Claude Code Skills·Claude Skills·The open SKILL.md registry for Claude
ClaudSkills / Engineering / engineering-misc

AI Agents Failure Archaeology

Category: Engineering  ·  Sub-category: engineering-misc  ·  Last updated:
The chronicle of this repo's settled battles. Maps each major incident to symptom, root cause, evidence path, and the artifact that fixed it, so nobody re-fights a decided question. Use when you say `has this failed before`, `why does this rule exist`, `failure archaeology`, `what happened with issue 2205`. Do NOT use for triaging a live failure (use `ai-agents-debugging-playbook`) or for extracting learnings from the current session (use `retrospective`).
Security AStatic scan found no risk patternsHow grading works ›

From the source SKILL.md

<!-- vendor-portability: contributor-facing knowledge pack for the rjmurillo/ai-agents repo itself; intentionally references upstream paths (.agents/, .claude/, scripts/, build/) because its audience is repo contributors, not plugin consumers (issue #2050) --> This repo's rules are fossils of incidents. Before you challenge a gate, weaken a guard, or propose a "simpler" approach, check whether that battle was already fought and what it cost. The canon lives in .agents/retrospective/ (95 files as of 2026-07-02) and .serena/memories/ (122 files). Full local history is present (git rev-list…

What this skill does

AI Agents Failure Archaeology is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the engineering-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/ai-agents-failure-archaeology/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when you say `has this failed before`, `why does this rule exist`, `failure archaeology`, `what happened with issue 2205`. Do NOT use for triaging a live failure (use `ai-agents-debugging-playbook`) or for extracting learnings from the current session (use `retrospective`).

Who uses this skill

The AI Agents Failure Archaeology Claude Code skill is built for software engineers, backend developers, full-stack teams, and technical leads building and maintaining production systems. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 196,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/ai-agents-failure-archaeology
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/ai-agents-failure-archaeology/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/ai-agents-failure-archaeology/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/ai-agents-failure-archaeology/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/ai-agents-failure-archaeology/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\ai-agents-failure-archaeology\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

Telegram

📱 Install from your phone or desktop Telegram

Open @claudskills_bot on Telegram, tap Open Desktop App, and the desktop app installs this skill for you. Or share the bot link with a colleague — they get the same one-tap install. Learn more →

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.

Pro

For the full experience including quality scoring and one-click install features for each skill — upgrade to Pro.

See pricing → Download desktop app

Frequently asked questions

How do I install the AI Agents Failure Archaeology Claude Code skill?
Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/ai-agents-failure-archaeology/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.
What does the AI Agents Failure Archaeology skill do?
The chronicle of this repo's settled battles. Maps each major incident to symptom, root cause, evidence path, and the artifact that fixed it, so nobody re-fights a decided question. Use when you say `has this failed before`, `why does this rule exist`, `failure archaeology`, `what happened with issue 2205`. Do NOT use for triaging a live failure (use `ai-agents-debugging-playbook`) or for extracting learnings from the current session (use `retrospective`).
Is this skill free to install?
Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.
When should I use the AI Agents Failure Archaeology skill?
Use AI Agents Failure Archaeology when your Claude Code task falls under the Engineering category — specifically in the engineering misc area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use AI Agents Failure Archaeology" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/engineering/.
What is a Claude Code skill and how does the AI Agents Failure Archaeology skill fit in?
A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. AI Agents Failure Archaeology is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Engineering category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

Attribution & license

Cite this skill

If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:

APA
rjmurillo. (2026). AI Agents Failure Archaeology [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/ai-agents-failure-archaeology/
BibTeX
@misc{ai-agents-failure-archaeology-2026,
  author    = {rjmurillo},
  title     = {AI Agents Failure Archaeology [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/ai-agents-failure-archaeology/}
}

Embed this skill

Promote, attribute, or link this skill from your own README, blog post, or documentation. All three snippets are free to use — no sign-up, no API key. More distribution surfaces →

Badge
[![ClaudSkills](https://claudskills.com/badge/ai-agents-failure-archaeology.svg)](https://claudskills.com/skills/ai-agents-failure-archaeology/?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=skill_badge)
<script>
<script src="https://claudskills.com/embed/ai-agents-failure-archaeology.js" async></script>
<iframe>
<iframe src="https://claudskills.com/embed/ai-agents-failure-archaeology.html" width="100%" height="160" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" title="ClaudSkills: AI Agents Failure Archaeology"></iframe>

Security scan

Grade A · scanned 2026-09-28 — free static scan against the OWASP Agentic Skills Top 10.

No risk patterns were found in any of the ten OWASP-aligned categories. How grading works ›

Show this grade on your repo (click to copy):

[![Security: A](https://img.shields.io/badge/Security-A-2e7d32)](https://claudskills.com/skills/ai-agents-failure-archaeology/#security)

Free. No spam. Unsubscribe in one click.

More Engineering skills

Browse all Engineering skills in the ClaudSkills registry, or explore these other picks from the same category:

Browse all Engineering skills → Top 100 skills
Part of ClaudSkills — the open registry for Claude Skills & Claude Code Skills.  ·  What's New  ·  Install guide  ·  About  ·  llms.txt

Part of Acreator Store — Adam Lankamer's AI tools: PerfectStudio · Ucaption · UTagger · AutoXPoster · TestYourSkills · AutomationFlows · Au Naturel · Telegram @acreatorstore

Categories

Use cases

Popular tags

Learn

Site