| name | recipe-diagnose |
| description | Investigate problem, verify findings, and derive solutions through structured diagnosis. |
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ai-development-guide — AI development patterns
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llm-friendly-context — clear prompts, handoffs, and generated artifacts
Spawn rule: every spawn_agent call uses fork_turns="none" so the subagent receives only the task message and explicitly provided context.
Context: Diagnosis flow to identify concrete failure points and present solutions
Target problem: $ARGUMENTS
Orchestrator Definition
Core Identity: "I am not a worker. I am an orchestrator."
Execution Method:
- Investigation -> Spawn investigator agent
- Verification -> Spawn verifier agent
- Solution derivation -> Spawn solver agent
Orchestrator spawns sub-agents and passes structured data between them.
Task Registration: Register execution steps and proceed systematically. Track status for each step.
Step 0: Problem Structuring (Before spawning investigator)
0.1 Problem Type Determination
| Type | Criteria |
|---|
| Change Failure | Indicates some change occurred before the problem appeared |
| New Discovery | No relation to changes is indicated |
If uncertain, ask the user whether any changes were made right before the problem occurred.
0.2 Information Supplementation for Change Failures
If the following are unclear, MUST ask the user before proceeding:
- What was changed (cause change)
- What broke (affected area)
- Relationship between both (shared components, etc.)
0.3 Problem Essence Understanding
Spawn rule-advisor agent: "Identify the essence and required rules for this problem: [Problem reported by user]"
Confirm from rule-advisor output:
taskAnalysis.essence: Root problem beyond surface symptoms
taskAnalysis.taskType: Classification of the problem
selectedRules: Applicable rule sections
warningPatterns: Patterns to avoid
0.4 Reflecting in investigator Prompt
Include the following in investigator prompt:
- Problem essence (
taskAnalysis.essence)
- Key applicable rules summary (from selectedRules)
- Investigation focus (investigationFocus): Convert warningPatterns to "points prone to confusion or oversight in this investigation"
- For change failures, additionally include:
- Detailed analysis of the change content
- Commonalities between cause change and affected area
- Determination of whether the change is a "correct fix" or "new bug" with comparison baseline selection
Diagnosis Flow Overview
Problem -> investigator -> verifier -> solver --+
^ |
+-- coverage insufficient -----+
(max 2 iterations)
coverage sufficient -> Report
Context Separation: Pass only structured output to each step. Each step starts fresh with the data only.
Execution Steps
Register the following and execute:
Step 1: Investigation (investigator)
Spawn investigator agent with the following prompt:
Comprehensively collect information related to the following phenomenon.
Phenomenon: [Problem reported by user]
Problem essence: [taskEssence]
Investigation focus: [investigationFocus]
Applicable rules: [selectedRules summary]
For change failures, also include:
- what changed
- what broke
- what both areas share
Expected output: Evidence matrix, path map, failure points, comparison analysis results, list of unexplored areas, investigation limitations
Step 2: Investigation Quality Check
Review investigation output:
Quality Check (verify output contains the following):
If quality insufficient: MUST re-spawn investigator agent specifying the missing items and include the previous investigation output for context
ENFORCEMENT: Proceeding to verifier with incomplete investigation data produces unreliable conclusions.
design_gap Escalation:
When investigator output contains causeCategory: design_gap or recurrenceRisk: high:
- [STOP — BLOCKING] Present design gap findings to user for confirmation. CANNOT proceed until user explicitly confirms.
- Ask user:
"A design-level issue was detected. How should we proceed?"
- A: Attempt fix within current design
- B: Include design reconsideration
- If user selects B, pass
includeRedesign: true to solver
Proceed to verifier once quality is satisfied.
Step 3: Verification (verifier)
Spawn verifier agent: "Verify the following investigation results. Investigation results: [Investigation output]"
Expected output: Path coverage findings, independent failure-point evaluation, final conclusion, coverageAssessment/finalStatus
Coverage Criteria:
- sufficient: No major uncovered boundary affects solution selection or implementation
- partial: Some uncertainty exists but a bounded next investigation is possible
- insufficient: Fundamental information gap exists on the relevant path
Step 4: Solution Derivation (solver)
Spawn solver agent: "Derive solutions based on the following verified conclusion. Failure points: [verifier's conclusion.confirmedFailurePoints]. Failure-point relationships: [verifier's conclusion.failurePointRelationships]. Coverage assessment: [verifier's conclusion.coverageAssessment]. Final status: [verifier's conclusion.finalStatus]. Impact analysis: [investigator output impactAnalysis]."
Expected output: Multiple solutions (at least 3), tradeoff analysis, recommendation and implementation steps, residual risks
Completion condition: coverageAssessment=sufficient and finalStatus=ready_for_solution
When not reached:
- Return to Step 1 with uncertainties identified by solver as investigation targets
- Maximum 2 additional investigation iterations
- After 2 iterations without reaching sufficient coverage, present user with options:
- Continue additional investigation
- Execute solution at current coverage level
Step 5: Final Report Creation
Prerequisite: sufficient coverage achieved
After diagnosis completion, report to user in the following format:
## Diagnosis Result Summary
### Identified Failure Points
[Failure point list from verification results]
- Failure-point relationships: [independent/upstream_of/downstream_of/amplifies/same_boundary]
### Verification Process
- Investigation scope: [Scope confirmed in investigation]
- Additional investigation iterations: [0/1/2]
- Coverage assessment: [sufficient/partial/insufficient]
### Recommended Solution
[Solution derivation recommendation]
Rationale: [Selection rationale]
### Implementation Steps
1. [Step 1]
2. [Step 2]
...
### Alternatives
[Alternative description]
### Residual Risks
[solver's residualRisks]
### Post-Resolution Verification Items
- [Verification item 1]
- [Verification item 2]
Completion Criteria