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SkillScore59/100
Test results 59
3/3 safety checks passed
45%59%of test cases passed +14 pts
Passed 13 of 22 test cases with the skill, and 10 of 22 without it.
5 fixed8 passed either way7 still failing2 broke
One test taskBefore reading internal source files while investigating an issue in a complex legacy payment subsystem, what project documentation files should be reviewed?
Adds every file the skill has, pinned so you can update it. No account needed.
pip install "decimalai>=0.15"
decimalai skills add mxyhi-diagnosing-bugs
claude --plugin-dir "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || pwd)/.agents"The same install from Python, for a notebook or a setup script.
pip install "decimalai>=0.15"from decimalai import skillpkg
# Writes .agents/skills and .decimal/skills.toml. Safe to run twice.
result = skillpkg.add("mxyhi-diagnosing-bugs")
if result.exit_code:
raise SystemExit(result.problems)
print("Added. Start Claude Code with the command below.")claude --plugin-dir "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || pwd)/.agents"Type these in a Claude Code session. No account or API key. It writes the skill and any files it bundles, and asks first when its safety rating isn't Passed.
/plugin marketplace add decimal-labs/decimalai-claude-plugins
/plugin install decimalai@decimalai/decimalai:install mxyhi-diagnosing-bugsThe plugin needs python3 and curl on your machine.
No Python or account. Claude Code picks it up in its next session.
curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/mxyhi-diagnosing-bugs/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/mxyhi-diagnosing-bugs/SKILL.md.claude/skills/mxyhi-diagnosing-bugs/SKILL.mdThis gets SKILL.md only. The skill's 1 other file is not included.
agent_config() hands your agent the skill. With no DecimalAI key it reads your project's files and sends nothing. Needs SDK 0.27 or newer.
pip install "decimalai[claude-agent-sdk]"
decimalai skills add mxyhi-diagnosing-bugsimport asyncio
from claude_agent_sdk import ClaudeAgentOptions
from decimalai.claude_agent_sdk import agent_config
# With no DECIMAL_API_KEY this reads the skills your project lists, from disk.
support = agent_config("support", fallback="You are a helpful agent.")
async def main():
question = "Hello!"
async with support.run(question) as run: # one user message, one run
async for message in run.query(options=ClaudeAgentOptions(max_turns=6)):
print(message)
# In a notebook or async code: await main()
asyncio.run(main())Prefer its own loader? ClaudeAgentOptions(plugins=[skills_plugin()], skills="all") reads the same folder. Use one or the other: a skill delivered both ways reaches the prompt twice.
The same install from Python, for a notebook or a setup script. agent_config() hands your agent the skill. With no DecimalAI key it reads your project's files and sends nothing. Needs SDK 0.27 or newer.
pip install "decimalai[claude-agent-sdk]"from decimalai import skillpkg
# Writes .agents/skills and .decimal/skills.toml. Safe to run twice.
result = skillpkg.add("mxyhi-diagnosing-bugs")
if result.exit_code:
raise SystemExit(result.problems)
import asyncio
from claude_agent_sdk import ClaudeAgentOptions
from decimalai.claude_agent_sdk import agent_config
# With no DECIMAL_API_KEY this reads the skills your project lists, from disk.
support = agent_config("support", fallback="You are a helpful agent.")
async def main():
question = "Hello!"
async with support.run(question) as run: # one user message, one run
async for message in run.query(options=ClaudeAgentOptions(max_turns=6)):
print(message)
# In a notebook or async code: await main()
asyncio.run(main())Prefer its own loader? ClaudeAgentOptions(plugins=[skills_plugin()], skills="all") reads the same folder. Use one or the other: a skill delivered both ways reaches the prompt twice.
No DecimalAI package. The whole skill goes in every prompt, and nothing pins or updates it.
.agents/skills/mxyhi-diagnosing-bugs/SKILL.mdimport asyncio
from pathlib import Path
from claude_agent_sdk import ClaudeAgentOptions, query
skill = Path(".agents/skills/mxyhi-diagnosing-bugs/SKILL.md").read_text()
options = ClaudeAgentOptions(system_prompt=f"You are a helpful agent.\n\n{skill}", max_turns=6)
async def main():
async for message in query(prompt="Hello!", options=options):
print(message)
# In a notebook or async code: await main()
asyncio.run(main())This gets SKILL.md only. The skill's 1 other file is not included.
agent_config() hands your agent the skill. With no DecimalAI key it reads your project's files and sends nothing. Needs SDK 0.27 or newer.
pip install "decimalai[openai-agents]"
decimalai skills add mxyhi-diagnosing-bugsfrom agents import Agent, Runner
from decimalai.openai_agents import agent_config
# With no DECIMAL_API_KEY this reads the skills your project lists, from disk.
support = agent_config("support", fallback="You are a helpful agent.")
agent = Agent(
name=support.name,
instructions=support.instructions, # your prompt, then the skill list
tools=[*support.tools], # your tools, then load_skill
)
# In a notebook or async code: result = await Runner.run(agent, "Hello!")
result = Runner.run_sync(agent, "Hello!")Using SandboxAgent? capabilities=[Shell(), decimalai.openai_agents.sandbox_skills()] points its own loader at the same folder.
