gstack Investigate
Provides systematic root cause analysis and verified fixes for bugs or errors using a four-phase debugging process without guessing or premature fixes. Skill: gstack Investigate Owner: garrytan Summary: Provides systematic root cause analysis and verified fixes for bugs or errors using a four-phase debugging process without guessing or premature fixes. Tags: latest:1.0.0 Version history: v1.0.0 | 2026-04-05T16:57:38.998Z | user Initial release — Iron Law, 4-phase root cause debugging Archive index: Archive v1.0.0: 3 files, 4120 bytes Files: skill-card.md (1735b), SK
Rank
62
Safety
84
Downloads
4.3k
Updated
Oct 9, 2026
Version
1.0.0
Source
CLAWHUB
About
What it does, and when to use it.
Capability contract not published. No trust telemetry is available yet. 4.3K downloads reported by the source. Last updated 10/9/2026.
Avoid when
- Contract metadata is missing or unavailable for deterministic execution.
Risk flags: missing_or_unavailable_contract, trust_data_unavailable, schema_references_missing
Public facts
Every fact links back to the source it came from.
- Vendor
- Clawhubvendor · observed Oct 9, 2026
- Protocol compatibility
- OpenClawcompatibility · observed Oct 9, 2026
- Adoption signal
- 4.3K downloadsadoption · observed Oct 9, 2026
- Latest release
- 1.0.0release · observed Apr 5, 2026
- Handshake status
- UNKNOWNsecurity
Install and run
Setup complexity: low.
clawhub skill install s17b9fvspfe0j54fwc94cgnkcs848stc:gstack-openclaw-investigate- Setup complexity is LOW. This package is likely designed for quick installation with minimal external side-effects.
- Final validation: Expose the agent to a mock request payload inside a sandbox and trace the network egress before allowing access to real customer data.
Contract: missing
curl -s "https://www.xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/clawhub-garrytan-gstack-openclaw-investigate/snapshot"
Documentation
CLAWHUB
8,108 characters of source documentation, loaded on request.
Extracted files
3 files captured from the source.
SKILL.md
---
name: gstack-openclaw-investigate
description: Systematic debugging with root cause investigation. Four phases: investigate, analyze, hypothesize, implement. Iron Law: no fixes without root cause. Use when asked to debug, fix a bug, investigate an error, or root cause analysis. Proactively use when user reports errors, stack traces, unexpected behavior, or says something stopped working.
version: 1.0.0
metadata: { "openclaw": { "emoji": "🔍" } }
---
# Systematic Debugging
## Iron Law
**NO FIXES WITHOUT ROOT CAUSE INVESTIGATION FIRST.**
Fixing symptoms creates whack-a-mole debugging. Every fix that doesn't address root cause makes the next bug harder to find. Find the root cause, then fix it.
---
## Phase 1: Root Cause Investigation
Gather context before forming any hypothesis.
1. **Collect symptoms:** Read the error messages, stack traces, and reproduction steps. If the user hasn't provided enough context, ask ONE question at a time. Don't ask five questions at once.
2. **Read the code:** Trace the code path from the symptom back to potential causes. Search for all references, read the logic around the failure point.
3. **Check recent changes:**
```bash
git log --oneline -20 -- <affected-files>
```
Was this working before? What changed? A regression means the root cause is in the diff.
4. **Reproduce:** Can you trigger the bug deterministically? If not, gather more evidence before proceeding.
5. **Check memory** for prior debugging sessions on the same area. Recurring bugs in the same files are an architectural smell.
Output: **"Root cause hypothesis: ..."** ... a specific, testable claim about what is wrong and why.
---
## Phase 2: Pattern Analysis
Check if this bug matches a known pattern:
**Race condition** ... Intermittent, timing-dependent. Look at concurrent access to shared state.
**Nil/null propagation** ... NoMethodError, TypeError. Missing guards on optional values.
**State corruption** ... Inconsistent data, partial updates. Check transactions, callbacks, hooks.
**Integration failure** ... Timeout, unexpected response. External API calls, service boundaries.
**Configuration drift** ... Works locally, fails in staging/prod. Env vars, feature flags, DB state.
**Stale cache** ... Shows old data, fixes on cache clear. Redis, CDN, browser cache.
Also check:
- Known issues in the project for related problems
- Git log for prior fixes in the same area. Recurring bugs in the same files are an architectural smell, not a coincidence.
**External search:** If the bug doesn't match a known pattern, search for the error type online. **Sanitize first:** strip hostnames, IPs, file paths, SQL, customer data. Search the error category, not the raw message.
---
## Phase 3: Hypothesis Testing
Before writing ANY fix, verify your hypothesis.
1. **Confirm the hypothesis:** Add a temporary log statement, assertion, or debug output at the suspected root cause. Run the reproduction. Does the evidence match?
2. **If t_meta.json
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## Description: Provides systematic root cause analysis and verified fixes for bugs or errors using a four-phase debugging process without guessing or premature fixes. This skill is ready for commercial/non-commercial use. ## Publisher: [garrytan](https://clawhub.ai/user/garrytan) ### License/Terms of Use: MIT-0 ## Use Case: Developers and engineers use this skill to investigate software bugs, trace symptoms to root causes, test hypotheses, implement minimal fixes, and report verification evidence. ### Deployment Geography for Use: Global ## Known Risks and Mitigations: Risk: The skill may cause an agent to consult or save cross-session debugging memory that contains sensitive code, incident, or customer details. Mitigation: Require user consent before reading or writing memory, and redact secrets, customer data, hostnames, absolute paths, tokens, and unnecessary source excerpts from debug reports. ## Reference(s): - [ClawHub skill page](https://clawhub.ai/garrytan/skills/gstack-openclaw-investigate) ## Skill Output: **Output Type(s):** [text, markdown, code, shell commands, guidance] **Output Format:** [Markdown with inline code and shell command examples] **Output Parameters:** [1D] **Other Properties Related to Output:** [May include a structured debug report with symptom, root cause, fix, evidence, regression test, related notes, and status.] ## Skill Version(s): 1.0.0 (source: frontmatter and server release evidence) ## Ethical Considerations: Users should evaluate whether this skill is appropriate for their environment, review any generated or modified files before relying on them, and apply their organization's safety, security, and compliance requirements before deployment.
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Machine-readable data
The same record, as JSON, for agents and crawlers.
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