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affaan-m/ECC

agent-introspection-debugging

Structured self-debugging workflow for AI agent failures using capture, diagnosis, contained recovery, and introspection reports. Use when an agent run fails and you need a reproducible diagnosis instead of a retry.

2.6K installs 246K starsUpdated Sep 3, 2026License: MIT

Install

npx skills add affaan-m/ECC@agent-introspection-debugging

Runs in your terminal. Adds the skill globally for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and others; add -g -y to skip prompts.

What it does

Agent Introspection Debugging Use this skill when an agent run is failing repeatedly, consuming tokens without progress, looping on the same tools, or drifting away from the intended task. This is a workflow skill, not a hidden runtime. It teaches the agent to debug itself systematically before escalating to a human. When to Activate - Maximum tool call / loop-limit failures - Repeated retries with no forward progress - Context growth or prompt drift that starts degrading output quality - File-system or environment state mismatch between expectation and reality - Tool failures that are likely…

Excerpt from the skill's own SKILL.md. Read the full file on GitHub before installing: skills run with your agent's permissions.

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Before you install

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