Debugging loops

Reproduce-first debugging: write the failing test, fix it, exit green.

7 graded loops in this category.

Fix the auth bug in auth.ts

Loop/ralphnew

Debug and resolve authentication failures in auth.ts until the issue is resolved.

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/ralph-loop "Fix the auth bug in auth.ts" --max-iterations 10
debuggingmedium riskclaude-code

Memory leak hunt

Loop/goallooprepo

Drive a suspected memory leak to ground: reproduce growth under a repeated workload, capture heap snapshots, and fix the retention until memory stays flat.

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/goal heap usage stays flat (within 5%) across 500 repetitions of the failing workload in the leak-repro script — capture heap snapshots before and after, identify what is being retained and by which reference chain, fix the leak, and re-run the repro to confirm; stop after 10 turns
debuggingmedium riskclaude-codecodex

Take a ticket to reviewer-ready

Loop/loopForward Future

Turn a ticket or bug report into a proven root cause, a minimal patch, and a clean handoff a reviewer can trust.

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Take a ticket, bug report, failing behavior, or customer complaint and turn it into a review-ready patch. Reproduce the failure in the smallest representative environment, prove the root cause, make the smallest credible fix, and rerun the original reproduction plus relevant regression tests. If the issue cannot be reproduced after two serious attempts, say so. Do not fold unrelated refactors into the patch. Finish with the cause, changed files, before-and-after proof, risks, and pull-request summary.
debugginghigh riskclaude-codecodex

Ralph the bug backlog

Loop/ralphGeoffrey Huntley

Work a triaged bug list one fix per fresh-context iteration: reproduce first, fix minimally, prove it with a regression test, and log root-cause patterns to guardrails.

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/loop fresh context each iteration: read bugs.json and .ralph/guardrails.md, take the top open bug, write a failing test that reproduces it before touching any code, then apply the smallest fix that makes the test pass with the rest of the suite green, and mark the bug fixed; if you cannot reproduce it, mark it needs-info with your findings instead; append recurring root-cause patterns to .ralph/guardrails.md; stop when bugs.json is clear or after 25 turns
debugginghigh riskclaude-codecodex

Sweep production errors to root cause

Loop/loopForward Future

Trace actionable production errors to their root cause, verify the fix, open a PR, and stop cleanly when nothing needs action.

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Review our production logs for errors. If you find an actionable issue, trace it to its root cause, fix it, verify the fix, and open a pull request. If no actionable errors are present, stop without making changes.
debugginghigh riskclaude-codecodex

Check if there are any new errors in…

Loop/loop

Community loop loop for debugging, sourced from github. Verified exit condition, evaluator-gated.

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/loop 5m check if there are any new errors in app.log and alert me Cap the run at 15 passes.
debuggingmedium riskclaude-code

Rewrite every user-facing error

Loop/loopForward Future

Inventory user-visible errors, replace internal or confusing text, and prove each reachable error state reads clearly.

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Find and improve every user-visible error message within [repository, product, or named scope]. If no scope is supplied, use the user-facing surfaces in the current repository and state any exclusions before editing. Inventory error strings in source code, surfaced API or client errors, and reachable browser states. Record each one in a CSV with its location, trigger, current copy, user risk, proposed replacement, implementation status, and verification result. Rank the errors by user harm. Rewrite one coherent group at a time using plain language and a useful recovery step when one exists. Do not expose provider names, stack traces, internal identifiers, or implementation details. After each change, run the relevant tests, exercise the affected state in a real browser when possible, and search again for raw or internal error text. Do not mark an unreachable state as verified. Stop when every row is verified or explicitly blocked. Finish with the CSV, changed files, test evidence, browser evidence, and blocked items.
debuggingmedium riskclaude-codecodex