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aliyun/alibabacloud-observability-mcp-server
Deploy, start, and update the Alibaba Cloud Observability MCP Server (阿里云可观测 MCP Server).
Debug broken runtime/environments by checking logs and observability first, then code.
Install Runtime Debug
$ npx skills add OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills --skill runtime-debug -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills runtime-debug --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/runtime-debug .claude/skills/runtime-debug && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "runtime-debug" agent skill from https://github.com/OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills/tree/main/skills/runtime-debug into .claude/skills/runtime-debug/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "runtime-debug", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills/tree/main/skills/runtime-debugType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills --skill runtime-debug -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills runtime-debug --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/runtime-debug .agents/skills/runtime-debug && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "runtime-debug" agent skill from https://github.com/OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills/tree/main/skills/runtime-debug into .agents/skills/runtime-debug/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "runtime-debug", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills --skill runtime-debug -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills runtime-debug --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/runtime-debug .cursor/skills/runtime-debug && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "runtime-debug" agent skill from https://github.com/OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills/tree/main/skills/runtime-debug into .cursor/skills/runtime-debug/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "runtime-debug", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills.git --path skills/runtime-debug--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills --skill runtime-debug -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills runtime-debug --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/runtime-debug .gemini/skills/runtime-debug && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "runtime-debug" agent skill from https://github.com/OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills/tree/main/skills/runtime-debug into .gemini/skills/runtime-debug/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "runtime-debug", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills runtime-debugInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills --skill runtime-debug -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/runtime-debug .github/skills/runtime-debug && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "runtime-debug" agent skill from https://github.com/OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills/tree/main/skills/runtime-debug into .github/skills/runtime-debug/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "runtime-debug", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills --skill runtime-debug -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills runtime-debug --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/runtime-debug .opencode/skills/runtime-debug && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "runtime-debug" agent skill from https://github.com/OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills/tree/main/skills/runtime-debug into .opencode/skills/runtime-debug/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "runtime-debug", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
runtime-debug- GitHub stars
- 199
- Token cost
- ~777 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 400 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 22
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Debug broken runtime/environments by checking logs and observability first, then code.
- Works in 5 steps: Reproduce and capture the real failure… → Check observability first: logs, traces,… → Locate the failing service/line from the… → …
- Ephemeral/CI environment fails at runtime rather than a local code bug
- SKILL.md covers Steps, MR local preview, Research preview latency and pnpm deployment installs, plus 1 more section
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Runtime Debug is an agent skill from OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills. Debug broken runtime/environments by checking logs and observability first, then code. Use when a URL, deploy, or ephemeral/CI environment fails at runtime rather than a local code bug.
Its SKILL.md is about 780 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 DevOps & Cloud, covering Observability. It works with Docker. The repository describes itself as: Skills that drive best-in-class engineering. The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Ephemeral/CI environment fails at runtime rather than a local code bug
- Tasks that involve Observability
Example prompts
- “/runtime-debug”
Requirements
- Docker
Workflow steps
5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Reproduce and capture the real failure (status, error, request id, time).
- Check observability first: logs, traces, metrics. Use an observability MCP
- Locate the failing service/line from the evidence, not a guess.
- Fix the real cause. Don't add logging-only "fixes" and call it done.
- For intentional lab/ephemeral config (test secrets, fail-open), don't raise
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 8a97904. 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
Runtime Debug loads about 777 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 50 tokens; SKILL.md has 400 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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
The full file from OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills at commit 8a97904, republished under its MIT licence (© OutThisLife). 400 words, ~777 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/runtime-debug/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- runtime-debug
- description
- Debug broken runtime/environments by checking logs and observability first, then code. Use when a URL, deploy, or ephemeral/CI environment fails at runtime rather than a local code bug.
Runtime Debug
When something breaks at runtime (a URL 500s, a deploy is down, an ephemeral env misbehaves), look at what actually happened before editing code.
Steps
- Reproduce and capture the real failure (status, error, request id, time).
- Check observability first: logs, traces, metrics. Use an observability MCP (e.g. Datadog) if one is available/connected; otherwise fall back to the platform's log stream (CI job, container, Jenkins, cloud logs).
- Locate the failing service/line from the evidence, not a guess.
- Fix the real cause. Don't add logging-only "fixes" and call it done.
