diagnose-suspension-problem

diagnose-suspension-problem is a skill for Claude Code from jeffreytse/grimoire-core. It costs 45 tokens per session (1,396 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A systematic method for finding the cause of vehicle pulling, bouncing, drifting, uneven tire wear, or noises over bumps.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to connect symptoms with possible components through inspection, road tests, and component-specific checks.
Why use it?
It reduces guesswork and helps identify the worn suspension or steering part before replacing anything.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: shipped in a Claude Code plugin.

Part of the grimoire-automotive plugin — 16 skills shipped together

Good fit Use it to connect symptoms with possible components through inspection, road tests, and component-specific checks.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/jeffreytse/grimoire-core/diagnose-suspension-problem
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Any agent
npx skills add jeffreytse/grimoire-core --skill diagnose-suspension-problem
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jeffreytse/grimoire-core

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install grimoire-automotive, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 16 skills.

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Per session 45 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,396 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 $0.00045 $0.01396
Opus 5 $0.00023 $0.00698
Sonnet 5 $0.00009 $0.00279
Haiku 4.5 $0.00005 $0.00140

Measured 10d ago against content hash 3fdfe5757d87, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-10, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

diagnose-suspension-problem 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 10d 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/automotive/troubleshooting/skills/diagnose-suspension-problem/SKILL.md · 98 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 98 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Diagnose Suspension Problem

Systematically identify failing suspension and steering components through symptom analysis, visual inspection, road testing, and component-specific tests — preventing misdiagnosis and unnecessary parts replacement.

Why This Is Best Practice

Why best: Symptom-to-component mapping is systematic, not guesswork — matches ASE-certified diagnostic method. Adopted by: ASE (Automotive Service Excellence) A4 certification covers suspension and steering diagnosis as a distinct domain. Monroe and KYB (major shock absorber manufacturers) publish suspension diagnostic flowcharts used industry-wide by service technicians. Hunter Engineering's wheel alignment systems (used by 90% of US tire shops) require suspension diagnosis before alignment service. Impact: Suspension components rarely fail in isolation. A worn stabilizer bar link causes a thumping noise over bumps; worn ball joints cause wandering and clunking; weak struts cause bouncing and extended braking distances. Misidentifying the symptom leads to replacing the wrong component — the problem recurs and the old part was wasted. Systematic symptom-to-component mapping eliminates guesswork.

Steps

1. Categorize the presenting symptom

Each symptom points to a specific component set:

Symptom Likely component area
Pull to one side (consistent) Tire pressure difference, alignment (camber/toe), brake drag
Pull to one side (braking only) Brake caliper sticking, brake hose collapse
Vehicle wanders / needs constant correction Tie rod ends, loose steering gear, alignment (toe)
Bounce / excessive body motion Shock absorbers or struts (most common)
Nose dive under braking Front struts worn
Clunk over bumps (front) Sway bar end links, strut top mounts, ball joints
Clunk over bumps (rear) Sway bar bushings, control arm bushings
Grinding/creaking in turns CV axle joint, wheel bearing
Steering wheel vibration at speed Wheel balance, worn tie rod ends, loose wheel hub
Uneven tire wear Alignment (see tire wear pattern)

Read the full file on GitHub · 98 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. 10d ago First seen · 98 lines · 45 tokens per session scan A 3fdfe5757d87

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diagnose-suspension-problem is a skill published in the GitHub repository jeffreytse/grimoire-core (4 stars, last pushed 21d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 45 tokens to every session and 1,396 once invoked, about $0.0002 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.