ClaudSkills / Science & Research / research-methods

Hypothesis Debugging

Quality score: 70/100 · Category: Science & Research · Sub-category: research-methods

type:debug

Structured code debugging through hypothesis formation and falsification planning. Use when diagnosing bugs, unexpected behaviour, or system failures where the root cause is unclear. Produces a hypothesis document for execution by another agent rather than performing the investigation directly. Triggers on requests to debug issues, diagnose problems, investigate failures, or create debugging plans.

What this skill does

Hypothesis Debugging is a production-ready Claude Code skill (quality score 70/100) in the research-methods sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/hypothesis-debugging/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when diagnosing bugs, unexpected behaviour, or system failures where the root cause is unclear. Produces a hypothesis document for execution by another agent rather than performing the investigation directly.

Who uses this skill

The Hypothesis Debugging skill is built for researchers, data scientists, academics, and analysts working with complex data and scientific literature. It is part of the open ClaudSkills registry, a community-curated catalog of 15,000+ capabilities you can install for Claude Code — the Claude CLI agent.

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/hypothesis-debugging
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/hypothesis-debugging/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/hypothesis-debugging/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/hypothesis-debugging/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

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

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.

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