diagnosing-bugs-and-feedback-loops

name	diagnosing-bugs-and-feedback-loops
description	Use when an older WCBS link names this skill for a bug, regression, flaky test, or unknown failure. This compatibility alias routes immediately to the executable systematic-debugging procedure.
activation	Compatibility route for legacy bug-diagnosis references only.
required_inputs	Bug report, observed failure, and the affected project context.
required_outputs	A route to systematic-debugging and no unsupported diagnosis claim.
authority_dependencies	skills/systematic-debugging/SKILL.md; 10_governance/APIVR_EXECUTION_LIFECYCLE.md.
evidence_requirements	Record the actual reproduction result or an honest Blocked state before changing code.

Diagnosing Bugs And Feedback Loops (Deprecated Alias)

This name remains so existing links do not silently fail. Do not maintain a second debugging protocol here.

Do not use this compatibility name to bypass `systematic-debugging`.

Required Route

1. Load skills/systematic-debugging/SKILL.md before proposing a fix.
2. Preserve its reproduce → compare → hypothesis → root-cause → regression-test sequence and its Blocked rule.
3. Update callers to use systematic-debugging when the change is in scope.

Safe Failure

If the new procedure cannot be read, stop as Blocked. Do not replace it with a symptom patch or claim that a red-capable feedback loop exists without having run it.