Debug production with Spelunker investigation
spelunkercommandsetup L1★0
Cortexa-LLC/xasm-plus-plus ↗What it does
Debug production issues via runtime tracing and live state inspection
Best for
Investigating production-only or Heisenbug issues where static analysis alone cannot explain runtime behavior
Inputs
- · service logs
- · APM tool access
- · process list
- · error tracking system
- · live system access (read-only)
Outputs
- · Runtime Investigation Report with execution trace
- · incident documentation
- · root cause analysis
Requires
- · APM tools (DataDog/NewRelic optional)
- · debugger
- · log tail
- · profiler
- · git
Preconditions
- · production access or staging replica
- · logs available
- · permission to read-only query prod
Failure modes
- · intermittent bugs cannot be reproduced
- · timing-sensitive issues disappear under debugger
- · distributed system tracing gaps
Trust signals
- · Explicit safety rules (never modify prod)
- · Phase 5 instrumentation checklist
- · incident report template with git note persistence