The same install from Python, for a notebook or a setup script. agent_config() hands your agent the skill. With no DecimalAI key it reads your project's files and sends nothing. Needs SDK 0.27 or newer.
pip install "decimalai[openai-agents]"from decimalai import skillpkg
# Writes .agents/skills and .decimal/skills.toml. Safe to run twice.
result = skillpkg.add("mxyhi-diagnosing-bugs")
if result.exit_code:
raise SystemExit(result.problems)
from agents import Agent, Runner
from decimalai.openai_agents import agent_config
# With no DECIMAL_API_KEY this reads the skills your project lists, from disk.
support = agent_config("support", fallback="You are a helpful agent.")
agent = Agent(
name=support.name,
instructions=support.instructions, # your prompt, then the skill list
tools=[*support.tools], # your tools, then load_skill
)
# In a notebook or async code: result = await Runner.run(agent, "Hello!")
result = Runner.run_sync(agent, "Hello!")Using SandboxAgent? capabilities=[Shell(), decimalai.openai_agents.sandbox_skills()] points its own loader at the same folder.
No DecimalAI package. The whole skill goes in every prompt, and nothing pins or updates it.
.agents/skills/mxyhi-diagnosing-bugs/SKILL.mdfrom pathlib import Path
from agents import Agent, Runner
skill = Path(".agents/skills/mxyhi-diagnosing-bugs/SKILL.md").read_text()
agent = Agent(name="support", instructions=f"You are a helpful agent.\n\n{skill}")
# In a notebook or async code: result = await Runner.run(agent, "Hello!")
result = Runner.run_sync(agent, "Hello!")This gets SKILL.md only. The skill's 1 other file is not included.
agent_config() hands your agent the skill. With no DecimalAI key it reads your project's files and sends nothing. Needs SDK 0.27 or newer.
pip install "decimalai[openai]"
decimalai skills add mxyhi-diagnosing-bugsimport json
from openai import OpenAI
from decimalai.openai import agent_config
client = OpenAI()
# With no DECIMAL_API_KEY this reads the skills your project lists, from disk.
support = agent_config("support", fallback="You are a helpful agent.")
def lookup_order(order_id: str) -> str:
return f"Order {order_id} shipped yesterday."
# Your tools, as Chat Completions takes them, and what answers each.
TOOLS = [{"type": "function", "function": {
"name": "lookup_order",
"description": "Look up the status of an order.",
"parameters": {"type": "object", "properties": {"order_id": {"type": "string"}},
"required": ["order_id"]},
}}]
FUNCTIONS = {"lookup_order": lookup_order}
question = "Where is order A1001?"
with support.run(question) as run: # one user message, one run
# run.system is your prompt, then the skill list.
messages = [{"role": "system", "content": run.system}, run.message]
while True:
reply = client.chat.completions.create(
model="gpt-5.4-mini",
messages=messages,
tools=[*TOOLS, *run.tools], # your tools, then load_skill
).choices[0].message
messages.append(reply)
if not reply.tool_calls:
break
for call in reply.tool_calls:
# load_skill is answered by the run; your own tools by FUNCTIONS.
function = FUNCTIONS.get(call.function.name)
messages.append(run.tool_result(call) or {
"role": "tool", "tool_call_id": call.id,
"content": function(**json.loads(call.function.arguments)) if function
else f"There is no tool named {call.function.name!r}.",
})
print(reply.content)
# The Responses API takes run.response_tools instead of run.tools.The same install from Python, for a notebook or a setup script. agent_config() hands your agent the skill. With no DecimalAI key it reads your project's files and sends nothing. Needs SDK 0.27 or newer.
pip install "decimalai[openai]"from decimalai import skillpkg
# Writes .agents/skills and .decimal/skills.toml. Safe to run twice.
result = skillpkg.add("mxyhi-diagnosing-bugs")
if result.exit_code:
raise SystemExit(result.problems)
import json
from openai import OpenAI
from decimalai.openai import agent_config
client = OpenAI()
# With no DECIMAL_API_KEY this reads the skills your project lists, from disk.
support = agent_config("support", fallback="You are a helpful agent.")
def lookup_order(order_id: str) -> str:
return f"Order {order_id} shipped yesterday."
# Your tools, as Chat Completions takes them, and what answers each.
TOOLS = [{"type": "function", "function": {
"name": "lookup_order",
"description": "Look up the status of an order.",
"parameters": {"type": "object", "properties": {"order_id": {"type": "string"}},
"required": ["order_id"]},
}}]
FUNCTIONS = {"lookup_order": lookup_order}
question = "Where is order A1001?"
with support.run(question) as run: # one user message, one run
# run.system is your prompt, then the skill list.
messages = [{"role": "system", "content": run.system}, run.message]
while True:
reply = client.chat.completions.create(
model="gpt-5.4-mini",
messages=messages,
tools=[*TOOLS, *run.tools], # your tools, then load_skill
).choices[0].message
messages.append(reply)
if not reply.tool_calls:
break
for call in reply.tool_calls:
# load_skill is answered by the run; your own tools by FUNCTIONS.
function = FUNCTIONS.get(call.function.name)
messages.append(run.tool_result(call) or {
"role": "tool", "tool_call_id": call.id,
"content": function(**json.loads(call.function.arguments)) if function
else f"There is no tool named {call.function.name!r}.",
})
print(reply.content)
# The Responses API takes run.response_tools instead of run.tools.No DecimalAI package. The whole skill goes in every prompt, and nothing pins or updates it.
