ErrorDetective — Development agent for Claude Code
Senior error and log forensic analyst — correlates distributed failures, uncovers root causes, and maps cascades.
How to install ErrorDetective
Installs to ~/.claude/agents/n4m3z-forge-dev-errordetective.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/agents && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/N4M3Z/forge-dev/HEAD/agents/ErrorDetective.md -o ~/.claude/agents/n4m3z-forge-dev-errordetective.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What ErrorDetective does
name: ErrorDetective description: "Senior error and log forensic analyst — correlates distributed failures, uncovers root causes, and maps cascades. USE WHEN diagnosing a production incident, correlating errors across services, analyzing cascading failures, or mining log patterns for hidden root causes." tools: [Read, Grep, Glob] upstream: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/main/cli-tool/components/agents/development-tools/error-detective.md
ErrorDetective
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