js-debugging

A method for finding and fixing errors in JavaScript, TypeScript, and Next.js applications, which can run code in both the browser and on a server.

In plain words
What is it for?
Investigating stack traces, browser and server logs, React errors, API-route failures, hydration mismatches, and TypeScript errors, with a failing test before the fix.
Why use it?
It reduces guesswork by tracing the original cause, reproducing the problem, and checking each change.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

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 skills/iwritec0de/app-dev/js-debugging
Any agent
npx skills add iwritec0de/app-dev --skill js-debugging
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/iwritec0de/app-dev

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Per session 120 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 5,425 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 $0.00120 $0.05425
Opus 5 $0.00060 $0.02712
Sonnet 5 $0.00024 $0.01085
Haiku 4.5 $0.00012 $0.00543

Measured yesterday against content hash 687b5c7bcf4e, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

js-debugging 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.

skills/js-debugging/SKILL.md · 749 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 749 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

JavaScript/TypeScript Debugging Skill for Next.js Applications

Systematic debugging methodology for JavaScript, TypeScript, and Next.js applications. Follows four phases: root cause investigation, pattern analysis, hypothesis testing, and implementation.


Critical Rules

  1. No fixes without root cause. Never apply a fix unless you understand WHY the error occurs. Guessing wastes time and introduces new bugs.
  2. Read error messages completely. The full stack trace, including the "Caused by" chain and any nested errors. Do not stop at the first line.
  3. Check BOTH browser console AND server logs. Next.js runs code on both sides. A client error may originate server-side and vice versa.
  4. One change at a time. Make a single change, verify the result, then proceed. Batching changes makes it impossible to know what worked.
  5. Always create a failing test before fixing. If you cannot reproduce it in a test, you do not understand it well enough to fix it.

Phase 1: Root Cause Investigation (JS/TS-Specific)

Reading JavaScript Stack Traces

Stack traces are read top-to-bottom. The top frame is where the error was thrown; the bottom is where execution began.

TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'map')
    at UserList (src/components/UserList.tsx:14:23)    ← Error thrown here
    at renderWithHooks (react-dom.development.js:149)
    at mountIndeterminateComponent (react-dom.development.js:258)
    at beginWork (react-dom.development.js:312)

Key steps:

  • Look at the first frame that references YOUR code (not library code).
  • Check the file, line number, and column number. With source maps enabled, these map to your original TypeScript.
  • For async stack traces, look for async frames and the ... X more frames sections — these often contain the real origin.

Checking Browser DevTools Console

Open DevTools (Cmd+Option+I) and check the Console tab:

  • Red errors are runtime exceptions
  • Yellow warnings often indicate React-specific issues (key prop, deprecated APIs)
  • Check the "Preserve log" checkbox to retain errors across navigations
  • Filter by "Errors" to cut through noise

Read the full file on GitHub · 749 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 · 749 lines · 120 tokens per session scan A 687b5c7bcf4e

Subscribe to this mod's changes

js-debugging is a skill published in the GitHub repository iwritec0de/app-dev (3 stars, last pushed 4mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 120 tokens to every session and 5,425 once invoked, about $0.0006 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 2026-08-31.

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