Agent skill

Gsd Debug

by coco-research in coco-research/coco

A skill your agent uses when a bug, failing test, or unexpected behaviour needs investigation, especially across sessions or context resets.

Custom licenceAuto-check: notesDevelopment

Install Gsd Debug

skills CLI
$ npx skills add coco-research/coco --skill gsd-debug -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install coco-research/coco gsd-debug --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/coco-research/coco.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/systems/gsd/skills/gsd-debug .claude/skills/gsd-debug && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
gsd-debug
GitHub stars
473
Token cost
~1.3k tokens
SKILL.md length
423 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
60
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when a bug, failing test, or unexpected behaviour needs investigation, especially across sessions or context resets.

  • Works in 6 steps: Initialize Context → Check Active Sessions → Gather Symptoms (if new issue) → …
  • Unexpected behaviour needs investigation
  • SKILL.md covers 0. Initialize Context, 1. Check Active Sessions, 2. Gather Symptoms (if new… and 3. Spawn gsd-debugger Agent, plus 2 more sections
  • Calls node

What it does

Gsd Debug is an agent skill from coco-research/coco. Use when a bug, failing test, or unexpected behaviour needs investigation, especially across sessions or context resets. Isolates it in a debugger subagent with persistent .planning/debug state, unlike skills/systematic-debugging.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Development, covering Debugging, Failing and flaky tests and Subagents. The repository describes itself as: CoCo Super Intelligence is the orchestration layer that turns Claude Code, Cursor, or Codex into an engineering department: a routed advisory board, 226 skills, 386 commands…

When your agent uses it

  • Unexpected behaviour needs investigation
  • Especially across sessions

Example prompts

  • “/gsd-debug”

Requirements

  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Bash, Task, AskUserQuestion

Workflow steps

6 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Initialize Context
  2. Check Active Sessions
  3. Gather Symptoms (if new issue)
  4. Spawn gsd-debugger Agent
  5. Handle Agent Return
  6. Spawn Continuation Agent (After Checkpoint or "Fix now")

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 6036e9c. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

    • Read
    • Bash
    • Task
    • AskUserQuestion

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • node

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Gsd Debug loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 60 tokens; SKILL.md has 423 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~60
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.3k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check: notes

The automated check noted patterns worth knowing about, such as sudo or a known installer.

  • NotePre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: Bash)SKILL.md
    allowed-tools: Read, Bash, Task, AskUserQuestion

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 423 words (~1,269 tokens).

“Debug issues using scientific method with subagent isolation.”

— opening of SKILL.md by coco-research, Custom licence
name
gsd-debug
allowed-tools
Read, Bash, Task, AskUserQuestion
argument-hint
[--diagnose] [issue description]

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in systems/gsd/skills/gsd-debug of coco-research/coco.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6036e9c

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Runtime DebugOpenHikmah/openhikmah-web181—~618Automated safety check: PassGPL-3.0
Root Cause Debuggingjsmastery-pro/skills1.4k—~1.8kAutomated safety check: NotesMIT
Astra Orchestratordonvito/codex-astra-luna-orchestrator1.7k—~3kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0

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Questions about Gsd Debug

What does Gsd Debug do?

A skill your agent uses when a bug, failing test, or unexpected behaviour needs investigation, especially across sessions or context resets. Gsd Debug is an agent skill from coco-research/coco. Use when a bug, failing test, or unexpected behaviour needs investigation, especially across sessions or context resets.

When should I use Gsd Debug?

Gsd Debug fits situations like: unexpected behaviour needs investigation; especially across sessions.

How do I install Gsd Debug in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add coco-research/coco --skill gsd-debug -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (systems/gsd/skills/gsd-debug in coco-research/coco) into .claude/skills/gsd-debug in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Gsd Debug in Codex?

Run `npx skills add coco-research/coco --skill gsd-debug -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (systems/gsd/skills/gsd-debug in coco-research/coco) into .agents/skills/gsd-debug in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Gsd Debug in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add coco-research/coco --skill gsd-debug -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/gsd-debug, .gemini/skills/gsd-debug, .github/skills/gsd-debug and .opencode/skills/gsd-debug in your project.

What does Gsd Debug need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Gsd Debug needs the command-line tools its instructions call (node). Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Bash, Task, AskUserQuestion.

Does Gsd Debug access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Gsd Debug safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found notes only (pre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: bash)), nothing it rates as a warning. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Gsd Debug use?

Gsd Debug has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Gsd Debug use?

About 1.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.1k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Gsd Debug?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Gsd Debug: React Router Bug Fix Workflow (remix-run/react-router, 57k stars), MCP Debugger (debugmcp/mcp-debugger, 171 stars), Runtime Debug (OpenHikmah/openhikmah-web, 181 stars) and Root Cause Debugging (jsmastery-pro/skills, 1.4k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Gsd Debug?

coco-research (a GitHub user) maintains it in coco-research/coco, which has 473 GitHub stars. The repository holds 60 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

Source: coco-research/coco on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.