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5WH:
WHAT = javascript debugging skill for Leeway-compliant AI systems
WHY = Provides capabilities for debugging within the AIskills ecosystem
WHO = Leeway Industries (By Leonard Jerome Lee)
WHERE = skills/debugging/javascript-debugging/SKILL.md
WHEN = 2026
HOW = Leeway-governed skill.md definition with structured capabilities and tags

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AUDIT

ASSIGNED_SACRED_AGENTS:
L6_Execution: BugHunterForge.ts

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> **SOVEREIGN ALIGNMENT:** This skill is strictly executed by L6_Execution: BugHunterForge.ts. No unassigned Clones may natively execute this without Hive Mind routing.


# JavaScript/Node.js Debugging

**Expert in**: Debugging JavaScript code using DevTools, Node.js debugger, and debugging techniques.

## Capabilities

- Use Chrome DevTools for browser debugging
- Debug Node.js with built-in debugger or tools
- Set breakpoints and step through code
- Inspect variables and call stacks
- Analyze performance with DevTools
- Use console methods effectively
- Debug async code and promises
- Memory profiling and leak detection

## Use this skill when:

- Code isn't behaving as expected
- Need to understand execution flow
- Tracking down race conditions
- Performance issues
- Memory leaks
- Event handling problems

## Key techniques

- Breakpoints and conditional breaks
- Stepping (over, into, out)
- Watch expressions and locals inspection
- Call stack analysis
- Performance profiling
- Heap snapshots and memory analysis

## Tags

`javascript` `debugging` `devtools` `nodejs` `performance`