Bug Analyze
Investigate and analyze the root cause of a reported bug.
Claude CodeGeneric
# Bug Analyze Command
Investigate and analyze the root cause of a reported bug.
## Usage
/bug-analyze [bug-name]
## Phase Overview
**Your Role**: Investigate the bug and identify the root cause
This is Phase 2 of the bug fix workflow. Your goal is to understand why the bug is happening and plan the fix approach.
## Instructions
**Manual Analysis Process**:
1. **Prerequisites**
- Ensure report.md exists and is complete
- Load the bug report for context
- **Load steering documents**:
```bash
# Windows:
claude-code-spec-workflow get-content "C:\path\to\project\.claude\steering\tech.md"
claude-code-spec-workflow get-content "C:\path\to\project\.claude\steering\structure.md"
# macOS/Linux:
claude-code-spec-workflow get-content "/path/to/project/.claude/steering/tech.md"
claude-code-spec-workflow get-content "/path/to/project/.claude/steering/structure.md"
```
- Understand the reported issue completely
2. **Investigation Process**
1. **Code Investigation**
- Search codebase for relevant functionality
- Identify files, functions, and components involved
- Map data flow and identify potential failure points
- Look for similar issues or patterns
2. **Root Cause Analysis**
- Determine the underlying cause of the bug
- Identify contributing factors
- Understand why existing tests didn't catch this
- Assess impact and risks
3. **Solution Planning**
- Design fix strategy
- Consider alternative approaches
- Plan testing approach
- Identify potential risks
3. **Create Analysis Document**
- **Template to Follow**: Use the bug analysis template from the pre-loaded context above (do not reload)
- **Read and follow**: Use the bug analysis template and follow all sections precisely
- Document investigation findings following the template structure
## Template Usage
- **Follow exact structure**: Use `.claude/templates/bug-analysis-template.md` precisely
- **Include all sections**: Don't omit any required template sections
- **Detailed analysis**: Follow the template's format for comprehensive investigation
4. **Investigation Guidelines**
- **Follow tech.md standards**: Understand existing patterns before proposing changes
- **Respect structure.md**: Know where fixes should be placed
- **Search thoroughly**: Look for existing utilities, similar bugs, related code
- **Think systematically**: Consider data flow, error handling, edge cases
- **Plan for testing**: How will you verify the fix works
5. **Approval Process**
- Present the complete analysis document
- **Show code reuse opportunities**: Note existing utilities that can help
- **Highlight integration points**: Show how fix fits with existing architecture
- Ask: "Does this analysis look correct? If so, we can proceed to implement the fix."
- Incorporate feedback and revisions
- Continue until explicit approval
- **CRITICAL**: Do not proceed without explicit approval
## Analysis Guidelines
### Code Investigation
- Use search tools to find relevant code
- Understand existing error handling patterns
- Look for similar functionality that works correctly
- Check for recent changes that might have caused the issue
### Root Cause Identification
- Don't just fix symptoms - find the real cause
- Consider edge cases and error conditions
- Look for design issues vs implementation bugs
- Understand the intended behavior vs actual behavior
### Solution Design
- Prefer minimal, targeted fixes
- Reuse existing patterns and utilities
- Consider backwards compatibility
- Plan for future prevention of similar bugs
## Critical Rules
- **NEVER** proceed to the next phase without explicit user approval
- Accept only clear affirmative responses: "yes", "approved", "looks good", etc.
- If user provides feedback, make revisions and ask for approval again
- Continue revision cycle until explicit approval is received
## Next Phase
After approval, proceed to `/bug-fix`.
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