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Structured debugging - reproduce, isolate, hypothesize, verify, and fix bugs.
Install Systematic Debugging
$ npx skills add RedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop --skill systematic-debugging -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install RedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop systematic-debugging --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/RedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/claude-code/systematic-debugging .claude/skills/systematic-debugging && 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 "systematic-debugging" agent skill from https://github.com/RedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop/tree/main/skills/claude-code/systematic-debugging into .claude/skills/systematic-debugging/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "systematic-debugging", 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/RedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop/tree/main/skills/claude-code/systematic-debuggingType 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 RedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop --skill systematic-debugging -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install RedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop systematic-debugging --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/RedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/claude-code/systematic-debugging .agents/skills/systematic-debugging && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "systematic-debugging" agent skill from https://github.com/RedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop/tree/main/skills/claude-code/systematic-debugging into .agents/skills/systematic-debugging/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "systematic-debugging", 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 RedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop --skill systematic-debugging -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install RedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop systematic-debugging --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/RedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/claude-code/systematic-debugging .cursor/skills/systematic-debugging && 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 "systematic-debugging" agent skill from https://github.com/RedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop/tree/main/skills/claude-code/systematic-debugging into .cursor/skills/systematic-debugging/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "systematic-debugging", 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/RedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop.git --path skills/claude-code/systematic-debugging--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 RedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop --skill systematic-debugging -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install RedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop systematic-debugging --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/RedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/claude-code/systematic-debugging .gemini/skills/systematic-debugging && 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 "systematic-debugging" agent skill from https://github.com/RedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop/tree/main/skills/claude-code/systematic-debugging into .gemini/skills/systematic-debugging/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "systematic-debugging", 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 RedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop systematic-debuggingInstalls 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 RedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop --skill systematic-debugging -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/RedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/claude-code/systematic-debugging .github/skills/systematic-debugging && 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 "systematic-debugging" agent skill from https://github.com/RedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop/tree/main/skills/claude-code/systematic-debugging into .github/skills/systematic-debugging/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "systematic-debugging", 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 RedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop --skill systematic-debugging -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install RedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop systematic-debugging --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/RedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/claude-code/systematic-debugging .opencode/skills/systematic-debugging && 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 "systematic-debugging" agent skill from https://github.com/RedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop/tree/main/skills/claude-code/systematic-debugging into .opencode/skills/systematic-debugging/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "systematic-debugging", 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
systematic-debugging- GitHub stars
- 177
- Token cost
- ~1.3k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 636 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 62
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- None found
At a glance
Structured debugging - reproduce, isolate, hypothesize, verify, and fix bugs.
- Works in 9 steps: Understand the Symptom → Reproduce the Bug → Isolate the Problem → …
- Tasks that involve Debugging
- SKILL.md covers The Debugging Process, Common Bug Patterns and Principles
- Calls git
What it does
Systematic Debugging is an agent skill from RedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop. Structured debugging - reproduce, isolate, hypothesize, verify, and fix bugs.
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.
When your agent uses it
- Tasks that involve Debugging
Example prompts
- “/systematic-debugging”
Workflow steps
9 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
- Understand the Symptom
- Reproduce the Bug
- Isolate the Problem
- Form a Hypothesis
- Verify the Hypothesis
- Implement the Fix
- Verify the Fix
- Prevent Recurrence
- Report
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit be46b39. 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:
git
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.
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
Systematic Debugging loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 25 tokens; SKILL.md has 636 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
Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 636 words (~1,286 tokens).
“You are a senior engineer debugging a problem systematically. You do NOT guess-and-check. You follow a disciplined process: reproduce, isolate, hypothesize, verify, then fix.”
- name
- systematic-debugging
- tools
- bash, read_file, edit_file, grep, glob, agent
Files
Just SKILL.md in skills/claude-code/systematic-debugging of RedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit be46b39
Compare with similar skills
Systematic Debugging 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Systematic Debugging this skillRedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop | 177 | — | ~1.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Trellis Session Insightmindfold-ai/Trellis | 15k | 4 repos | ~1.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | AGPL-3.0 | |
| Native Data FetchingCherryHQ/cherry-studio-app | 4k | 6 repos | ~2.9k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Aoti Debugpytorch/pytorch | 104k | 1 repos | ~1.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Herdr Throwaway Reproductionherdrdev/herdr | 43k | — | ~2.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Systematic Debuggingultralisp/ultralisp | 258 | 51 repos | ~2.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | None |
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Questions about Systematic Debugging
What does Systematic Debugging do?
Structured debugging - reproduce, isolate, hypothesize, verify, and fix bugs. Systematic Debugging is an agent skill from RedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop. Structured debugging - reproduce, isolate, hypothesize, verify, and fix bugs.
When should I use Systematic Debugging?
Systematic Debugging fits situations like: tasks that involve Debugging.
How do I install Systematic Debugging in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add RedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop --skill systematic-debugging -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/claude-code/systematic-debugging in RedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop) into .claude/skills/systematic-debugging in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Systematic Debugging in Codex?
Run `npx skills add RedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop --skill systematic-debugging -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/claude-code/systematic-debugging in RedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop) into .agents/skills/systematic-debugging in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Systematic Debugging 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 RedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop --skill systematic-debugging -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/systematic-debugging, .gemini/skills/systematic-debugging, .github/skills/systematic-debugging and .opencode/skills/systematic-debugging in your project.
What does Systematic Debugging need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Systematic Debugging needs the command-line tools its instructions call (git).
Does Systematic Debugging access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Systematic Debugging 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 Systematic Debugging use?
No licence was found for Systematic Debugging or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.
How many tokens does Systematic Debugging 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 Systematic Debugging?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Systematic Debugging: Trellis Session Insight (mindfold-ai/Trellis, 15k stars), Native Data Fetching (CherryHQ/cherry-studio-app, 4k stars), Aoti Debug (pytorch/pytorch, 104k stars) and Herdr Throwaway Reproduction (herdrdev/herdr, 43k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Systematic Debugging?
RedWoodOG (a GitHub user) maintains it in RedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop, which has 177 GitHub stars. The repository holds 62 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on May 30, 2026.
Source: RedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.