troubleshooting-assistant

troubleshooting-assistant is a skill for Claude Code from Raw1mage/patentmcp. It costs 37 tokens per session (1,059 once invoked), scanned A, a copy of troubleshooting-assistant, MIT.

A diagnostic helper for finding the causes of setup, authentication, search, indexing, hardware, and performance problems in a patent research system.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when an MCP server will not load, a GPU is not detected, BigQuery login fails, an index is missing, imports fail, searches are slow, or results are poor.
Why use it?
It gives a structured way to collect evidence, isolate the failing part, apply a targeted fix, and check that the problem is resolved.

Skill for Claude Code

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

Needs its repository: it runs a file that does not travel with it, so clone the repository first. The line is python scripts/test_gpu.py.

Part of the claude-patent-creator-standalone plugin — 17 skills, 16 commands, 13 agents, 2 hooks shipped together

Good fit Use it when an MCP server will not load, a GPU is not detected, BigQuery login fails, an index is missing, imports fail, searches are slow, or results are poor.

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Install

Getting it into your agent

It runs from inside its repository, so the clone comes first — what it calls does not travel with the file alone.

Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Raw1mage/patentmcp
agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/raw1mage/patentmcp/troubleshooting-assistant

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install claude-patent-creator-standalone, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 17 skills, 16 commands, 13 agents, 2 hooks.

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Per session 37 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,059 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 100% copy Near-identical to another mod 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 $0.00037 $0.01059
Opus 5 $0.00018 $0.00530
Sonnet 5 $0.00007 $0.00212
Haiku 4.5 $0.00004 $0.00106

Measured 8d ago against content hash bb9e25d5a054, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-08, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

troubleshooting-assistant 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 8d 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.

Origin

This is a copy

100% identical to troubleshooting-assistant — 0 lines differ, which has more behind it and is treated as the original. This page carries a canonical link to it rather than competing with it.

refs/Claude-Patent-Creator/skills/troubleshooting-assistant/SKILL.md · 160 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 160 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Troubleshooting Assistant Skill

Expert diagnostic system for identifying and resolving Claude Patent Creator issues.

When to Use

System not working, error messages, slow performance, MCP server not loading, search returns no results/errors, GPU not detected, BigQuery auth fails, index build fails, tests failing, unexpected behavior.

Troubleshooting Methodology

Problem Reported
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[1] Gather Information (errors, recent changes, system state)
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[2] Reproduce Issue (minimal test case, consistent?)
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[3] Isolate Component (which part failing? dependencies?)
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[4] Diagnose Root Cause (check logs, test components, verify config)
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[5] Apply Fix (targeted solution, verify works)
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[6] Prevent Recurrence (document, add monitoring, update checks)

Common Issues & Quick Fixes

Issue Quick Fix
MCP server not loading claude mcp list -> Re-register if missing
GPU not detected Reinstall PyTorch with CUDA
BigQuery auth fails gcloud auth application-default login
Index not found patent-creator rebuild-index
Import errors Activate venv: venv\Scripts\activate
Slow searches Check GPU usage, reduce top_k, disable HyDE
Irrelevant results Rephrase query with MPEP terminology

Detailed Issue Guides

MCP Server Issues

Problems: Server not loading, tools don't work/return errors

  • 5-step diagnostic workflow
  • Path verification and correction
  • Dependency troubleshooting
  • Server restart procedures

GPU & BigQuery Issues

Problems: GPU not detected, slow performance, BigQuery auth fails, query timeouts

  • CUDA detection and PyTorch reinstallation
  • Performance diagnostics and optimization
  • BigQuery authentication and permissions
  • Timeout configuration

Index, Dependencies & Configuration

Problems: Index not found, build fails, ModuleNotFoundError, import errors, env vars not loading, irrelevant search results

  • Index rebuild procedures
  • OOM (Out of Memory) solutions
  • Virtual environment activation
  • Pydantic validation errors
  • Configuration troubleshooting
  • Search quality tuning

Read the full file on GitHub · 160 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. 8d ago First seen · 160 lines · 37 tokens per session scan A bb9e25d5a054

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troubleshooting-assistant is a skill published in the GitHub repository Raw1mage/patentmcp (2 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 37 tokens to every session and 1,059 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 100% identical to troubleshooting-assistant, differing in 0 lines, and is treated as a copy.

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