Fixing

Unified skill for fixing issues of any complexity with intelligent routing.

Arguments

• --auto - Activate autonomous mode (default)
• --review - Activate human-in-the-loop review mode
• --quick - Activate quick mode
• --parallel - Activate parallel mode: route to parallel fullstack_developer agents per issue

Workflow

Step 1: Mode Selection

First action: If there is no "auto" keyword in the request, ask the user to determine workflow mode:

Option	Recommend When	Behavior
Autonomous (default)	Simple/moderate issues	Auto-approve if score >= 9.5 & 0 critical
Human-in-the-loop Review	Critical/production code	Pause for approval at each step
Quick	Type errors, lint, trivial bugs	Fast debug → fix → review cycle

See references/mode-selection.md for the mode-selection prompt format.

Step 2: Debug

• Activate ck:debug skill.
• Guess all possible root causes.
• Prefer multiple Explore/scout agents in parallel to verify each hypothesis when the runtime exposes delegation; otherwise use parallel searches and report the limitation.
• Create report with all findings for the next step.

Step 3: Complexity Assessment & Task Orchestration

Classify before routing. See references/complexity-assessment.md.

Level	Indicators	Workflow
Simple	Single file, clear error, type/lint	references/workflow-quick.md
Moderate	Multi-file, root cause unclear	references/workflow-standard.md
Complex	System-wide, architecture impact	references/workflow-deep.md
Parallel	2+ independent issues OR --parallel flag	Parallel fullstack_developer agents

Task Orchestration (Moderate+ only): After classifying, use available task-tracking tools for all phases upfront with dependencies. See references/task-orchestration.md.

• Skip for Quick workflow (< 3 steps, overhead exceeds benefit)
• Create tracked tasks with dependency chains when task tools exist
• Update task/checklist state as each phase completes
• For Parallel: create separate task trees per independent issue

Step 4: Fix Implementation & Verification

• Implement fix per selected workflow, updating Tasks as phases complete.
• Prefer multiple scout agents to verify no regressions when available.
• Prevent future issues by adding comprehensive validation.

Step 5: Finalize (MANDATORY - never skip)

1. Report summary: confidence score, changes, files
2. Prefer docs_manager subagent → update the configured docs path if changes warrant
3. Update task state/checklists and mark all tracked tasks completed
4. Ask user if they want to commit via git_manager subagent

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IMPORTANT: Skill/Subagent Activation Matrix

See references/skill-activation-matrix.md for complete matrix.

Always activate: ck:debug (all workflows) Conditional: ck:problem-solving, ck:sequential-thinking, ck:brainstorm, ck:context-engineering Subagents: debugger, researcher, planner, code_reviewer, tester, Bash Parallel: Multiple Explore agents for scouting, Bash agents for verification

Output Format

Unified step markers:

✓ Step 0: [Mode] selected - [Complexity] detected
✓ Step 1: Root cause identified - [summary]
✓ Step 2: Fix implemented - [N] files changed
✓ Step 3: Tests [X/X passed]
✓ Step 4: Review [score]/10 - [status]
✓ Step 5: Complete - [action taken]

References

Load as needed:

• references/mode-selection.md - Prompt format for mode
• references/complexity-assessment.md - Classification criteria
• references/task-orchestration.md - Native Codex Task patterns for moderate+ workflows
• references/workflow-quick.md - Quick: debug → fix → review
• references/workflow-standard.md - Standard: full pipeline with Tasks
• references/workflow-deep.md - Deep: research + brainstorm + plan with Tasks
• references/review-cycle.md - Review logic (autonomous vs HITL)
• references/skill-activation-matrix.md - When to activate each skill
• references/parallel-exploration.md - Parallel Explore/Bash/Task coordination patterns

Specialized Workflows:

• references/workflow-ci.md - GitHub Actions/CI failures
• references/workflow-logs.md - Application log analysis
• references/workflow-test.md - Test suite failures
• references/workflow-types.md - TypeScript type errors
• references/workflow-ui.md - Visual/UI issues (requires design skills)