Root Cause First | Agent Skills Atlas

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Use when a bug tempts you to add backend protection, fallback, clamp, sanitizer, retry, suppression, guardrail, or workaround logic. It enforces root-cause analysis first: inspect raw model prompts/responses and fix upstream prompt/schema/agent instructions before adding protective server invariants.

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root-cause-first

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Use this skill whenever a bug tempts you to add backend protection, fallback, clamp, sanitizer, retry, suppression, guardrail, or workaround logic. It enforces root-cause analysis first: inspect raw model prompts/responses and fix upstream prompt/schema/agent instructions before adding protective server invariants.

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Category: General
Reported license: MIT
Listing language (estimated): English
Review status: Not individually reviewed
Agent compatibility: Atlas installation supports Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor. Skill-specific dependencies and features are checked during setup.