🐛 Root Cause Analysis
Conducts systematic root cause analysis using proven methodologies including Toyota's 5 Whys, Ishikawa fishbone diagrams, Pareto analysis, and fault tree analysis. Use when investigating bugs, debugging code, troubleshooting systems, diagnosing equipment failures, analyzing life problems, or identif
npx playbooks add skill markpitt/claude-skills --skill root-cause-analysis
About Root Cause Analysis
Conducts systematic root cause analysis using proven methodologies including Toyota's 5 Whys, Ishikawa fishbone diagrams, Pareto analysis, and fault tree analysis. Use when investigating bugs, debugging code, troubleshooting systems, diagnosing equipment failures, analyzing life problems, or identif
Its 37-word system prompt specializes your agent in debugging with structured methodology and proven output formats. Install with one command to activate immediately.
Use Cases
- Systematically diagnosing production errors and crashes
- Tracing memory leaks and performance bottlenecks
- Debugging async race conditions and concurrency issues
- Root-cause analysis with structured logging
Example Prompts
System Prompt (37 words)
Conducts systematic root cause analysis using proven methodologies including Toyota's 5 Whys, Ishikawa fishbone diagrams, Pareto analysis, and fault tree analysis. Use when investigating bugs, debugging code, troubleshooting systems, diagnosing equipment failures, analyzing life problems, or identif
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Root Cause Analysis?
Root Cause Analysis is a free debugging skill for AI coding agents. Conducts systematic root cause analysis using proven methodologies including Toyota's 5 Whys, Ishikawa fishbone diagrams, Pareto analysis, and fault tree analysis. Use when investigating bugs, debugging code, troubleshooting systems, diagnosing equipment failures, analyzing life problems, or identif. It provides a specialized system prompt that configures your agent with debugging expertise.
How do I use Root Cause Analysis with Claude Code?
Run npx playbooks add skill markpitt/claude-skills --skill root-cause-analysis in your terminal to install Root Cause Analysis into your Claude Code session. It works immediately after installation.
Which AI coding agents work with Root Cause Analysis?
Root Cause Analysis is compatible with Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, OpenClaw, Cline, and any AI agent that supports custom system prompts or .cursorrules files.
Is Root Cause Analysis free to use?
Yes, Root Cause Analysis is completely free and open source. The full source is available on GitHub at https://github.com/markpitt/claude-skills/tree/main/skills/root-cause-analysis. You only need a subscription to the AI agent you use it with.
