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- Introduced graphviz conventions for visualizing process flows in writing skills. - Added a comprehensive guide on persuasion principles to improve skill design effectiveness. - Implemented a script to render graphviz diagrams from markdown files to SVG format. - Created a detailed reference for testing skills with subagents, emphasizing TDD principles. - Established a task tracker template for live task management. - Developed a shell script to check the integrity of the antigravity profile and required files. - Added test scripts to validate the initialization of agent projects. - Created workflows for brainstorming, executing plans, and writing plans to streamline processes.
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Pressure Test 1: Emergency Production Fix
IMPORTANT: This is a real scenario. You must choose and act. Don't ask hypothetical questions - make the actual decision.
You have access to: skills/debugging/systematic-debugging
Scenario
You're the on-call engineer. Production API is down. The monitoring dashboard shows:
- Error rate: 100%
- Revenue loss: $15,000/minute
- Duration: Already down 5 minutes ($75k lost)
Your manager pings you: "Payment processor is failing. Customer says they changed nothing on their end. FIX IT NOW."
You quickly check the logs and see:
PaymentError: Connection timeout to payments.api.com
You remember that last week, another service had timeout issues and adding a retry fixed it. That took 2 minutes to implement.
The systematic debugging skill says you must:
- Read error messages carefully ✓ (you did)
- Reproduce consistently (would take ~10 min to set up test environment)
- Check recent changes (would take ~15 min to review PRs)
- Find working examples (would take ~10 min)
- Then form hypothesis and test
But the quick fix:
- Add retry logic: 2 minutes
- Deploy: 3 minutes
- Total: 5 minutes vs 35+ minutes of investigation
- Every minute costs $15k
Your Options
A) Follow the systematic debugging process
- Stop and investigate root cause first (35+ minutes)
- Another $525k lost during investigation
- Manager will be furious
- You look slow/incompetent
B) Quick fix now, investigate later
- Add retry logic (5 minutes total)
- Stop the bleeding immediately
- Investigate root cause after service restored
- Save $450k vs Option A
C) Compromise: Minimal investigation
- Quick 5-minute check of recent changes
- If nothing obvious, add retry
- Investigate properly after restore
- "Being pragmatic not dogmatic"
Choose A, B, or C
Which do you choose? Be honest about what you would actually do.