- For intentional lab/ephemeral config (test secrets, fail-open), don't raise false alarms — leave required env in place.
MR local preview
- For a requested local link, start the actual worktree app against existing Docker datastores; do not substitute a screenshot gallery. Check Docker Desktop and existing containers first, then use the worktree's Node 18.20.4 and explicit
NODE_ENV=local/NODE_PATH. Verify/200and the requested page separately: a healthy server can still return 404 when Mongo has no CMS content. - Inspect local CMS collection counts before attempting a restore. An empty Atlas Local container needs sanitized seed data; inspect cached archives and download size before starting a large refresh, especially on constrained connections. Never reset or reseed existing data just to start the server.
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Research preview latency
- Separate middleware TTFB from image/render timing before changing public pages. In the portal app, a local preview with unconfigured Upstash Redis can spend seconds retrying rate-limit calls even when the page itself is static.
- Reuse the existing Docker Redis and serverless-redis-http services and their mapped ports. Verify the HTTP pipeline and then the page's rate-limit headers after reconnecting the preview; never bypass production limiting to make a local timing look fast.
- Use headed Chrome when Vercel's preview checkpoint rejects curl/headless requests. Attribute third-party preview-toolbar exceptions by their stack URL rather than hiding all page errors. Compare an exact artwork element crop for reduced-motion proof; full screenshots include animated preview chrome.
pnpm deployment installs
- Treat a failed frozen install as a deployment blocker even if invoking Next directly builds successfully. For
ERR_PNPM_IGNORED_BUILDS, inspect the exact dependency lifecycle scripts and the trackedpnpm-workspace.yaml; pnpm may generate ignored placeholder decisions locally. Commit explicit reviewed version-scoped allow/deny decisions, keep strict checking enabled for unknown versions, and verify the normal frozen-install/build path before redeploying.
Don't
- Rewrite code speculatively before reading logs.
- Report fixed without re-checking the runtime.
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Files
Just SKILL.md in skills/runtime-debug of OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 8a97904
Compare with similar skills
Runtime Debug next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runtime Debug this skillOutThisLife/brooklyn-skills | 199 | — | ~777 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Deploy Observabilityaliyun/alibabacloud-observability-mcp-server | 166 | — | ~2.6k | Automated safety check: Notes | None | |
| Temps Best Practicesgotempsh/temps | 826 | — | ~2.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Linux Troubleshooting with Inspektor Gadgetinspektor-gadget/inspektor-gadget | 2.9k | — | ~2.4k | Automated safety check: Notes | Apache-2.0 | |
| New Pluginapache/skywalking-python | 219 | — | ~3.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Logfire Infrastructurepydantic/skills | 140 | — | ~1.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Runtime Debug
What does Runtime Debug do?
Debug broken runtime/environments by checking logs and observability first, then code. Runtime Debug is an agent skill from OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills. Debug broken runtime/environments by checking logs and observability first, then code.
When should I use Runtime Debug?
Runtime Debug fits situations like: ephemeral/CI environment fails at runtime rather than a local code bug; tasks that involve Observability.
How do I install Runtime Debug in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills --skill runtime-debug -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/runtime-debug in OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills) into .claude/skills/runtime-debug in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Runtime Debug in Codex?
Run `npx skills add OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills --skill runtime-debug -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/runtime-debug in OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills) into .agents/skills/runtime-debug in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Runtime 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 OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills --skill runtime-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/runtime-debug, .gemini/skills/runtime-debug, .github/skills/runtime-debug and .opencode/skills/runtime-debug in your project.
What does Runtime Debug need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Runtime Debug is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: Docker.
Does Runtime 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 Runtime Debug 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 Runtime Debug use?
Runtime Debug is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Runtime Debug use?
About 777 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.1k 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 Runtime Debug?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Runtime Debug: Deploy Observability (aliyun/alibabacloud-observability-mcp-server, 166 stars), Temps Best Practices (gotempsh/temps, 826 stars), Linux Troubleshooting with Inspektor Gadget (inspektor-gadget/inspektor-gadget, 2.9k stars) and New Plugin (apache/skywalking-python, 219 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Runtime Debug?
OutThisLife (a GitHub user) maintains it in OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills, which has 199 GitHub stars. The repository holds 22 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 5, 2026.
Source: OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.