Troubleshooting Assistant

by RobThePCGuy

Troubleshooting Assistant is an Automation skill for Claude Code, published by RobThePCGuy in Claude-Patent-Creator.

179 stars27 forkson RobThePCGuy/Claude-Patent-CreatorAdded 2026/09/07+1% in starsRepository updated 2026/08/24

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Install Troubleshooting Assistant

Copy Troubleshooting Assistant 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/RobThePCGuy/Claude-Patent-Creator/tree/main/skills/troubleshooting-assistant ~/.claude/skills/troubleshooting-assistant

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/RobThePCGuy/Claude-Patent-Creator.git

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

In this catalog

Source file: skills/troubleshooting-assistant/SKILL.md in RobThePCGuy/Claude-Patent-Creator
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/troubleshooting-assistant
Collection: One of 17 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Automation — 2109 skills

What Troubleshooting Assistant does

Troubleshooting Assistant diagnoses and resolves MCP server registration failures, GPU detection problems, BigQuery authentication errors, index build failures, import errors, search quality issues, and performance problems. Use it when Claude Patent Creator is failing or behaving unexpectedly.

Troubleshooting Assistant is cataloged under Automation on DirSkills. Troubleshooting Assistant comes from a repository tagged bigquery, claude-code, claude-code-plugin, faiss and mcp-server.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

Troubleshooting Assistant Skill

Expert diagnostic system for identifying and resolving Claude Patent Creator issues.

When to Use

System not working, error messages, slow performance, MCP server not loading, search returns no results/errors, GPU not detected, BigQuery auth fails, index build fails, tests failing, unexpected behavior.

Troubleshooting Methodology

Problem Reported
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[1] Gather Information (errors, recent changes, system state)
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[2] Reproduce Issue (minimal test case, consistent?)
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[3] Isolate Component (which part failing? dependencies?)
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[4] Diagnose Root Cause (check logs, test components, verify config)
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[5] Apply Fix (targeted solution, verify works)
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[6] Prevent Recurrence (document, add monitoring, update checks)

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

Frequently asked about Troubleshooting Assistant

What else does RobThePCGuy publish alongside Troubleshooting Assistant?
Troubleshooting Assistant is one of 17 skills that DirSkills catalogs from RobThePCGuy/Claude-Patent-Creator, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include BigQuery Patent Search, Development Assistant and EPC Patent Search. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Troubleshooting Assistant does, and is maintained by RobThePCGuy in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the RobThePCGuy/Claude-Patent-Creator page.
How does Troubleshooting Assistant compare to other Automation skills?
Troubleshooting Assistant ranks #1926 by stars among the 2109 Automation skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Autonomous Loops, Autonomous Agent Harness and Automation Audit Ops. 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 Troubleshooting Assistant against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.