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Find Bugs
Review changes on this branch for bugs, security vulnerabilities, and code quality issues.
When to Use This Skill
Use this skill when:
- Asked to review changes
- Finding bugs in code
- Performing security reviews
- Auditing code on the current branch
- Reviewing pull request changes
Phase 1: Complete Input Gathering
- Get the FULL diff:
git diff $(gh repo view --json defaultBranchRef --jq '.defaultBranchRef.name')...HEAD - If output is truncated, read each changed file individually until you have seen every changed line
- List all files modified in this branch before proceeding
Phase 2: Attack Surface Mapping
For each changed file, identify and list:
- All user inputs (request params, headers, body, URL components)
- All database queries
- All authentication/authorization checks
- All session/state operations
- All external calls
- All cryptographic operations
Phase 3: Security Checklist (check EVERY item for EVERY file)
- [ ] Injection: SQL, command, template, header injection
- [ ] XSS: All outputs in templates properly escaped?
- [ ] Authentication: Auth checks on all protected operations?
- [ ] Authorization/IDOR: Access control verified, not just auth?
- [ ] CSRF: State-changing operations protected?
- [ ] Race conditions: TOCTOU in any read-then-write patterns?
- [ ] Session: Fixation, expiration, secure flags?
- [ ] Cryptography: Secure random, proper algorithms, no secrets in logs?
- [ ] Information disclosure: Error messages, logs, timing attacks?
- [ ] DoS: Unbounded operations, missing rate limits, resource exhaustion?
- [ ] Business logic: Edge cases, state machine violations, numeric overflow?
Phase 4: Verification
For each potential issue:
- Check if it's already handled elsewhere in the changed code
- Search for existing tests covering the scenario
- Read surrounding context to verify the issue is real
Phase 5: Pre-Conclusion Audit
Before finalizing, you MUST:
- List every file you reviewed and confirm you read it completely
- List every checklist item and note whether you found issues or confirmed it's clean
- List any areas you could NOT fully verify and why
- Only then provide your final findings
Output Format
Prioritize: security vulnerabilities > bugs > code quality
Skip: stylistic/formatting issues
For each issue:
- File:Line - Brief description
- Severity: Critical/High/Medium/Low
- Problem: What's wrong
- Evidence: Why this is real (not already fixed, no existing test, etc.)
- Fix: Concrete suggestion
- References: OWASP, RFCs, or other standards if applicable
If you find nothing significant, say so - don't invent issues.
Do not make changes - just report findings. I'll decide what to address.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is find-bugs?
find-bugs is an expert AI persona designed to improve your coding workflow. Find bugs, security vulnerabilities, and code quality issues in local branch changes. Use when asked to review changes, find bugs, security review, or audit code on the current branch. It provides senior-level context directly within your IDE.
How do I install the find-bugs skill in Cursor or Windsurf?
To install the find-bugs skill, download the package, extract the files to your project's .cursor/skills directory, and type @find-bugs in your editor chat to activate the expert instructions.
Is find-bugs free to download?
Yes, the find-bugs AI persona is completely free to download and integrate into compatible Agentic IDEs like Cursor, Windsurf, Github Copilot, and Anthropic MCP servers.
find-bugs
Find bugs, security vulnerabilities, and code quality issues in local branch changes. Use when asked to review changes, find bugs, security review, or audit code on the current branch.
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Cursor & Windsurf
- Download the zip file above.
- Extract to
.cursor/skills - Type
@find-bugsin editor chat.
Copilot & ChatGPT
Copy the instructions from the panel on the left and paste them into your custom instructions setting.
"Adding this find-bugs persona to my Cursor workspace completely changed the quality of code my AI generates. Saves me hours every week."
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