.agents/skills/mxyhi-diagnosing-bugs/SKILL.mdfrom pathlib import Path
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI()
skill = Path(".agents/skills/mxyhi-diagnosing-bugs/SKILL.md").read_text()
reply = client.chat.completions.create(
model="gpt-5.4-mini",
messages=[
{"role": "system", "content": f"You are a helpful agent.\n\n{skill}"},
{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"},
],
).choices[0].messageThis gets SKILL.md only. The skill's 1 other file is not included.
agent_config() hands your agent the skill. With no DecimalAI key it reads your project's files and sends nothing. Needs SDK 0.27 or newer.
pip install "decimalai[anthropic]"
decimalai skills add mxyhi-diagnosing-bugsimport anthropic
from decimalai.anthropic import agent_config
client = anthropic.Anthropic()
# With no DECIMAL_API_KEY this reads the skills your project lists, from disk.
support = agent_config("support", fallback="You are a helpful agent.")
question = "Hello!"
with support.run(question) as run: # one user message, one run
answer = client.beta.messages.tool_runner(
model="claude-haiku-5-5",
max_tokens=4096,
system=run.system, # your prompt, then the skill list
tools=[*run.tools], # your tools, then load_skill
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": question}],
).until_done()The same install from Python, for a notebook or a setup script. agent_config() hands your agent the skill. With no DecimalAI key it reads your project's files and sends nothing. Needs SDK 0.27 or newer.
pip install "decimalai[anthropic]"from decimalai import skillpkg
# Writes .agents/skills and .decimal/skills.toml. Safe to run twice.
result = skillpkg.add("mxyhi-diagnosing-bugs")
if result.exit_code:
raise SystemExit(result.problems)
import anthropic
from decimalai.anthropic import agent_config
client = anthropic.Anthropic()
# With no DECIMAL_API_KEY this reads the skills your project lists, from disk.
support = agent_config("support", fallback="You are a helpful agent.")
question = "Hello!"
with support.run(question) as run: # one user message, one run
answer = client.beta.messages.tool_runner(
model="claude-haiku-5-5",
max_tokens=4096,
system=run.system, # your prompt, then the skill list
tools=[*run.tools], # your tools, then load_skill
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": question}],
).until_done()No DecimalAI package. The whole skill goes in every prompt, and nothing pins or updates it.
.agents/skills/mxyhi-diagnosing-bugs/SKILL.mdfrom pathlib import Path
import anthropic
client = anthropic.Anthropic()
skill = Path(".agents/skills/mxyhi-diagnosing-bugs/SKILL.md").read_text()
reply = client.messages.create(
model="claude-haiku-5-5",
max_tokens=4096,
system=f"You are a helpful agent.\n\n{skill}",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)This gets SKILL.md only. The skill's 1 other file is not included.
agent_config() hands your agent the skill. With no DecimalAI key it reads your project's files and sends nothing. Needs SDK 0.27 or newer.
pip install "decimalai[google-genai]"
decimalai skills add mxyhi-diagnosing-bugsfrom google import genai
from google.genai import types
from decimalai.google_genai import agent_config
client = genai.Client()
# With no DECIMAL_API_KEY this reads the skills your project lists, from disk.
support = agent_config("support", fallback="You are a helpful agent.")
def lookup_order(order_id: str) -> str:
return f"Order {order_id} shipped yesterday."
# Your functions, as declarations for the model, and what answers each.
TOOLS = [{"function_declarations": [{
"name": "lookup_order",
"description": "Look up the status of an order.",
"parameters_json_schema": {"type": "object", "properties": {"order_id": {"type": "string"}},
"required": ["order_id"]},
}]}]
FUNCTIONS = {"lookup_order": lookup_order}
question = "Where is order A1001?"
with support.run(question) as run: # one user message, one run
config = types.GenerateContentConfig(
system_instruction=run.system, # your prompt, then the skill list
tools=[*TOOLS, *run.tool_params], # your functions, then load_skill
)
contents = [{"role": "user", "parts": [{"text": run.message}]}]
while True:
response = client.models.generate_content(
model="gemini-3.5-flash", contents=contents, config=config,
)
if not response.function_calls:
break
contents.append(response.candidates[0].content)
parts = []
for call in response.function_calls:
# load_skill is answered by the run; your own functions by FUNCTIONS.
# A loop of your own rather than automatic function calling, which
# raises KeyError when the model asks for a function you did not pass.
function = FUNCTIONS.get(call.name)
parts.append(run.tool_result(call) or {"function_response": {
"name": call.name, "id": call.id,
"response": {"result": function(**(call.args or {})) if function
else f"There is no function named {call.name!r}."},
}})
contents.append({"role": "user", "parts": parts})
print(response.text)The same install from Python, for a notebook or a setup script. agent_config() hands your agent the skill. With no DecimalAI key it reads your project's files and sends nothing. Needs SDK 0.27 or newer.
