investigate

investigate is a Claude skill by garrytan that systematic root-cause debugging: no fixes without investigation, traces data flow, tests hypotheses.

Updated 2026-10-18

What is investigate?

investigate is a Claude skill by garrytan that systematic root-cause debugging: no fixes without investigation, traces data flow, tests hypotheses. It is listed under Engineering practice and has no public popularity data yet.

TypeClaude skill
Authorgarrytan
Repositorygarrytan/skills
Popularityno public popularity data yet
CategoryEngineering practice
SecurityNot scanned
Rank#1,226 of 1,262 Claude skills; #201 in Engineering practice

Is investigate safe to install?

We have not scanned investigate yet because its SKILL.md could not be fetched. Read the source before installing.

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How do I install investigate?

  1. Install with the skills CLI. Works for Claude Code and other agents that read skills.
    npx skills add https://github.com/garrytan/skills --skill investigate
  2. Or copy it by hand. Claude Code loads any folder with a SKILL.md from ~/.claude/skills.
    git clone https://github.com/garrytan/skills
    cp -r skills/investigate ~/.claude/skills/investigate
  3. Use it. Claude loads the skill when a task matches its description. You can also name it in your prompt.
    Use the investigate skill to …

Or ask Claude to set it up

Paste this into Claude Code and it installs investigate for you:

Install the "investigate" skill from https://github.com/garrytan/skills into ~/.claude/skills, then tell me in one line what it does.

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