Show HN: Stop AI Debugging with Print(). Use a Debugger

github.com · almogbaku · 2 days ago · view on HN · tool
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A CLI tool that integrates the Debug Adapter Protocol with AI coding agents, enabling structured debugging workflows instead of print-statement spam. The tool reduces debugging cycles by teaching agents methodical hypothesis-driven debugging across Python, Go, Node/TypeScript, Rust, and C/C++.

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ai-debugging debug-adapter-protocol coding-agents tool developer-tools python golang nodejs rust cpp llm-tooling
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Debug Adapter Protocol
Coding agents debug like a junior dev in 2005: they spam print() and loop until the bug disappears or eats your context window.

TL;DR: I gave my agent a debugger and saw it go from 5-6 print-debug cycles down to 1 targeted stop.

I built a small CLI that wraps the Debug Adapter Protocol and exposes basic debugger actions so agents can call them directly. Each command blocks until execution pauses, then returns the full context.

The CLI is just a thin layer. The useful part is a debugging “skill” on top that teaches the agent how to debug methodically with it, define clear hypotheses, validate/invalidate them, etc.

Supports Python, Go, Node/TypeScript, Rust, and C/C++.

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