pip install "decimalai[google-genai]"from decimalai import skillpkg
# Writes .agents/skills and .decimal/skills.toml. Safe to run twice.
result = skillpkg.add("mxyhi-diagnosing-bugs")
if result.exit_code:
raise SystemExit(result.problems)
from google import genai
from google.genai import types
from decimalai.google_genai import agent_config
client = genai.Client()
# With no DECIMAL_API_KEY this reads the skills your project lists, from disk.
support = agent_config("support", fallback="You are a helpful agent.")
def lookup_order(order_id: str) -> str:
return f"Order {order_id} shipped yesterday."
# Your functions, as declarations for the model, and what answers each.
TOOLS = [{"function_declarations": [{
"name": "lookup_order",
"description": "Look up the status of an order.",
"parameters_json_schema": {"type": "object", "properties": {"order_id": {"type": "string"}},
"required": ["order_id"]},
}]}]
FUNCTIONS = {"lookup_order": lookup_order}
question = "Where is order A1001?"
with support.run(question) as run: # one user message, one run
config = types.GenerateContentConfig(
system_instruction=run.system, # your prompt, then the skill list
tools=[*TOOLS, *run.tool_params], # your functions, then load_skill
)
contents = [{"role": "user", "parts": [{"text": run.message}]}]
while True:
response = client.models.generate_content(
model="gemini-3.5-flash", contents=contents, config=config,
)
if not response.function_calls:
break
contents.append(response.candidates[0].content)
parts = []
for call in response.function_calls:
# load_skill is answered by the run; your own functions by FUNCTIONS.
# A loop of your own rather than automatic function calling, which
# raises KeyError when the model asks for a function you did not pass.
function = FUNCTIONS.get(call.name)
parts.append(run.tool_result(call) or {"function_response": {
"name": call.name, "id": call.id,
"response": {"result": function(**(call.args or {})) if function
else f"There is no function named {call.name!r}."},
}})
contents.append({"role": "user", "parts": parts})
print(response.text)No DecimalAI package. The whole skill goes in every prompt, and nothing pins or updates it.
.agents/skills/mxyhi-diagnosing-bugs/SKILL.mdfrom pathlib import Path
from google import genai
from google.genai import types
client = genai.Client()
skill = Path(".agents/skills/mxyhi-diagnosing-bugs/SKILL.md").read_text()
response = client.models.generate_content(
model="gemini-3.5-flash",
contents="Hello!",
config=types.GenerateContentConfig(system_instruction=f"You are a helpful agent.\n\n{skill}"),
)This gets SKILL.md only. The skill's 1 other file is not included.
agent_config() hands your agent the skill. With no DecimalAI key it reads your project's files and sends nothing. Needs SDK 0.27 or newer.
pip install "decimalai[langchain]" langchain-openai
decimalai skills add mxyhi-diagnosing-bugsfrom langchain.agents import create_agent
from decimalai.langchain import agent_config
# With no DECIMAL_API_KEY this reads the skills your project lists, from disk.
support = agent_config("support", fallback="You are a helpful agent.")
agent = create_agent(
"openai:gpt-5.4-mini",
tools=[], # your tools; the middleware adds load_skill
middleware=[support.middleware], # your prompt, the skill list and load_skill
)
result = agent.invoke({"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]})The same install from Python, for a notebook or a setup script. agent_config() hands your agent the skill. With no DecimalAI key it reads your project's files and sends nothing. Needs SDK 0.27 or newer.
pip install "decimalai[langchain]" langchain-openaifrom decimalai import skillpkg
# Writes .agents/skills and .decimal/skills.toml. Safe to run twice.
result = skillpkg.add("mxyhi-diagnosing-bugs")
if result.exit_code:
raise SystemExit(result.problems)
from langchain.agents import create_agent
from decimalai.langchain import agent_config
# With no DECIMAL_API_KEY this reads the skills your project lists, from disk.
support = agent_config("support", fallback="You are a helpful agent.")
agent = create_agent(
"openai:gpt-5.4-mini",
tools=[], # your tools; the middleware adds load_skill
middleware=[support.middleware], # your prompt, the skill list and load_skill
)
result = agent.invoke({"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]})No DecimalAI package. The whole skill goes in every prompt, and nothing pins or updates it.
.agents/skills/mxyhi-diagnosing-bugs/SKILL.mdfrom pathlib import Path
from langchain.agents import create_agent
skill = Path(".agents/skills/mxyhi-diagnosing-bugs/SKILL.md").read_text()
agent = create_agent("openai:gpt-5.4-mini", tools=[], system_prompt=f"You are a helpful agent.\n\n{skill}")
result = agent.invoke({"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]})This gets SKILL.md only. The skill's 1 other file is not included.
