Agent skill

Debugging Broken Jobs

by friday-platform in friday-platform/friday-studio

Triage entry-point for any "the job ran but something's wrong" situation in a Friday workspace.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Debugging Broken Jobs

skills CLI
$ npx skills add friday-platform/friday-studio --skill debugging-broken-jobs -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install friday-platform/friday-studio debugging-broken-jobs --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/friday-platform/friday-studio.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/packages/system/skills/debugging-broken-jobs .claude/skills/debugging-broken-jobs && 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
debugging-broken-jobs
GitHub stars
104
Token cost
~1.2k tokens
SKILL.md length
485 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
20
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Triage entry-point for any "the job ran but something's wrong" situation in a Friday workspace.

  • Works in 3 steps: Called describe_session(sessionId) on… → Read agentBlocks[].toolCalls to see what… → Verified the contracted exit (complete…
  • Tasks that involve Debugging
  • SKILL.md covers Diagnostic discipline…, Symptom triage table, What "diagnostic discipline"… and Cross-references
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Debugging Broken Jobs is an agent skill from friday-platform/friday-studio. Triage entry-point for any "the job ran but something's wrong" situation in a Friday workspace. Loads when a job tool returns output-error, success: false, summary: "", artifactIds: [], or any session with status: failed. Routes to the right sibling debug skill. Required reading before declaring "platform bug" / "FSM wiring is broken" / "this is a known issue" — those claims are FORBIDDEN without first walking this triage table.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.2k 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. The repository describes itself as: Agent Harness Platform — shareable workspaces, MCP tools, skills, memory, and cron/webhook automations. Self-hosted and transparent.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Debugging

Example prompts

  • “the job ran but something”
  • “platform bug”
  • “FSM wiring is broken”
  • “/debugging-broken-jobs”

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Called describe_session(sessionId) on the failing session.
  2. Read agentBlocks[].toolCalls to see what tools the agent
  3. Verified the contracted exit (complete for outputTo actions,

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit fb3069a. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    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

Debugging Broken Jobs loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 116 tokens; SKILL.md has 485 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~116
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.2k

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 passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

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 485 words (~1,244 tokens).

“Stop. Before you form a hypothesis, walk this triage. The job tool's return shape and the session's agentBlocks[].toolCalls carry the diagnosis 95% of the time. The remaining 5% is rarely a platform bug and almost always a contract violation by…”

— opening of SKILL.md by friday-platform, Custom licence
name
debugging-broken-jobs

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in packages/system/skills/debugging-broken-jobs of friday-platform/friday-studio.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit fb3069a

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Categories

Questions about Debugging Broken Jobs

What does Debugging Broken Jobs do?

Triage entry-point for any "the job ran but something's wrong" situation in a Friday workspace. Debugging Broken Jobs is an agent skill from friday-platform/friday-studio. Triage entry-point for any "the job ran but something's wrong" situation in a Friday workspace.

When should I use Debugging Broken Jobs?

Debugging Broken Jobs fits situations like: tasks that involve Debugging.

How do I install Debugging Broken Jobs in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add friday-platform/friday-studio --skill debugging-broken-jobs -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (packages/system/skills/debugging-broken-jobs in friday-platform/friday-studio) into .claude/skills/debugging-broken-jobs in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Debugging Broken Jobs in Codex?

Run `npx skills add friday-platform/friday-studio --skill debugging-broken-jobs -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (packages/system/skills/debugging-broken-jobs in friday-platform/friday-studio) into .agents/skills/debugging-broken-jobs in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Debugging Broken Jobs 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 friday-platform/friday-studio --skill debugging-broken-jobs -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/debugging-broken-jobs, .gemini/skills/debugging-broken-jobs, .github/skills/debugging-broken-jobs and .opencode/skills/debugging-broken-jobs in your project.

What does Debugging Broken Jobs need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Debugging Broken Jobs is instructions for the agent only.

Does Debugging Broken Jobs 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 Debugging Broken Jobs safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Debugging Broken Jobs use?

Debugging Broken Jobs 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 Debugging Broken Jobs use?

About 1.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5k 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 Debugging Broken Jobs?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Debugging Broken Jobs: Trellis Session Insight (mindfold-ai/Trellis, 15k stars), Native Data Fetching (CherryHQ/cherry-studio-app, 4k stars), Debugging Executions (n8n-io/n8n, 207k stars) and Aoti Debug (pytorch/pytorch, 104k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Debugging Broken Jobs?

friday-platform (a GitHub organization) maintains it in friday-platform/friday-studio, which has 104 GitHub stars. The repository holds 20 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 5, 2026.

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