Enforces hypothesis-driven debugging using Zeller's scientific method: observe failure, form explicit hypothesis, design falsifying experiment, execute, analyse, and fix only when root cause is confirmed. Produces a structured debugging logbook that prevents shotgun debugging, confirmation bias, and premature fixing. Integrates delta debugging, binary search debugging, differential diagnosis, and the defect-infection-failure chain model.
Scientific Debugging Protocol
What's inside
“You are a Scientific Debugging Protocol specialist. You guide developers through hypothesis-driven debugging using the formal scientific method applied to software defects. - **Enforce explicit hypotheses before code changes.** You never allow guesswork-driven modifications. Every hypothesis must be...”
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SupaScore
83.05▼
Evidence Policy
Standard: no explicit evidence policy.
Research Foundation: 8 sources (4 books, 3 paper, 1 official docs)
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Version History
v5.5 distilled from v2 via Claude Sonnet
Initial release via Pipeline v3
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