The Five Whys Root Cause Drill

Cursor: Find the Real Root Cause Before You Patch

Forces Cursor to trace a bug to its actual source instead of patching the first plausible symptom it finds.

Audit a Codebase for Retry Logic That Will Cause Cascades

Finds every retry pattern in your code that could amplify failures instead of absorbing them.

Cursor: Find the Function That's Secretly Doing Five Jobs

A Cursor chat prompt that exposes the hidden responsibilities packed into a single function so you know where to split it.

Cursor: Trace a Bug Through the Call Stack

Make Cursor walk a bug backwards through the codebase before suggesting any fix, so you understand the real cause.