CrewAI's own skill loader reads the installed folder. No DecimalAI account needed.
pip install "decimalai>=0.16" "crewai>=1.15.27"
decimalai skills add mxyhi-diagnosing-bugsimport decimalai.crewai
from crewai import Agent, Crew, Task
agent = Agent(
role="Support", goal="Help the customer", backstory="A support agent.",
llm=llm, # your own CrewAI LLM
skills=decimalai.crewai.skills(), # the installed folder
tools=decimalai.crewai.skill_tools(), # reads a skill's files, runs its scripts
)
task = Task(description="Hello!", expected_output="an answer", agent=agent)
Crew(agents=[agent], tasks=[task]).kickoff()The same install from Python, for a notebook or a setup script. CrewAI's own skill loader reads the installed folder. No DecimalAI account needed.
pip install "decimalai>=0.16" "crewai>=1.15.27"from decimalai import skillpkg
# Writes .agents/skills and .decimal/skills.toml. Safe to run twice.
result = skillpkg.add("mxyhi-diagnosing-bugs")
if result.exit_code:
raise SystemExit(result.problems)
import decimalai.crewai
from crewai import Agent, Crew, Task
agent = Agent(
role="Support", goal="Help the customer", backstory="A support agent.",
llm=llm, # your own CrewAI LLM
skills=decimalai.crewai.skills(), # the installed folder
tools=decimalai.crewai.skill_tools(), # reads a skill's files, runs its scripts
)
task = Task(description="Hello!", expected_output="an answer", agent=agent)
Crew(agents=[agent], tasks=[task]).kickoff()No DecimalAI package. CrewAI's own loader reads the folder, and nothing pins or updates it.
.agents/skills/mxyhi-diagnosing-bugs/SKILL.mdfrom pathlib import Path
from crewai import Agent, Crew, Task
agent = Agent(
role="Support", goal="Help the customer", backstory="A support agent.",
llm=llm, # your own CrewAI LLM
skills=[Path(".agents/skills")],
)
task = Task(description="Hello!", expected_output="an answer", agent=agent)
Crew(agents=[agent], tasks=[task]).kickoff()This gets SKILL.md only. The skill's 1 other file is not included.
agent_config() hands your agent the skill. With no DecimalAI key it reads your project's files and sends nothing. Needs SDK 0.27 or newer.
pip install "decimalai[adk]"
decimalai skills add mxyhi-diagnosing-bugsfrom decimalai.adk import DecimalAIPlugin, agent_config
from google.adk.agents import LlmAgent
from google.adk.apps import App
# With no DECIMAL_API_KEY this reads the skills your project lists, from disk.
support = agent_config("support", fallback="You are a helpful agent.")
agent = LlmAgent(
name="support", # ADK needs a Python identifier
model="gemini-3.5-flash",
instruction=support.instruction, # your prompt, then the skill list
tools=[*support.tools], # your tools, then load_skill
)
# DecimalAIPlugin makes each invocation of runners built from this App one trace.
app = App(name="support", root_agent=agent, plugins=[DecimalAIPlugin()])Prefer ADK's own loader? SkillToolset(skills=decimalai.adk.skills(), ...) reads the same folder. Use one or the other: a skill delivered both ways reaches the prompt twice.
The same install from Python, for a notebook or a setup script. agent_config() hands your agent the skill. With no DecimalAI key it reads your project's files and sends nothing. Needs SDK 0.27 or newer.
pip install "decimalai[adk]"from decimalai import skillpkg
# Writes .agents/skills and .decimal/skills.toml. Safe to run twice.
result = skillpkg.add("mxyhi-diagnosing-bugs")
if result.exit_code:
raise SystemExit(result.problems)
from decimalai.adk import DecimalAIPlugin, agent_config
from google.adk.agents import LlmAgent
from google.adk.apps import App
# With no DECIMAL_API_KEY this reads the skills your project lists, from disk.
support = agent_config("support", fallback="You are a helpful agent.")
agent = LlmAgent(
name="support", # ADK needs a Python identifier
model="gemini-3.5-flash",
instruction=support.instruction, # your prompt, then the skill list
tools=[*support.tools], # your tools, then load_skill
)
# DecimalAIPlugin makes each invocation of runners built from this App one trace.
app = App(name="support", root_agent=agent, plugins=[DecimalAIPlugin()])Prefer ADK's own loader? SkillToolset(skills=decimalai.adk.skills(), ...) reads the same folder. Use one or the other: a skill delivered both ways reaches the prompt twice.
No DecimalAI package. The whole skill goes in every prompt, and nothing pins or updates it.
.agents/skills/mxyhi-diagnosing-bugs/SKILL.mdfrom pathlib import Path
from google.adk.agents import LlmAgent
skill = Path(".agents/skills/mxyhi-diagnosing-bugs/SKILL.md").read_text()
agent = LlmAgent(
name="support",
model="gemini-3.5-flash",
instruction=lambda context: f"You are a helpful agent.\n\n{skill}",
)This gets SKILL.md only. The skill's 1 other file is not included.
agent_config() hands your agent the skill. With no DecimalAI key it reads your project's files and sends nothing. Needs SDK 0.27 or newer.
pip install "decimalai[pydantic-ai]"
decimalai skills add mxyhi-diagnosing-bugsfrom pydantic_ai import Agent
from decimalai.pydantic_ai import agent_config
# With no DECIMAL_API_KEY this reads the skills your project lists, from disk.
support = agent_config("support", fallback="You are a helpful agent.")
agent = Agent(
"openai:gpt-4o-mini",
name=support.name,
tools=[], # your tools; the capability adds load_skill
capabilities=[support], # your prompt, the skill list and load_skill
)
# In a notebook or async code: result = await agent.run("Hello!")
result = agent.run_sync("Hello!")On the Pydantic AI harness, decimalai.pydantic_ai_harness.skills(project) uses its own loader instead.
