Apply Clay advanced debugging techniques for hard-to-diagnose issues. Use when standard troubleshooting fails, investigating complex race conditions, or preparing evidence bundles for Clay support escalation. Trigger with phrases like "clay hard bug", "clay mystery error", "clay impossible to debug", "difficult clay issue", "clay deep debug".
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plugins/saas-packs/clay-pack/skills/clay-advanced-troubleshooting/SKILL.md
February 1, 2026
Select agents to install to:
npx add-skill https://github.com/jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills/blob/main/plugins/saas-packs/clay-pack/skills/clay-advanced-troubleshooting/SKILL.md -a claude-code --skill clay-advanced-troubleshootingInstallation paths:
.claude/skills/clay-advanced-troubleshooting/# Clay Advanced Troubleshooting
## Overview
Deep debugging techniques for complex Clay issues that resist standard troubleshooting.
## Prerequisites
- Access to production logs and metrics
- kubectl access to clusters
- Network capture tools available
- Understanding of distributed tracing
## Evidence Collection Framework
### Comprehensive Debug Bundle
```bash
#!/bin/bash
# advanced-clay-debug.sh
BUNDLE="clay-advanced-debug-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)"
mkdir -p "$BUNDLE"/{logs,metrics,network,config,traces}
# 1. Extended logs (1 hour window)
kubectl logs -l app=clay-integration --since=1h > "$BUNDLE/logs/pods.log"
journalctl -u clay-service --since "1 hour ago" > "$BUNDLE/logs/system.log"
# 2. Metrics dump
curl -s localhost:9090/api/v1/query?query=clay_requests_total > "$BUNDLE/metrics/requests.json"
curl -s localhost:9090/api/v1/query?query=clay_errors_total > "$BUNDLE/metrics/errors.json"
# 3. Network capture (30 seconds)
timeout 30 tcpdump -i any port 443 -w "$BUNDLE/network/capture.pcap" &
# 4. Distributed traces
curl -s localhost:16686/api/traces?service=clay > "$BUNDLE/traces/jaeger.json"
# 5. Configuration state
kubectl get cm clay-config -o yaml > "$BUNDLE/config/configmap.yaml"
kubectl get secret clay-secrets -o yaml > "$BUNDLE/config/secrets-redacted.yaml"
tar -czf "$BUNDLE.tar.gz" "$BUNDLE"
echo "Advanced debug bundle: $BUNDLE.tar.gz"
```
## Systematic Isolation
### Layer-by-Layer Testing
```typescript
// Test each layer independently
async function diagnoseClayIssue(): Promise<DiagnosisReport> {
const results: DiagnosisResult[] = [];
// Layer 1: Network connectivity
results.push(await testNetworkConnectivity());
// Layer 2: DNS resolution
results.push(await testDNSResolution('api.clay.com'));
// Layer 3: TLS handshake
results.push(await testTLSHandshake('api.clay.com'));
// Layer 4: Authentication
results.push(await testAuthentication());
// Layer 5: API response
results.push(await testAPIResponse());
// Layer 6: Re