Python Debugger

by HezaoHezao

Python Debugger is a Quality skill for Claude Code, published by HezaoHezao in poirot.

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Install Python Debugger

Copy Python Debugger into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/HezaoHezao/poirot/tree/master/poirot/backend/agents/skill/builtin_skills/software-development/python-debugpy ~/.claude/skills/python-debugpy

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/HezaoHezao/poirot.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: poirot/backend/agents/skill/builtin_skills/software-development/python-debugpy/SKILL.md in HezaoHezao/poirot
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/python-debugpy
Collection: One of 37 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Quality — 1354 skills

What Python Debugger does

Python Debugger uses pdb and debugpy to pause Python code, inspect state, and attach to running processes. Use it for failing tests, post-mortem inspection, or long-running jobs that need remote debugging.

Python Debugger is cataloged under Quality on DirSkills. Python Debugger comes from a repository tagged agent, agent-memory, agent-skill, agent-skills and agentic-ai.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

Python Debugger (pdb + debugpy)

Overview

Three tools, picked by situation:

Tool	When
`breakpoint()` + pdb	Local, interactive, simplest. Add `breakpoint()` in source, run, get REPL.
`python -m pdb`	Launch script under pdb with no source edits.
`debugpy`	Remote / headless / attach to running process. DAP, scriptable.

Start with breakpoint(). It's the cheapest thing that works.

When to Use

A test fails and the traceback doesn't reveal why a value is wrong
You need to step through a function and watch a collection mutate
A long-running process misbehaves and you can't restart it
Post-mortem: an exception fired and you want to inspect locals at crash site
A subprocess is the actual bug site

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about Python Debugger

What else does HezaoHezao publish alongside Python Debugger?
Python Debugger is one of 37 skills that DirSkills catalogs from HezaoHezao/poirot, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Academic Paper Review, ArXiv Research and Architecture Diagram. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Python Debugger does, and is maintained by HezaoHezao in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the HezaoHezao/poirot page.
How does Python Debugger compare to other Quality skills?
Python Debugger ranks #1266 by stars among the 1354 Quality skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Benchmark, Benchmark Optimization Loop and API Design Patterns. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Python Debugger against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.