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Track down bugs systematically

When an error shows up, it finds the root cause before fixing anything, instead of guessing and hoping.

Good for: People who often get stuck on bugs when coding

What you can do once it's installed

Just say the “You say to AI” line, with your own details swapped in.

A test suddenly fails

You say to AI

This test was fine yesterday and it's failing today. Don't rush to change anything. Help me find out why first.

What AI does

  1. 1.Reads the full error and stack trace
  2. 2.Reproduces the problem reliably
  3. 3.Looks at recent changes
  4. 4.Proposes a fix only once the root cause is confirmed

What you get

The root cause of the problem, and a fix aimed at it.

Several fixes and still broken

You say to AI

I've tried fixing this three times and it's still broken. Let's take a different approach and start over.

What AI does

  1. 1.Stops guessing and goes back to finding the root cause
  2. 2.Adds logging at each stage to gather evidence
  3. 3.Finds the layer where things actually go wrong

What you get

Findings that pin the problem to a specific stage.

Want the original instructions? SKILL.md on obra/superpowers

How to install

Which AI tool do you use?

  1. 1. Open the Terminal app on your computer, paste the line below and press Enter

    npx skills add obra/superpowers@systematic-debugging -g

    With no tool name, the command looks for the AI tools on your computer and asks where to install. If it says npx is missing or too old, install the latest Node.js (22 or newer) first.

    First time using the terminal?
    • How to open it: on a Mac, press ⌘ + Space and search “Terminal”. On Windows, search “PowerShell” in the Start menu. In Cursor, Trae or VS Code, use the menu Terminal → New Terminal.
    • Windows says “running scripts is disabled”: change npx at the start of the command to npx.cmd and try again.
    • If a list pops up: move with the arrow keys, press Space to tick the tools you want, then press Enter.
    • How to tell it worked: you'll see a success message. Reopen your AI tool and ask “What Skills do you have now?” to check.

    Don't feel like opening a terminal?

    Tools like Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and Trae can run commands themselves. Send them this:

    Please run this command in my terminal and tell me how it went: npx skills add obra/superpowers@systematic-debugging -g

  2. 2. Reopen your AI tool

    New Skills only get picked up after a restart.

  3. 3. Just say what you want

    Say it the way the examples do. To call it by name, say “Use systematic-debugging to help me…”.

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