investigate-first
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Claude CodeCursorCodex CLIGitHub CopilotGemini CLI
--- name: investigate-first description: Diagnose ambiguous failures before editing. Use for unknown causes, intermittent behavior, performance regressions, or investigations needing evidence-ranked hypotheses. license: MIT --- # Investigate first Gather evidence before changing product code. - Separate observed symptom from inferred cause. - Trace inputs, state transitions, ownership boundaries, and failure output. - Rank hypotheses by evidence and cheap falsification value. - Do not edit until one credible mechanism explains evidence. - Stop exploration when evidence is sufficient to name cause or exact blocker. Report cause and proof. Make no fix unless task authorizes implementation.
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