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investigate
Root cause investigation — structured debugging with module freeze. No fixes without investigation. Use when encountering any bug, error, or unexpected behavior.
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# Investigate — Root Cause Analysis
Investigation is the discipline of understanding a problem before fixing it. This skill enforces a strict protocol: **no fixes until the root cause is found.**
> **Enforced:** while this skill is active, `Edit`, `Write`, and `NotebookEdit` are removed via `disallowed-tools`. The no-fixes rule is a hard constraint here, not a request. Once you have found and stated the root cause, conclude the investigation — the fix happens as a separate step outside this skill.
**Announce at start:** "I'm using the investigate skill — no fixes until we find the root cause."
## The Iron Law
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┌──────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ NO FIXES WITHOUT ROOT CAUSE INVESTIGATION │
│ │