The same install from Python, for a notebook or a setup script. agent_config() hands your agent the skill. With no DecimalAI key it reads your project's files and sends nothing. Needs SDK 0.27 or newer.
pip install "decimalai[pydantic-ai]"from decimalai import skillpkg
# Writes .agents/skills and .decimal/skills.toml. Safe to run twice.
result = skillpkg.add("mxyhi-diagnosing-bugs")
if result.exit_code:
raise SystemExit(result.problems)
from pydantic_ai import Agent
from decimalai.pydantic_ai import agent_config
# With no DECIMAL_API_KEY this reads the skills your project lists, from disk.
support = agent_config("support", fallback="You are a helpful agent.")
agent = Agent(
"openai:gpt-4o-mini",
name=support.name,
tools=[], # your tools; the capability adds load_skill
capabilities=[support], # your prompt, the skill list and load_skill
)
# In a notebook or async code: result = await agent.run("Hello!")
result = agent.run_sync("Hello!")On the Pydantic AI harness, decimalai.pydantic_ai_harness.skills(project) uses its own loader instead.
No DecimalAI package. The whole skill goes in every prompt, and nothing pins or updates it.
.agents/skills/mxyhi-diagnosing-bugs/SKILL.mdfrom pathlib import Path
from pydantic_ai import Agent
skill = Path(".agents/skills/mxyhi-diagnosing-bugs/SKILL.md").read_text()
agent = Agent("openai:gpt-4o-mini", instructions=f"You are a helpful agent.\n\n{skill}")
# In a notebook or async code: result = await agent.run("Hello!")
result = agent.run_sync("Hello!")This gets SKILL.md only. The skill's 1 other file is not included.
Deep Agents' own skill loader reads the installed folder. No DecimalAI account needed.
pip install "decimalai>=0.16" deepagents
decimalai skills add mxyhi-diagnosing-bugsimport decimalai.deepagents
from deepagents import create_deep_agent
agent = create_deep_agent(model=model, **decimalai.deepagents.skills())
agent.invoke({"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]})The default backend reads files but has no shell. To run a skill's scripts, pass skills(backend=LocalShellBackend(...)).
The same install from Python, for a notebook or a setup script. Deep Agents' own skill loader reads the installed folder. No DecimalAI account needed.
pip install "decimalai>=0.16" deepagentsfrom decimalai import skillpkg
# Writes .agents/skills and .decimal/skills.toml. Safe to run twice.
result = skillpkg.add("mxyhi-diagnosing-bugs")
if result.exit_code:
raise SystemExit(result.problems)
import decimalai.deepagents
from deepagents import create_deep_agent
agent = create_deep_agent(model=model, **decimalai.deepagents.skills())
agent.invoke({"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]})The default backend reads files but has no shell. To run a skill's scripts, pass skills(backend=LocalShellBackend(...)).
No DecimalAI package. The whole skill goes in every prompt, and nothing pins or updates it.
.agents/skills/mxyhi-diagnosing-bugs/SKILL.mdfrom pathlib import Path
from deepagents import create_deep_agent
skill = Path(".agents/skills/mxyhi-diagnosing-bugs/SKILL.md").read_text()
agent = create_deep_agent(model=model, system_prompt=f"You are a helpful agent.\n\n{skill}")
agent.invoke({"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]})This gets SKILL.md only. The skill's 1 other file is not included.
Its own skill loader reads the installed folder. No DecimalAI account needed.
pip install "decimalai>=0.16" agent-framework
decimalai skills add mxyhi-diagnosing-bugsimport asyncio
from agent_framework import Agent
from decimalai.agent_framework import skills
agent = Agent(client=client, instructions="You are a helpful agent.", context_providers=[skills()])
asyncio.run(agent.run("Hello!"))It caches skills by default, so restart the process after decimalai skills update.
The same install from Python, for a notebook or a setup script. Its own skill loader reads the installed folder. No DecimalAI account needed.
pip install "decimalai>=0.16" agent-frameworkfrom decimalai import skillpkg
# Writes .agents/skills and .decimal/skills.toml. Safe to run twice.
result = skillpkg.add("mxyhi-diagnosing-bugs")
if result.exit_code:
raise SystemExit(result.problems)
import asyncio
from agent_framework import Agent
from decimalai.agent_framework import skills
agent = Agent(client=client, instructions="You are a helpful agent.", context_providers=[skills()])
asyncio.run(agent.run("Hello!"))It caches skills by default, so restart the process after decimalai skills update.
No DecimalAI package. The whole skill goes in every prompt, and nothing pins or updates it.
