# Systematic Debugging: setup & source

> Root-cause investigation, reproducible failures, and hypothesis-driven debugging. Installable in Awesome Python Dev; review its source, license and setup.

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Skills / Installable

## Systematic Debugging

Root-cause investigation, reproducible failures, and hypothesis-driven debugging.

[Upstream project ↗](https://github.com/obra/superpowers/tree/2ce8aa15d05bd57213e6f746f953aafb7ded7a8b/skills/systematic-debugging) [View repository ↗](https://github.com/obra/superpowers) 

### Install into your coding agents

```sh
uvx awesome-python-dev init --agents codex,claude --tools systematic-debugging
```

Run inside the project you want to equip. This command targets Codex and Claude Code; use `--agents` to choose other supported agents. [Read the prerequisites and setup guide](https://m9rco.github.io/awesome-python-dev/getting-started/) .

### Integration notes

Upstream cross-references test-driven-development and verification-before-completion; all three are included in presets. Copies the skill directory, not the full Superpowers plugin.

### Source & review

- Repository: obra/superpowers
- License: MIT
- Category: engineering skills
- Reviewed: 2026-10-27
- GitHub stars at review: 306,063
- Installation: Installable
- Pinned source: `2ce8aa15d05bd57213e6f746f953aafb7ded7a8b`

Star counts are review snapshots, not live rankings. Upstream licenses apply to each resource.

### Included in these profiles

- [Starter](https://m9rco.github.io/awesome-python-dev/profiles/starter/) 
- [Python](https://m9rco.github.io/awesome-python-dev/profiles/python/) 
- [Web](https://m9rco.github.io/awesome-python-dev/profiles/web/) 
- [Engineering](https://m9rco.github.io/awesome-python-dev/profiles/engineering/) 

### Review the source evidence

- [Upstream evidence 1 ↗](https://api.github.com/repos/obra/superpowers) 
- [Upstream evidence 2 ↗](https://github.com/obra/superpowers/tree/2ce8aa15d05bd57213e6f746f953aafb7ded7a8b/skills/systematic-debugging)