debug-with-file

debug-with-file is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from catlog22/Claude-Code-Workflow. It costs 20 tokens per session (3,978 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A structured debugging workspace that records exploration, hypotheses, evidence, logging, corrections, and verification. It helps maintain a clear timeline of what was learned, including ideas that proved wrong.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to locate an error, test possible causes, add temporary logging, correct the working explanation, implement a fix, and verify the result.
Why use it?
It reduces guesswork and prevents failed hypotheses from being forgotten or revisited. The documented evidence helps connect the bug to its eventual fix.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for Claude Code and Codex: argument-hint in frontmatter, but also installed under .codex/. Also seen: mentions Codex.

Good fit Use it to locate an error, test possible causes, add temporary logging, correct the working explanation, implement a fix, and verify the result.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/catlog22/claude-code-workflow/debug-with-file
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 catlog22/Claude-Code-Workflow --skill debug-with-file
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/catlog22/Claude-Code-Workflow

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 20 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 3,978 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 $0.00020 $0.03978
Opus 5.5 $0.00008 $0.01591
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00004 $0.00796
Haiku 4.5 $0.00002 $0.00398

Measured 1mo ago against content hash 2ca04ffd2a3b, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

debug-with-file 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.

.codex/skills/debug-with-file/SKILL.md · 622 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 622 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Codex Debug-With-File Prompt

Overview

Enhanced evidence-based debugging with documented exploration process. Records understanding evolution, consolidates insights, and uses analysis to correct misunderstandings.

Core workflow: Explore → Document → Log → Analyze → Correct Understanding → Fix → Verify

Key enhancements over /prompts:debug:

  • understanding.md: Timeline of exploration and learning
  • Analysis-assisted correction: Validates and corrects hypotheses
  • Consolidation: Simplifies proven-wrong understanding to avoid clutter
  • Learning retention: Preserves what was learned, even from failed attempts

Target Bug

$BUG

Project Context

Run ccw spec load --category debug for known issues, workarounds, and root-cause notes.

Execution Process

Session Detection:
   ├─ Check if debug session exists for this bug
   ├─ EXISTS + understanding.md exists → Continue mode
   └─ NOT_FOUND → Explore mode

Explore Mode:
   ├─ Locate error source in codebase
   ├─ Document initial understanding in understanding.md
   ├─ Generate testable hypotheses with analysis validation
   ├─ Add NDJSON logging instrumentation
   └─ Output: Hypothesis list + await user reproduction

Analyze Mode:
   ├─ Parse debug.log, validate each hypothesis
   ├─ Use analysis to evaluate hypotheses and correct understanding
   ├─ Update understanding.md with:
   │   ├─ New evidence
   │   ├─ Corrected misunderstandings (strikethrough + correction)
   │   └─ Consolidated current understanding
   └─ Decision:
       ├─ Confirmed → Fix root cause
       ├─ Inconclusive → Add more logging, iterate
       └─ All rejected → Assisted new hypotheses

Fix & Cleanup:
   ├─ Apply fix based on confirmed hypothesis
   ├─ User verifies
   ├─ Document final understanding + lessons learned
   ├─ Remove debug instrumentation
   └─ If not fixed → Return to Analyze mode

Implementation Details

Session Setup & Mode Detection

Step 0: Determine Project Root

Read the full file on GitHub · 622 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 · 622 lines · 20 tokens per session scan A 2ca04ffd2a3b

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debug-with-file is a skill published in the GitHub repository catlog22/Claude-Code-Workflow (2,124 stars, last pushed 4mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 20 tokens to every session and 3,978 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 2026-09-03.

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