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Zig debugging skill. Use when debugging Zig programs with GDB or LLDB, interpreting Zig runtime panics, using std.debug.print for tracing, configuring debug builds, or debugging Zig programs in VS Code. Activates on queries about debugging Zig, Zig panics, zig gdb, zig lldb, std.debug.print, Zig stack traces, or Zig error return traces.
npx skill4agent add mohitmishra786/low-level-dev-skills zig-debuggingstd.debug.print# Debug build (default) — full debug info, safety checks
zig build-exe src/main.zig -O Debug
# With build system
zig build # uses Debug by default
zig build -Doptimize=Debug
# Run directly with debug output
zig run src/main.zig# Build with debug info
zig build-exe src/main.zig -O Debug -femit-bin=myapp
# Launch GDB
gdb ./myapp
# GDB session
(gdb) break main
(gdb) run arg1 arg2
(gdb) next # step over
(gdb) step # step into
(gdb) continue
(gdb) print my_var
(gdb) info locals
(gdb) bt # backtrace(gdb) break __zig_panic_start
(gdb) break std.builtin.default_paniclldb ./myapp
(lldb) b main
(lldb) r arg1 arg2
(lldb) n # next
(lldb) s # step into
(lldb) p my_var # print
(lldb) frame variable
(lldb) bt # backtrace
(lldb) c # continue
# Break on panic
(lldb) b __zig_panicthread 'main' panic: index out of bounds: index 5, len 3
/home/user/src/main.zig:15:14
/home/user/src/main.zig:42:9
???:?:?: (name not available)| Panic | Cause |
|---|---|
| Slice/array OOB access |
| Arithmetic overflow in Debug/ReleaseSafe |
| Optional access |
| |
| Invalid enum tag or union access |
| |
| Allocator failed |
error: FileNotFound
/home/user/src/main.zig:30:20: 0x10a3b in openConfig (main)
const f = try std.fs.openFileAbsolute(path, .{});
^
/home/user/src/main.zig:15:25: 0x10b12 in run (main)
const cfg = try openConfig("/etc/myapp.conf");
^
/home/user/src/main.zig:8:20: 0x10c44 in main (main)
try run();
^trymain → run → openConfig// build.zig
const exe = b.addExecutable(.{
.name = "myapp",
.root_source_file = b.path("src/main.zig"),
.target = target,
.optimize = optimize,
.error_tracing = true, // enable even in ReleaseFast
});const std = @import("std");
pub fn main() !void {
const x: u32 = 42;
const name = "world";
// Basic print (always to stderr)
std.debug.print("x = {d}, name = {s}\n", .{ x, name });
// Print any value (useful for structs)
const point = Point{ .x = 1, .y = 2 };
std.debug.print("point = {any}\n", .{point});
// Formatted output
std.debug.print("hex: {x}, binary: {b}\n", .{ x, x });
// Log levels (respects compile-time log level)
const log = std.log.scoped(.my_module);
log.debug("debug info: {d}", .{x});
log.info("started processing", .{});
log.warn("unusual condition", .{});
log.err("failed: {s}", .{"reason"});
}// Override default log level at root
pub const std_options = std.Options{
.log_level = .debug, // .debug | .info | .warn | .err
};
// Custom log handler
pub fn logFn(
comptime level: std.log.Level,
comptime scope: @TypeOf(.enum_literal),
comptime format: []const u8,
args: anytype,
) void {
const prefix = "[" ++ @tagName(level) ++ "] (" ++ @tagName(scope) ++ "): ";
std.debug.print(prefix ++ format ++ "\n", args);
}
pub const std_options = std.Options{
.logFn = logFn,
};zig.vscode-zig.vscode/launch.json{
"version": "0.2.0",
"configurations": [
{
"type": "lldb",
"request": "launch",
"name": "Debug Zig",
"program": "${workspaceFolder}/zig-out/bin/myapp",
"args": [],
"cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
"preLaunchTask": "zig build"
}
]
}.vscode/tasks.json{
"version": "2.0.0",
"tasks": [
{
"label": "zig build",
"type": "shell",
"command": "zig build",
"group": { "kind": "build", "isDefault": true },
"problemMatcher": ["$zig"]
}
]
}skills/zig/zig-compilerskills/debuggers/gdbskills/debuggers/lldbskills/zig/zig-cinterop