Agent skill

Troubleshooting Docs

by glittercowboy in glittercowboy/plugin-freedom-system

Captures solved problems as categorized documentation with YAML frontmatter for fast lookup.

No licenceAuto-check: notes

Install Troubleshooting Docs

skills CLI
$ npx skills add glittercowboy/plugin-freedom-system --skill troubleshooting-docs -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install glittercowboy/plugin-freedom-system troubleshooting-docs --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/glittercowboy/plugin-freedom-system.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/troubleshooting-docs .claude/skills/troubleshooting-docs && 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
troubleshooting-docs
GitHub stars
216
Token cost
~2.3k tokens
SKILL.md length
813 words
Files
6 (incl. references, assets)
Skills in repo
15
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Captures solved problems as categorized documentation with YAML frontmatter for fast lookup.

  • Works in 7 steps: Detect Confirmation → Gather Context → Check Existing Docs (Skip if unique… → …
  • User confirms solution with phrases like that worked
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, 7-Step Process, Decision Menu After Capture and Integration Points, plus 2 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Troubleshooting Docs is an agent skill from glittercowboy/plugin-freedom-system. Captures solved problems as categorized documentation with YAML frontmatter for fast lookup. Use when user confirms solution with phrases like 'that worked', 'it's fixed', 'working now', or via /doc-fix command.

Its SKILL.md is about 2.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 7 other files, including reference files and assets (for example `assets/critical-pattern-template.md`, `assets/resolution-template.md` and `references/example-walkthrough.md`).

The repository describes itself as: AI-assisted JUCE plugin development system for MacOS by TÂCHES.

When your agent uses it

  • User confirms solution with phrases like that worked
  • Via /doc-fix command

Example prompts

  • “that worked”
  • “s fixed”
  • “working now”
  • “/troubleshooting-docs”

Requirements

  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Write, Bash, Grep

Workflow steps

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

  1. Detect Confirmation
  2. Gather Context
  3. Check Existing Docs (Skip if unique first-time issue)
  4. Generate Filename
  5. Validate YAML Schema
  6. Create Documentation
  7. Cross-Reference & Pattern Detection

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit e965cdd. 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
    • Write
    • Bash
    • Grep

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are bash).

    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

Troubleshooting Docs loads about 2.3k tokens when it runs, and up to ~3.6k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 58 tokens; SKILL.md has 813 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~58
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2.3k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~3.6k

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, Write, Bash, Grep

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

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 813 words (~2,289 tokens).

“Purpose: Automatically document solved problems to build searchable institutional knowledge with category-based organization (enum-validated problem types).”

— opening of SKILL.md by glittercowboy
name
troubleshooting-docs
allowed-tools
Read, Write, Bash, Grep
preconditions
Problem has been solved (not in-progress), Solution has been verified working

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 5 other files (references, assets) in .claude/skills/troubleshooting-docs of glittercowboy/plugin-freedom-system.

  • SKILL.md
  • assets/critical-pattern-template.md
  • assets/resolution-template.md
  • references/example-walkthrough.md
  • references/yaml-schema.md
  • schema.yaml

Open the folder on GitHubat commit e965cdd

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Questions about Troubleshooting Docs

What does Troubleshooting Docs do?

Captures solved problems as categorized documentation with YAML frontmatter for fast lookup. Troubleshooting Docs is an agent skill from glittercowboy/plugin-freedom-system. Captures solved problems as categorized documentation with YAML frontmatter for fast lookup.

When should I use Troubleshooting Docs?

Troubleshooting Docs fits situations like: user confirms solution with phrases like that worked; via /doc-fix command.

How do I install Troubleshooting Docs in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add glittercowboy/plugin-freedom-system --skill troubleshooting-docs -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/troubleshooting-docs in glittercowboy/plugin-freedom-system) into .claude/skills/troubleshooting-docs in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Troubleshooting Docs in Codex?

Run `npx skills add glittercowboy/plugin-freedom-system --skill troubleshooting-docs -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/troubleshooting-docs in glittercowboy/plugin-freedom-system) into .agents/skills/troubleshooting-docs in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Troubleshooting Docs 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 glittercowboy/plugin-freedom-system --skill troubleshooting-docs -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/troubleshooting-docs, .gemini/skills/troubleshooting-docs, .github/skills/troubleshooting-docs and .opencode/skills/troubleshooting-docs in your project.

What does Troubleshooting Docs need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Troubleshooting Docs is instructions for the agent only. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Write, Bash, Grep.

Does Troubleshooting Docs 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 Troubleshooting Docs 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 Troubleshooting Docs use?

No licence was found for Troubleshooting Docs or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Troubleshooting Docs use?

About 2.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 9.2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 1.3k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Troubleshooting Docs?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Troubleshooting Docs: Capture (alirezarezvani/claude-skills, 28k stars), Vc Problem Solving (withkynam/vibecode-pro-max-kit, 1.1k stars), Is This A Problem (anthropics/claude-for-legal, 9.6k stars) and Resourceful Problem Solving (swarmclawai/swarmclaw, 688 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Troubleshooting Docs?

glittercowboy (a GitHub user) maintains it in glittercowboy/plugin-freedom-system, which has 216 GitHub stars. The repository holds 15 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on November 19, 2025.

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