# Systemic Issue Triage (agent skill)

> Systemic Issue Triage is an agent skill (a SKILL.md file) from Gentleman-Programming/gentle-ai. Trigger: new issue, bug report, triage, backlog, issue flood, community report, root cause, dead-end, blocked user. It works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode and has 7,582 GitHub stars across a repository of 4 listed skills.

Trigger: new issue, bug report, triage, backlog, issue flood, community report, root cause, dead-end, blocked user. Attack issues by root class, never one-by-one; fixes must shrink the system, not grow it. Use when triaging incoming issues, planning fixes for a backlog, or deciding how to respond to any bug report. The failure mode this skill exists to prevent: fixing symptoms one-by-one until the system becomes over-engineered machinery that grows exponentially and nobody can maintain.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/Gentleman-Programming/gentle-ai |
| Skill path | internal/assets/skills/systemic-issue-triage/SKILL.md |
| Skill name | systemic-issue-triage |
| GitHub stars | 7,582 |
| Installs on skills.sh | not listed |
| License | MIT |
| Skills in repo | 4 |
| Plugin marketplace | no |
| Official | no |
| Works with | Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, OpenCode |
| Category | Testing & QA |
| Last commit | Oct 7, 2026 |

## Add this skill

### Claude Code

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Gentleman-Programming/gentle-ai.git
cp -r gentle-ai/internal/assets/skills/systemic-issue-triage ~/.claude/skills/systemic-issue-triage   # personal, or .claude/skills in a project
```

In the Claude apps, zip the skill folder and upload it under Customize > Skills > + > Upload a skill (code execution must be on).

### ChatGPT / Codex

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Gentleman-Programming/gentle-ai.git
cp -r gentle-ai/internal/assets/skills/systemic-issue-triage .agents/skills/systemic-issue-triage   # repo; ~/.agents/skills for all projects
```

### Cursor

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Gentleman-Programming/gentle-ai.git
cp -r gentle-ai/internal/assets/skills/systemic-issue-triage .cursor/skills/systemic-issue-triage   # project; ~/.cursor/skills for all projects
```

Sources (checked 2026-10-07): https://code.claude.com/docs/en/skills, https://support.claude.com/en/articles/12512180-using-skills-in-claude, https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/build-skills, https://cursor.com/docs/context/skills

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