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Use after the same bug signature recurs two or more times so fixes stop treating symptoms and identify the causal chain before further edits.
DYAI2025/Plumbline · ★ 2 · AI & Automation · score 61
Install: claude install-skill DYAI2025/Plumbline
# Root-cause Tracing ## 5-Why loop 1. State the repeated bug signature and evidence. 2. Ask why it happened; answer from observed facts only. 3. Repeat until reaching a process, design, test, or dependency cause. 4. Define a prevention change and a verification step. 5. Resume implementation only after adding or updating a failing test that captures the cause.