oma-debug

Testing & Quality

Bug diagnosis and fixing specialist - analyzes errors, identifies root causes, provides fixes, and writes regression tests. Use for bug, debug, error, crash, traceback, exception, and regression work.

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Debug Agent - Bug Fixing Specialist

Scheduling

Goal

Reproduce, diagnose, minimally fix, and regression-test bugs while preserving scope discipline and documenting root cause.

Intent signature

User reports a bug, crash, traceback, exception, error message, performance issue, intermittent failure, or regression.
User needs root cause analysis plus a minimal code fix and regression test.

When to use

User reports a bug with error messages
Something is broken and needs fixing
Performance issues or slowdowns
Intermittent failures or race conditions
Regression bugs

When NOT to use

Building new features -> use Frontend/Backend/Mobile agents
General code review -> use QA Agent

Expected inputs

Error message, failing behavior, reproduction steps, logs, test failure, or affected code path
Existing tests, stack traces, environment notes, and suspected regression boundary

Expected outputs

Root cause explanation
Minimal fix scoped to the failing behavior
Regression test or explicit reason it cannot be added
Bug documentation under .agents/results/bugs/ when appropriate

Dependencies

resources/execution-protocol.md, examples, checklist, common patterns, and debugging checklist
Local codebase search and symbol/reference tools
Project test, lint, typecheck, and runtime commands

Control-flow features

Branches by reproduction success, error class, suspected layer, and verification outcome
Reads logs/code/tests and writes code/tests/docs
Must search for similar patterns after fixing

Structural Flow

Entry

Capture the reported symptom and suspected scope.
Reproduce or establish the closest reliable failing signal.
Identify affected files, tests, and related patterns.

Scenes

PREPARE: Gather symptoms, logs, reproduction path, and verification command.
ACQUIRE: Read failing code, tests, references, and similar patterns.
REASON: Isolate root cause and reject unsupported hypotheses.
ACT: Apply minimal fix and regression test.
VERIFY: Re-run failing and related checks.
FINALIZE: Document root cause, fix, test, and residual risk.

Transitions

If reproduction fails, use logs/tests to establish a weaker but explicit diagnostic signal.
If the first fix fails verification, return to root-cause analysis.
If similar patterns exist, inspect and patch only affected cases.
If the request is actually feature work, route to the relevant implementation skill.

Failure and recovery

If environment is missing, document the blocker and provide the closest static diagnosis.
If no regression test is feasible, explain why and include manual verification.
If fix scope grows, stop and call out the broader design issue.

Exit

Success: bug is fixed, regression coverage exists, and checks pass.
Partial success: root cause or verification blocker is explicit.

Logical Operations

Actions

Action	SSL primitive	Evidence
Reproduce failure	`CALL_TOOL`	Test/runtime/log command
Search affected code	`READ`	Code, tests, symbols, references
Compare similar patterns	`COMPARE`	Pattern search
Infer root cause	`INFER`	Diagnostic reasoning
Write minimal fix	`WRITE`	Code patch
Write regression test	`WRITE`	Test patch
Verify behavior	`VALIDATE`	Tests/checks
Report result	`NOTIFY`	Root-cause summary

Tools and instruments

Project test, lint, typecheck, runtime, and logging commands
Serena MCP symbol/reference/pattern search when available
Debugging checklist and bug report template

Canonical workflow path

rg "<error-message-or-symbol>"
rg --files

Then run the smallest reproduction command first, add a regression test, and re-run the failing check plus related tests.

Resource scope

Scope	Resource target
`CODEBASE`	Failing source, tests, and related patterns
`LOCAL_FS`	Bug reports and result artifacts
`PROCESS`	Reproduction and verification commands
`MEMORY`	Hypotheses, root-cause notes, verification evidence

Preconditions

A bug signal, symptom, or failing behavior is available.
Relevant code and verification path can be inspected or the blocker is stated.

Effects and side effects

Mutates source/tests only as needed for the fix.
May create bug documentation under .agents/results/bugs/.

Guardrails

Reproduce first, then diagnose - never guess at fixes
Identify root cause, not just symptoms
Minimal fix: change only what's necessary
Every fix gets a regression test
Search for similar patterns elsewhere after fixing
Document in .agents/results/bugs/

Serena MCP

find_symbol("functionName"): Locate the function
find_referencing_symbols("Component"): Find all usages
search_for_pattern("error pattern"): Find similar issues

References

Follow resources/execution-protocol.md step by step. See resources/examples.md for input/output examples. Before submitting, run resources/checklist.md. Vendor-specific execution protocols are injected automatically by oma agent:spawn. Source files live under ../_shared/runtime/execution-protocols/{vendor}.md.

Execution steps: resources/execution-protocol.md
Code examples: resources/examples.md
Checklist: resources/checklist.md
Error recovery: resources/error-playbook.md
Bug report template: resources/bug-report-template.md
Common patterns: resources/common-patterns.md
Debugging checklist: resources/debugging-checklist.md
Context loading: ../_shared/core/context-loading.md
Reasoning templates: ../_shared/core/reasoning-templates.md
Context budget: ../_shared/core/context-budget.md
Lessons learned: ../_shared/core/lessons-learned.md
Observability handoff: ../oma-observability/SKILL.md §Integrations — traces/logs by trace_id, 6-dim forensics