.agents/skills/mxyhi-diagnosing-bugs/SKILL.mdimport asyncio
from pathlib import Path
from agent_framework import Agent
skill = Path(".agents/skills/mxyhi-diagnosing-bugs/SKILL.md").read_text()
agent = Agent(client=client, instructions=f"You are a helpful agent.\n\n{skill}")
asyncio.run(agent.run("Hello!"))This gets SKILL.md only. The skill's 1 other file is not included.
Strands' own skill loader reads the installed folder. No DecimalAI account needed.
pip install "decimalai>=0.16" strands-agents
decimalai skills add mxyhi-diagnosing-bugsfrom decimalai.strands import skills
from strands import Agent
from strands.vended_tools import file_editor, shell
agent = Agent(
model=model, # always pass one: the default is Amazon Bedrock
system_prompt="You are a helpful agent.",
tools=[file_editor, shell],
plugins=[skills()],
)
agent("Hello!")Strands loads an agent's skills once, so build the agent again after decimalai skills update.
The same install from Python, for a notebook or a setup script. Strands' own skill loader reads the installed folder. No DecimalAI account needed.
pip install "decimalai>=0.16" strands-agentsfrom decimalai import skillpkg
# Writes .agents/skills and .decimal/skills.toml. Safe to run twice.
result = skillpkg.add("mxyhi-diagnosing-bugs")
if result.exit_code:
raise SystemExit(result.problems)
from decimalai.strands import skills
from strands import Agent
from strands.vended_tools import file_editor, shell
agent = Agent(
model=model, # always pass one: the default is Amazon Bedrock
system_prompt="You are a helpful agent.",
tools=[file_editor, shell],
plugins=[skills()],
)
agent("Hello!")Strands loads an agent's skills once, so build the agent again after decimalai skills update.
No DecimalAI package. The whole skill goes in every prompt, and nothing pins or updates it.
.agents/skills/mxyhi-diagnosing-bugs/SKILL.mdfrom pathlib import Path
from strands import Agent
skill = Path(".agents/skills/mxyhi-diagnosing-bugs/SKILL.md").read_text()
agent = Agent(model=model, system_prompt=f"You are a helpful agent.\n\n{skill}")
agent("Hello!")This gets SKILL.md only. The skill's 1 other file is not included.
Adds every file the skill has, pinned so you can update it. Cursor, Copilot, Cline and Warp read this folder by themselves.
pip install "decimalai>=0.15"
decimalai skills add mxyhi-diagnosing-bugsNo Python or account. Cursor, Copilot, Cline and Warp read this folder by themselves.
curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .agents/skills/mxyhi-diagnosing-bugs/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/mxyhi-diagnosing-bugs/SKILL.md.agents/skills/mxyhi-diagnosing-bugs/SKILL.mdThis gets SKILL.md only. The skill's 1 other file is not included.
Give its text to your model as instructions. No account or package needed.
This gets SKILL.md only. The skill's 1 other file is not included.
Raw files: /s/mxyhi-diagnosing-bugs/SKILL.md · /s/mxyhi-diagnosing-bugs.json
Fetch the file and give its text to your model as instructions. No account or package needed.
curl -fsSL https://app.decimal.ai/s/mxyhi-diagnosing-bugs/SKILL.mdcurl -fsSL https://app.decimal.ai/s/mxyhi-diagnosing-bugs.jsonThis gets SKILL.md only. The skill's 1 other file is not included.
You don't need a DecimalAI account.
Saved prompts and skills, pinned versions, and traces of this skill in your runs. DecimalAI does not run your agent.
Claude Code reads files from your project, so DecimalAI config does not apply there.
On Claude Agent SDK: save the skill to an agent here, set DECIMAL_API_KEY, and the same code uses it with no command to run. Changes you save reach the next run with no redeploy.
On OpenAI Agents: save the skill to an agent here, set DECIMAL_API_KEY, and the same code uses it with no command to run. Changes you save reach the next run with no redeploy.
On OpenAI SDK: save the skill to an agent here, set DECIMAL_API_KEY, and the same code uses it with no command to run. Changes you save reach the next run with no redeploy.
On Anthropic: save the skill to an agent here, set DECIMAL_API_KEY, and the same code uses it with no command to run. Changes you save reach the next run with no redeploy.
On Gemini API: save the skill to an agent here, set DECIMAL_API_KEY, and the same code uses it with no command to run. Changes you save reach the next run with no redeploy.
On LangChain: save the skill to an agent here, set DECIMAL_API_KEY, and the same code uses it with no command to run. Changes you save reach the next run with no redeploy.
On CrewAI: set DECIMAL_API_KEY and add decimalai.init(crewai=True) to record runs and skill use. The skill version stays in your repo.
On Google ADK: save the skill to an agent here, set DECIMAL_API_KEY, and the same code uses it with no command to run. Changes you save reach the next run with no redeploy.
On Pydantic AI: save the skill to an agent here, set DECIMAL_API_KEY, and the same code uses it with no command to run. Changes you save reach the next run with no redeploy.
On Deep Agents: set DECIMAL_API_KEY and add decimalai.init(langchain=True) to record runs and skill use. The skill version stays in your repo.
