fix-issue - SKILL.md Agent Skill

name: fix-issue description: End-to-end workflow for fixing a GitHub issue. Use when asked to fix, investigate, or resolve a GitHub issue in sccn/eegprep.

Skill: Fix GitHub Issue

You are to fix the Github issue indicated by the user.

Background

Read first:

@AGENTS.md

You may not proceed to a new task until you have completed all prior tasks. If you cannot complete a task, write a Github comment with your last status and why you failed. A task list is at the end of this document.

Writing Style for All GitHub Comments

Be terse. Every sentence must convey information that the reader does not already have. Follow these rules in all comments you post:

No preamble, no filler, no editorializing ("I've thoroughly investigated...", "After careful analysis...", "This is an interesting problem...").
No repeating information already in the issue body.
No restating what code does when a link suffices.
Max 3-4 sentences of prose per comment section. Use links and code, not words.
Annotate code links, don't narrate them. Bad: "The key/value arg validation is in eegobj.py where it checks for paired inputs". Good: src/eegprep/functions/eegobj/eegobj.py#L65-L71 - key/value arg validation.

Research

Use gh to fetch the issue. Read the codebase to find all relevant source files. Post a single comment combining your research and proposed fix.

Before you write code, run a duplicate-work preflight:

Check open pull requests for the same issue or subsystem (gh pr list --state open --search "<issue-id or keyword>").
Check open issues for the same root cause (gh issue list --state open --search "<keyword>").
If overlapping work already exists, do not open a parallel implementation PR. Add a short issue comment summarizing what you found and either:
- hand off to the existing PR, or
- scope your change explicitly to non-overlapping follow-up work.

The comment has two sections: Research and Proposed Fix.

Research section

Title: # Research

2-3 sentences: what's broken/missing and why (root cause, not symptoms).
A **Relevant code** list: max 5 links, each with a short (<10 word) annotation.

Example:

EEGobj.__init__() routes path strings through pop_loadset(). When scipy.io.loadmat() fails, pop_loadset() falls back to pop_loadset_h5(), which opens the HDF5 file without a context manager, so repeated loads can leak file handles. Root cause: h5py.File(...) is never closed.

Relevant code

src/eegprep/functions/eegobj/eegobj.py#L17-L29 - path to pop_loadset

src/eegprep/functions/popfunc/pop_loadset.py#L80-L88 - loadmat fallback

src/eegprep/functions/popfunc/pop_loadset_h5.py#L20-L26 - h5py file open

Proposed Fix section

Title: # Proposed Fix

There are 2 cases:

Bug fix: Show the call chain that triggers the error, then state the fix in one sentence. Include a code snippet only if the fix is non-obvious.

env.run() returns a tuple; foo() assumes an object and calls .abc(). Fix: unwrap the tuple in RolloutWorker._step() before passing to foo().
Design change: The design doc replaces the # Proposed Fix section. Write it directly in the issue comment (agents cannot commit files before the PR). The 3-4 sentence prose cap applies to # Research; the design doc can be around a thousand words. As required, Use an Explore subagent to gather relevant files/lines, related issues/PRs, and reusable utilities. Summarize findings, note gaps, and save a research note. Ask 3–6 targeted questions: scope boundaries, tests, tradeoffs, open questions. Avoid questions answered by code search. Then draft the design doc as a spec. Keep it concise, cite real files/lines, include non-empty Open Questions, and avoid backward-compat unless needed. Iterate until settled. Send design + spec to a reviewer subagent. Incorporate clear improvements, and ask the user only about ambiguous decisions. Keep everything in one comment.

In both cases: find the minimally disruptive fix. Do not over-engineer.

Implementation

Once you have researched and prepared your design or planned fix, you may proceed to implementation. You MUST implement your changes in a branch with the following format agent/{YYYYMMDD}-fix-{issue-id}. You are allowed to create branches on github as well as submit PRs from those branches.

You will implement a test which demonstrates your changed behavior before beginning work. Your tests will be minimal and refrain from using mocks.

Testing

You write your test before you make your fix, and validate your fix works.
You use an existing test file in tests/ if appropriate.
You never use mocks when testing.
You keep tests simple and minimal. You do not test obvious behavior like "object has an attr".
You run ./pre-commit.py --fix and resolve all reported issues before uploading.
You will test using uv run pytest before uploading.
You will ensure all tests pass.

Uploading

When all tests pass, you may proceed to upload your branch. Open a pull request following .agents/skills/pull-request/SKILL.md exactly. Read that file and use the plain-text format it specifies — no markdown headers, no bullet lists, no ## Summary sections. Violations will be rejected. Attach it to the Github issue with a comment summarizing the fix.

Verify CI Status

After opening the pull request, you must verify that CI checks pass:

Monitor the PR using gh pr view <number> --json statusCheckRollup
Wait for the unit tests to complete
If tests fail, investigate and fix any issues
Push additional commits to address CI failures
Do not consider the PR complete until all relevant checks pass

Key checks to monitor:

unit tests: Must pass - validates your changes don't break existing functionality
lint-and-format: Must pass - ensures code style compliance
build-docs: Should pass if you modified documentation

Tasks

The tasks for this skill:

Fetch issue information
Research codebase for all relevant source files
Run duplicate-work preflight against open PRs/issues
Formulate fix and post Research + Proposed Fix comment
Create branch for the changes
Write a test case as needed for changes
Implement changes until all tests pass
Run ./pre-commit.py --fix and resolve all issues
Upload branch to github
Open pull request
Verify CI checks pass and address any failures (by polling gh pr view)
Update comment with final status

If at any point you are unable to proceed, you must add a comment to the Github issue with your last status.

RULES

Never credit yourself in commits or comments.