Agent skill

Mz Debug CI

by MaterializeInc in MaterializeInc/materialize

Investigate CI failures on PR via gh + Buildkite MCP or bk CLI.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedTesting & QA

Install Mz Debug CI

skills CLI
$ npx skills add MaterializeInc/materialize --skill mz-debug-ci -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install MaterializeInc/materialize mz-debug-ci --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/MaterializeInc/materialize.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/mz-debug-ci .claude/skills/mz-debug-ci && 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
mz-debug-ci
GitHub stars
6.4k
Token cost
~3.9k tokens
SKILL.md length
2,093 words
Files
3
Skills in repo
15
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Investigate CI failures on PR via gh + Buildkite MCP or bk CLI.

  • Works in 5 steps: Find the build → Check annotations first → Fetch logs when needed → …
  • Tasks that involve Failing and flaky tests
  • SKILL.md covers Prerequisites, Buildkite MCP: preferred when…, Search existing failures by… and Step 1: Find the build, plus 4 more sections
  • Calls gh, git and jq; reaches buildkite.com and mcp.buildkite.com

What it does

Mz Debug CI is an agent skill from MaterializeInc/materialize. Investigate CI failures on PR via gh + Buildkite MCP or bk CLI. Trigger: failing checks, Buildkite failures, CI issues — "why is CI red", "build broken", "checks failing", "what went wrong in CI", "nightly broke", "tests failing on this PR", or pasted Buildkite URL. Also PR number + why failing.

Its SKILL.md is about 3.9k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files (for example `bk-fallback.md` and `rare-failures.md`).

It sits in Testing & QA, covering Failing and flaky tests. It works with Model Context Protocol and PostgreSQL. The repository describes itself as: The live data layer for apps and AI agents. Create up-to-the-second views into your business, just using SQL.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Failing and flaky tests

Example prompts

  • “why is CI red”
  • “build broken”
  • “checks failing”
  • “/mz-debug-ci”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Find the build
  2. Check annotations first
  3. Fetch logs when needed
  4. Categorize failures
  5. Summarize

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit b760ecc. 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

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • gh
    • git
    • jq
    • claude

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

  • Network

    Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:

    • buildkite.com
    • mcp.buildkite.com
    • linear.app

    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

Mz Debug CI loads about 3.9k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 77 tokens; SKILL.md has 2,093 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~77
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~3.9k

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 2,093 words (~3,923 tokens).

“Investigate CI failures for a Materialize PR or Buildkite build.”

— opening of SKILL.md by MaterializeInc, Custom licence
name
mz-debug-ci
argument-hint
<PR number, GitHub PR URL, or Buildkite build URL>

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files in .agents/skills/mz-debug-ci of MaterializeInc/materialize.

  • SKILL.md
  • bk-fallback.md
  • rare-failures.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit b760ecc

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Categories

Questions about Mz Debug CI

What does Mz Debug CI do?

Investigate CI failures on PR via gh + Buildkite MCP or bk CLI. Mz Debug CI is an agent skill from MaterializeInc/materialize. Investigate CI failures on PR via gh + Buildkite MCP or bk CLI.

When should I use Mz Debug CI?

Mz Debug CI fits situations like: tasks that involve Failing and flaky tests.

How do I install Mz Debug CI in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add MaterializeInc/materialize --skill mz-debug-ci -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/mz-debug-ci in MaterializeInc/materialize) into .claude/skills/mz-debug-ci in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Mz Debug CI in Codex?

Run `npx skills add MaterializeInc/materialize --skill mz-debug-ci -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/mz-debug-ci in MaterializeInc/materialize) into .agents/skills/mz-debug-ci in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Mz Debug CI 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 MaterializeInc/materialize --skill mz-debug-ci -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/mz-debug-ci, .gemini/skills/mz-debug-ci, .github/skills/mz-debug-ci and .opencode/skills/mz-debug-ci in your project.

What does Mz Debug CI need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Mz Debug CI needs the command-line tools its instructions call (gh, git, jq and claude).

Does Mz Debug CI access the network?

SKILL.md names 3 domains. In commands or code: buildkite.com, mcp.buildkite.com and linear.app; the agent is likely to contact these when it follows the instructions. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Mz Debug CI 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 Mz Debug CI use?

Mz Debug CI 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 Mz Debug CI use?

About 3.9k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 16k 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 Mz Debug CI?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Mz Debug CI: Debugging Opik E2E Tests (comet-ml/opik, 22k stars), Ue Test Authoring (JasonMa0012/MooaToon, 749 stars), Playwright Testing (chongdashu/vibejam-starter-pack, 149 stars) and Azsdk Common Pipeline Analysis (Azure/azure-sdk-tools, 134 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Mz Debug CI?

MaterializeInc (a GitHub organization) maintains it in MaterializeInc/materialize, which has 6,377 GitHub stars. The repository holds 15 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

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