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[External Plugin]: windbg

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
68/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
github, javascript
Domain
content, devtools

Research direction

Start by reading the external plugin submission guidance and the validateExternalPlugin and runExternalPluginQualityGates checks mentioned in the issue. Review the submitted repository, commit 5ce74fa89c49ca353c6ab03bd5889aa519aa9e5e, at plugins/windbg; the issue says validation has passed, so confirm the submission meets repository requirements and whether it should be listed in the catalog.

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Description

external-plugin ready-for-review
Plugin name

windbg

Short description

WinDbg diagnosis workflows for native Windows applications, services, UMDF/user-mode drivers, and kernel-mode drivers. Covers crashes, hangs, heap corruption, memory exhaustion, TTD, bugchecks, Driver Verifier, IRP lifecycle, and kernel deadlocks, with an evidence-first method and report validation.

GitHub repository

microsoft/win-dev-skills

Plugin path inside the repository

plugins/windbg

Ref to review

No response

Commit SHA to review

5ce74fa89c49ca353c6ab03bd5889aa519aa9e5e

Version

1.0.0

License identifier

MIT

Author name

Microsoft

Author URL

https://github.com/microsoft/WinDbg-Feedback

Homepage URL

https://github.com/microsoft/WinDbg-Feedback

Keywords

windows
windbg
debugging
crash-dump
hang
memory
drivers
kernel
umdf
ttd

Additional notes for reviewers
  • Agent Plugins 1.0 manifest with 11 skills: one shared windbg-diagnostic-method skill plus ten bug-family skills (windbg-user-*, windbg-kernel-*). It also includes two Copilot agents under com.github.copilot/agents/: diagnostician, and contrarian, an independent reviewer with no tools.
  • It doesn't bundle an MCP server or uploader. Debugger access comes from the user's existing WinDbg integration. State-changing steps (Verifier/Page Heap, trace capture) require explicit user authorization, and public feedback goes to microsoft/WinDbg-Feedback only after the user approves.
  • Also listed in the microsoft/win-dev-skills catalog: copilot plugin marketplace add microsoft/win-dev-skills then copilot plugin install windbg@win-dev-skills installs 11 skills. It also installs on Claude Code and Codex.
  • Before submitting, I ran this repo's validateExternalPlugin (both the marketplace and publicSubmission policies) and runExternalPluginQualityGates against this SHA. Spec compliance, vally lint (11/11), and version match passed.
  • Routing benchmark with Claude Sonnet 5 and GPT-5.5, run with and without winui, winappcli, and superpowers installed: the correct skill was selected on 34/34 runs of the 17 debugging prompts, and there were no false positives on the 8 non-debugging Windows/.NET prompts.
  • Source review: https://github.com/microsoft/win-dev-skills/pull/209
Submission checklist
  • The plugin lives in a public GitHub repository.
  • The ref and/or sha I provided is immutable (release tag and/or full 40-character commit SHA), not a branch.
  • This submission follows this repository's contribution, security, and responsible AI policies.
  • This plugin is not already listed in the Awesome Copilot marketplace.
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First steps

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  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

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