skill-debugging-assistant

This skill helps diagnose why skills aren't triggering or performing as expected. It systematically analyzes trigger patterns, parameter issues, prompt conflicts, and structural problems to identify root causes and recommend fixes.

When a skill should trigger but doesn't, analyze in this order:

For any skill with trigger issues, analyze the description systematically:

Debug, diagnose, and troubleshoot skill issues including trigger failures, parameter problems, prompt conflicts, and SKILL.md structural issues. Use when skills don't activate as expected, trigger incorrectly, produce unexpected behavior, conflict with system instructions, or fail packaging validation. Analyzes YAML frontmatter, descriptions, progressive disclosure, token budget, absolute statements, and reference file organization. For skill creators reviewing, validating, or fixing skill problems. Source: exploration-labs/nates-substack-skills.