observe-before-editing

Observe Before Editing

INSTALLATION
npx skills add https://github.com/parcadei/continuous-claude-v3 --skill observe-before-editing
Run in your project or agent environment. Adjust flags if your CLI version differs.

SKILL.md

Observe Before Editing

Before editing code to fix a bug, confirm what the system actually produced.

Pattern

Outputs don't lie. Code might. Check outputs first.

DO

  • Check if expected directories exist: ls -la .claude/cache/
  • Check if expected files were created: ls -la .claude/cache/learnings/
  • Check logs for errors: tail .claude/cache/*.log
  • Run the failing command manually to see actual error
  • Only then edit code

DON'T

  • Assume "hook didn't run" without checking outputs
  • Edit code based on what you think should happen
  • Confuse global vs project paths (check both: .claude/ and ~/.claude/)

Source Sessions

  • a541f08a: Token limit error was invisible until manual run revealed it
  • 6a9f2d7a: Looked in wrong cache path (~/.claude/ vs .claude/), assumed hook failure
  • a8bd5cea: Confirmed hook worked by finding output files in project cache
  • 1c21e6c8: Verified Artifact Index indexing by checking DB file exists
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