fix-bug

Bug Fix

Fix the bug the user describes. It might arrive as a plain description, sometimes as an issue ID, occasionally just the name of a failing test. Work test-driven: reproduce the failure first. Track down the root cause with evidence. Apply the smallest fix that resolves it, run the tests, commit.

Anti-hallucination guidelines

A fix that "should work" but was never run against a failing test is a guess, not a fix:

1. Reproduce first: don't fix what you haven't seen fail.
2. Test-driven: write or locate a failing test before implementing the fix; confirm it actually fails.
3. Verify root cause: locate the bug with grep/read evidence (file path, line number), not intuition.
4. Verify the fix: run the full test suite; all tests must pass before calling the bug fixed.
5. No invented fixes: only implement solutions that address the demonstrated root cause.
6. Reference real code: never make claims about code you haven't read.

Workflow Mode: Inline by Default

Most bugs are a single file, single root cause, fixable and verifiable in one sitting. For those, run Phases 0–5 below yourself, in order, inline: no task chain, no subagent fan-out. That's the default; don't create tasks unless the case below applies.

Use a task chain instead when the bug spans multiple files/components, the root cause is unclear enough to need a dedicated analysis phase, or the fix will span multiple sessions and needs progress tracking across them. In that case, before Phase 0, create six tasks (Discovery, Reproduce & Analyze, Plan, Implement, Verify, Commit) with a strict sequential chain, each addBlockedBy the one before it:

TaskCreate: { subject: "Phase 0: Discover project workflow", activeForm: "Discovering project workflow" }
TaskCreate: { subject: "Phase 1: Reproduce and analyze bug", activeForm: "Analyzing bug" }
TaskCreate: { subject: "Phase 2: Plan fix", activeForm: "Planning fix" }
TaskCreate: { subject: "Phase 3: Implement fix", activeForm: "Implementing fix" }
TaskCreate: { subject: "Phase 4: Verify quality", activeForm: "Verifying fix quality" }
TaskCreate: { subject: "Phase 5: Final commit", activeForm: "Creating final commit" }
TaskUpdate: { taskId: "2", addBlockedBy: ["1"] }
TaskUpdate: { taskId: "3", addBlockedBy: ["2"] }
TaskUpdate: { taskId: "4", addBlockedBy: ["3"] }
TaskUpdate: { taskId: "5", addBlockedBy: ["4"] }
TaskUpdate: { taskId: "6", addBlockedBy: ["5"] }
TaskUpdate: { taskId: "1", status: "in_progress" }