Fix It Never Work Around It
Halts on a failing command and fixes the root cause instead of bypassing it
Test report
- Verdict
- Tested · Works
- Score
- Tested
- Jul 21, 2026
- Environment
- Claude Code 2.x (agent harness)
- Upstream re-checked
- Aug 10, 2026 · d22c50c
GitHub API was rate-limited, so I cloned the repo; SKILL.md parsed cleanly with name+description+version, references zero external files or scripts, and grep found no curl|sh, base64 blobs, or injection text. I installed it into a throwaway HOME=$(mktemp -d) and confirmed SKILL.md landed at ~/.claude/skills/fix-it-never-work-around-it/SKILL.md. For output I built two copies of a Node project whose ./build.sh crashes with "ReferenceError: collapse is not defined" in tools/minify.js, then ran the same task (add subtract(), build, report bundle size) in each: the baseline copy answered "214 bytes" from a hand-rolled `cat src/calc.js src/format.js > dist/bundle.js` and left ./build.sh still exiting 1, while the skill-followed copy stopped, implemented the missing collapse() function, and re-ran the original command to exit 0 with "built dist/bundle.js (216 bytes)". Artifacts are at scratchpad/BASELINE.md and scratchpad/SKILL_RUN.md. Docs lose a point because the repo README's "Available Skills" list omits this skill entirely and marketplace.json does not ship it as a plugin; also note the description's bare keyword list ("instead", "directly", "manually") risks loading on ordinary prompts that involve no failure.
Scored on four weighted criteria — install, triggering, output vs. baseline, docs. How scoring works
- Installs cleanly 5/5
- Triggers reliably 5/5
- Output vs. baseline 7/10
- Docs & honesty 4/5
What Fix It Never Work Around It does
A behavioural guardrail that makes Claude stop when a build, script, test runner, or tool exits non-zero, diagnose the root cause, and re-run the original command until it succeeds instead of substituting a different tool or a manual step. It lists the phrases that signal a bypass ("directly", "instead", "skip", "manually", "fall back") and a five-item checklist to clear before resuming the interrupted task. Triggers on unexpected process failures and on workaround language in your own or the user's phrasing; it explicitly exempts expected failures such as the TDD red phase.
How to install Fix It Never Work Around It
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/NTCoding/claude-skillz.git /tmp/fix-it-never-work-around-it-src
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -R /tmp/fix-it-never-work-around-it-src/fix-it-never-work-around-it ~/.claude/skills/fix-it-never-work-around-it
# Single self-contained SKILL.md (3.4 KB), no scripts, no dependencies, no API keys.
# Not published as a plugin: the repo's .claude-plugin/marketplace.json does not list
# this directory, so `/plugin install` will not find it — the copy above is the way.
# Pairs naturally with tdd-process / observability-first-debugging from the same repo.
Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/
(per-project). Restart Claude Code after installing.
Commands — how to trigger Fix It Never Work Around It
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/fix-it-never-work-around-itHalts on a failing command and fixes the root cause instead of bypassing it
It also activates on plain-language prompts like these:
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This build is broken, fix it properly -
Don't skip the failing test, fix the cause -
The script isn't working, find the real bug
Frequently asked questions
- Is the Fix It Never Work Around It skill free?
- Yes. The skill itself is free from NTCoding/claude-skillz. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.
- Does Fix It Never Work Around It work with Claude Code?
- We tested it with Claude Code 2.x (agent harness) on Jul 21, 2026. Verdict: Tested · Works. GitHub API was rate-limited, so I cloned the repo; SKILL.md parsed cleanly with name+description+version, references zero external files or scripts, and grep found no curl|sh, base64 blobs, or injection text. I installed it into a throwaway HOME=$(mktemp -d) and confirmed SKILL.md landed at ~/.claude/skills/fix-it-never-work-around-it/SKILL.md. For output I built two copies of a Node project whose ./build.sh crashes with "ReferenceError: collapse is not defined" in tools/minify.js, then ran the same task (add subtract(), build, report bundle size) in each: the baseline copy answered "214 bytes" from a hand-rolled `cat src/calc.js src/format.js > dist/bundle.js` and left ./build.sh still exiting 1, while the skill-followed copy stopped, implemented the missing collapse() function, and re-ran the original command to exit 0 with "built dist/bundle.js (216 bytes)". Artifacts are at scratchpad/BASELINE.md and scratchpad/SKILL_RUN.md. Docs lose a point because the repo README's "Available Skills" list omits this skill entirely and marketplace.json does not ship it as a plugin; also note the description's bare keyword list ("instead", "directly", "manually") risks loading on ordinary prompts that involve no failure.
- What is the Fix It Never Work Around It SkillProof Score?
- 8.4/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 7/10, docs & honesty 4/5.
- How do I install Fix It Never Work Around It?
- Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.
- Can I use Fix It Never Work Around It with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?
- The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.