# Crash dump analysis (/debugging--core-dump)

/debugging--core-dump is a Claude Code skill in the Code section. Analyzes core dumps, segfaults and panics (Go, Rust, JVM, Python) to identify the root cause of a fatal process crash.

- Web version: https://skills.sgomez.dev/en/s/debugging--core-dump
- Section: [Code](https://skills.sgomez.dev/en/code.md)
- Author: Santiago Gómez de la Torre
- License: MIT
- Source: https://github.com/sgomez-dev/claude-skills/blob/main/skills/debugging/core-dump.md
- Updated 30 Mar 2026

## How to ask for it

- `/debugging--core-dump analyze this core dump from my C server`
- `/debugging--core-dump why does this process crash with a segfault`
- `/debugging--core-dump investigate this Rust panic in production`

## Install

macOS · Linux:

```
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sgomez-dev/claude-skills/main/install.sh | bash
```

Windows:

```
irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sgomez-dev/claude-skills/main/install.ps1 | iex
```

Claude Code plugin:

```
/plugin marketplace add sgomez-dev/claude-skills
/plugin install debugging-skills@claude-skills-collection
```

## Permissions

- Reads: `**/*`
- Writes: —
- Runs: `gdb`, `lldb`, `coredumpctl`, `addr2line`, `nm`, `objdump`, `readelf`, `dmesg`, `cargo test`, `go test`
- Network: No
- Destructive: No

## Author's description

Analyze crash dumps, segfaults, panics, and fatal process terminations

- [How we review this](https://skills.sgomez.dev/en/methodology.md)