agent-introspection-debugging

Use this skill when an agent run is failing repeatedly, consuming tokens without progress, looping on the same tools, or drifting away from the intended task. This is a workflow skill, not a hidden runtime. It teaches the agent to debug itself systematically before escalating to a human. Activate this skill for: Do not use this skill as the primary source for: Before trying to recover, record the failure precisely. Capture: Minimum capture template: Match the failure to a known pattern before changing anything. Diagnosis questions: Recover with the smallest action that changes the diagnosis surface. Safe recovery actions: Do not claim unsupported auto-healing actions like “reset agent state” or “update harness config” unless you are actually doing them through real tools in the current environment. Contained recovery checklist: End with a report that makes the recovery legible to the next agent or human.