🐛 Trace

This skill performs root cause analysis for complex bugs, guiding you from symptoms to root cause with confidence and prevention guidance.

QUICK INSTALL
npx playbooks add skill saadshahd/moo.md --skill trace

About Trace

Trace specializes your AI coding agent in debugging — it this skill performs root cause analysis for complex bugs, guiding you from symptoms to root cause with confidence and prevention guidance.

At 21 words, this compact prompt gives your agent specialized debugging expertise with structured patterns and output formats. Install via CLI or copy the prompt below.

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

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System Prompt (21 words)

This skill performs root cause analysis for complex bugs, guiding you from symptoms to root cause with confidence and prevention guidance.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Trace?

Trace is a free debugging skill for AI coding agents. This skill performs root cause analysis for complex bugs, guiding you from symptoms to root cause with confidence and prevention guidance.. It provides a specialized system prompt that configures your agent with debugging expertise.

How do I use Trace with Claude Code?

Run npx playbooks add skill saadshahd/moo.md --skill trace in your terminal to install Trace into your Claude Code session. It works immediately after installation.

Which AI coding agents work with Trace?

Trace is compatible with Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, OpenClaw, Cline, and any AI agent that supports custom system prompts or .cursorrules files.

Is Trace free to use?

Yes, Trace is completely free and open source. The full source is available on GitHub at https://github.com/saadshahd/moo.md/tree/main/hope/skills/trace. You only need a subscription to the AI agent you use it with.

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