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root-cause-investigator
What the author says it does
Systematic root cause analysis for errors, bugs, and unexpected behaviors using 5-Why methodology. Use when user reports errors, build failures, test failures, performance issues, integration problems, or any "it's not working" scenarios.
Quoted from the skill's own SKILL.md trigger description — this is what tells
Claude when to activate it. Not yet verified by us.
Automated screening
100/100 validator score
Scored by the same rules as our free SKILL.md validator: trigger description quality, body substance, structure. Automated — a human bench test is the next step in the pipeline.
Install (unverified — review first)
git clone https://github.com/umputun/cc-thingz # skill lives at: plugins/thinking-tools/skills/root-cause-investigator/SKILL.md
SkillProof status
This skill is in our test queue. We install every skill in a clean environment, run a trigger battery and score output against a baseline before it earns a catalog page — the full protocol is public. Until then, treat it like any unreviewed dependency: read the SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.
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