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Find the cause. Stop guessing the fix.

Diagnose a concrete Claude Code project problem with an evidence-first loop, a reproducible fictional config-path failure and original before/after checks.

Clawd holds a signal plug beside teal and brass routing paths under the Same Code. Wrong Folder. headline.

Your script works from one folder and quietly breaks from another. Find which file it actually reads before changing random app code.

This original staged example follows Matt Pocock’s Diagnosing Bugs workflow: the same project script selected the wrong fallback origin from a nested folder, then a path correction made both invocations agree. Codex and local Node performed the demo; Claude Code was not run. Get the public original fixture ZIP; full guide/Markdown unlock with your email for access, not newsletter consent.

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  • A reproducible wrong-folder CLI fixture
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  • Supported Claude Code setup and original diagnosis checklist

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