infer expected behavior from naming conventions
  • Identify predicates (is_, has_, can_)
  • Recognize operations (get_, set_, calculate_)

Comments: // Returns first n elements, # Check if x is positive

  • Parse inline comments
  • Extract stated purpose
  • Identify boundary specifications

Docstrings:

"""Calculate the average of a list of numbers.
Returns the sum divided by the count."""
  • Parse structured documentation
  • Extract preconditions and postconditions
  • Identify range specifications

Step 2: Analyze Implementation

Examine actual code behavior:

Control flow: Conditions, loops, branches Operations: Arithmetic, logical, comparison operators Boundaries: Array indices, range limits Edge cases: Empty input, null values, zero divisors

Step 3: Compare Intent vs Implementation

Check for common mismatches:

Off-by-one errors: Using n+1 when should use n Inverted logic: Returning opposite boolean value Wrong operator: Using * when should use / Boundary errors: Inclusive when should be exclusive Missing checks: Not handling empty/null input

Read the full file on GitHub · 387 lines

Files

What ships with it

1 file beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.

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. 9d ago First seen · 387 lines · 106 tokens per session scan A 8977aa19261e

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semantic-bug-detector is a skill published in the GitHub repository ArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE (252 stars, last pushed 22d ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 106 tokens to every session and 2,673 once invoked, about $0.0005 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.

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