# Troubleshooting

> Guide for debugging and troubleshooting Zig programs. Use when diagnosing compiler errors, runtime panics, memory issues, build failures, or common Zig pitfalls.

- Skill: `vinnie357/troubleshooting` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds add vinnie357/troubleshooting`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/vinnie357/troubleshooting/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: vinnie357 (https://skillmd.com/u/vinnie357)
- Updated: 2026-09-10
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/vinnie357/troubleshooting

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# Zig Troubleshooting

Common errors, debugging techniques, and solutions for Zig development issues.

For error catalogs, debugging patterns, and common pitfalls, see `references/troubleshooting.md`.

## Anti-fabrication

This skill follows `core:anti-fabrication`. This file carried three of the six
corrections found across the plugin (claude-skills-204, verified against zig 0.16.0
locally installed by compiling the documented snippets): `references/
troubleshooting.md` called `std.heap.DebugAllocator(.{}).init(...)` a function call —
at 0.16.0 `init` is a constant, not callable, so the snippet did not compile; it listed
`@cImport` deprecation warnings as an observed error, but `@cImport` compiles silently
at 0.16.0 (the deprecation is release-notes-only); and it read `std.process.Child` as
removed in favor of `std.process.spawn`, when `Child` still exists as the handle type
`spawn` returns — only `Child.run`/`Child.init` moved to free functions. All three
reworded. Re-verify against a locally installed `zig build-exe` reproducing the actual
error before asserting a diagnostic this skill doesn't cover.