On Microsoft Agent Framework: set DECIMAL_API_KEY and add decimalai.init(otel=True, agent_name="support") to record runs and skill use. The skill version stays in your repo.
On Strands: set DECIMAL_API_KEY and add decimalai.init(otel=True, agent_name="support") to record runs and skill use. The skill version stays in your repo.
Editors read files from your project, so DecimalAI config does not apply there.
Anywhere else: record a use with decimalai.log_skill_activation() inside a trace.
A discipline for hard bugs. Skip phases only when explicitly justified.
When exploring the codebase, read CONTEXT.md (if it exists) to get a clear mental model of the relevant modules, and check ADRs in the area you're touching.
This skill has you show commands, outputs and captured artifacts. Redact every secret first — write <REDACTED> in its place. Build loops against env vars, so the credential stays in the environment rather than in what you show. Captured artifacts carry auth headers: quote only the lines that carry the signal.
If the redacted output is not enough to diagnose the bug, say so and ask the user.
This is the skill. Everything else is mechanical. If you have a tight pass/fail signal for the bug — one that goes red on this bug — you will find the cause; bisection, hypothesis-testing, and instrumentation all just consume it. If you don't have one, no amount of staring at code will save you.
Spend disproportionate effort here. Be aggressive. Be creative. Refuse to give up.
git bisect run it.scripts/hitl-loop.template.sh so the loop is still structured. Captured output feeds back to you.Build the right feedback loop, and the bug is 90% fixed.
Treat the loop as a product. Once you have a loop, tighten it:
A 30-second flaky loop is barely better than no loop; a 2-second deterministic one is tight — a debugging superpower.
The goal is not a clean repro but a higher reproduction rate. Loop the trigger 100×, parallelise, add stress, narrow timing windows, inject sleeps. A 50%-flake bug is debuggable; 1% is not — keep raising the rate until it's debuggable.
Stop and say so explicitly. List what you tried. Ask the user for: (a) access to whatever environment reproduces it, (b) a redacted captured artifact (HAR file, log dump, core dump, screen recording with timestamps), or (c) permission to add temporary production instrumentation. Do not proceed to hypothesise without a loop.
Phase 1 is done when the loop is tight and red-capable: you can name one command — a script path, a test invocation, a curl — that you have already run at least once (show the invocation and its output, redacted), and that is:
scripts/hitl-loop.template.sh.If you catch yourself reading code to build a theory before this command exists, stop — jumping straight to a hypothesis is the exact failure this skill prevents. No red-capable command, no Phase 2.
Run the loop. Watch it go red — the bug appears.
Confirm:
Once it's red, shrink the repro to the smallest scenario that still goes red. Cut inputs, callers, config, data, and steps one at a time, re-running the loop after each cut — keep only what's load-bearing for the failure.
Why bother: a minimal repro shrinks the hypothesis space in Phase 3 (fewer moving parts left to suspect) and becomes the clean regression test in Phase 5.
Done when every remaining element is load-bearing — removing any one of them makes the loop go green.
Do not proceed until you have reproduced and minimised.
Generate 3–5 ranked hypotheses before testing any of them. Single-hypothesis generation anchors on the first plausible idea.
Each hypothesis must be falsifiable: state the prediction it makes.
Format: "If is the cause, then will make the bug disappear / will make it worse."
If you cannot state the prediction, the hypothesis is a vibe — discard or sharpen it.
Show the ranked list to the user before testing. They often have domain knowledge that re-ranks instantly ("we just deployed a change to #3"), or know hypotheses they've already ruled out. Cheap checkpoint, big time saver. Don't block on it — proceed with your ranking if the user is AFK.
Each probe must map to a specific prediction from Phase 3. Change one variable at a time.
Tool preference:
Tag every debug log with a unique prefix, e.g. [DEBUG-a4f2]. Cleanup at the end becomes a single grep. Untagged logs survive; tagged logs die.
Perf branch. For performance regressions, logs are usually wrong. Instead: establish a baseline measurement (timing harness, performance.now(), profiler, query plan), then bisect. Measure first, fix second.
Write the regression test before the fix — but only if there is a correct seam for it.
A correct seam is one where the test exercises the real bug pattern as it occurs at the call site. If the only available seam is too shallow (single-caller test when the bug needs multiple callers, unit test that can't replicate the chain that triggered the bug), a regression test there gives false confidence.
If no correct seam exists, that itself is the finding. Note it. The codebase architecture is preventing the bug from being locked down. Flag this for the next phase.
If a correct seam exists:
Required before declaring done:
[DEBUG-...] instrumentation removed (grep the prefix)Then ask: what would have prevented this bug? If the answer involves architectural change (no good test seam, tangled callers, hidden coupling) hand off to the /improve-codebase-architecture skill with the specifics. Make the recommendation after the fix is in, not before — you have more information now than when you started.
Automatically, when a task matches. Use when the user says "diagnose"/"debug this", or reports something broken/throwing/failing/slow.
Published skills whose descriptions closely match this one, with their headline benchmark lift.
Skills that do similar work, with their headline benchmark lift.
From the same source and nearby in the catalogue.