# SKILL: API Error Debugger Skill

## Purpose
Debug API errors by comparing request, docs, auth, payload shape, rate limits, and error messages.

## When to Use
Use this when the user needs to: Debug API errors by comparing request, docs, auth, payload shape, rate limits, and error messages. It is designed for repeatable agent or automation work, not one-off fluffy prompting.

## Inputs Required
- API endpoint
- Request payload
- Error response
- Auth method
- Relevant code

## Workflow
1. Restate the failing request and expected behaviour
2. Check auth, URL, method, headers, and payload schema
3. Look up current docs if needed
4. Suggest minimal reproducible test
5. Return likely causes ranked by evidence

## Output Format
Debug report with likely cause, fix, test request, and prevention note.

## Quality Rules
- Ground every claim in supplied inputs or clearly mark it as an assumption.
- Prefer specific fields, examples, and decision points over generic advice.
- Include a test command and pass criteria so the skill can be evaluated.
- Keep the output usable by a human first and automation-ready second.

## Guardrails
- Do not send emails, publish posts, contact leads, change calendars, spend money, delete data, or alter production systems without explicit human approval.
- Do not invent facts, private details, legal claims, prices, or external data.
- For web or profile research, use current sources and separate evidence from inference.
- For connected tools, use the minimum permission needed and log the action taken.

## Test Command
Run this skill on a simple example for API Error Debugger Skill and return the expected output structure plus any missing inputs.