Babysitter Debug Adapter Protocol

Expert skill for implementing Debug Adapter Protocol for debugger integration

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/a5c-ai/babysitter

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/a5c-ai/babysitter "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/library/specializations/programming-languages/skills/dap-protocol" ~/.claude/skills/a5c-ai-babysitter-debug-adapter-protocol && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: library/specializations/programming-languages/skills/dap-protocol/SKILL.md

Debug Adapter Protocol Skill

Overview

Expert skill for implementing Debug Adapter Protocol for debugger integration.

Capabilities

Implement DAP message handling
Implement breakpoint management (line, conditional, function)
Implement stepping (step in/out/over, continue)
Implement stack trace retrieval
Implement variable inspection and watch expressions
Implement expression evaluation in debug context
Handle launch vs attach configurations
Implement exception breakpoints
Support multi-threaded debugging

Target Processes

debugger-adapter-development.js
lsp-server-implementation.js
interpreter-implementation.js
bytecode-vm-implementation.js

Dependencies

DAP specification
vscode-debugadapter libraries

Usage Guidelines

Message Handling: Implement robust JSON message parsing and validation
Breakpoints: Support line, conditional, and function breakpoints
Stepping: Implement all stepping modes with correct semantics
Variables: Implement lazy variable expansion for performance
Evaluation: Support expression evaluation in stopped state

Output Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "capabilities": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": { "type": "string" }
    },
    "breakpointTypes": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": { "type": "string" }
    },
    "launchModes": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": { "type": "string" }
    },
    "generatedFiles": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": { "type": "string" }
    }
  }
}