Skill Details
Runtime
(gpt-5.6)
Example user message
[userMessage]: My Python script crashes with "TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for +: 'int' and 'str'" when calculating the user's total. Find the root cause and show me the smallest fix.
Example agent response
### Problem Summary
The calculation is attempting to add an integer value to a string value.
### Diagnosis
The failure occurs because one of the values used in the total calculation is represented as text rather than as a numeric value.
### Root Cause
The likely root cause is a type mismatch: the value being added to the numeric total has not been converted to an appropriate numeric type before the calculation.
### Evidence
The error explicitly reports an unsupported int + str operation. This confirms that the two operands have incompatible types for the + operation.
### Fix Strategy
Convert the input to the appropriate numeric type at the point where the value enters the calculation, while preserving the existing calculation logic.
### Corrected Code
The smallest likely fix is:
total = price + int(quantity)
If the input may contain decimal values, use an appropriate numeric conversion such as float() based on the actual data format.
### Verification Tests
1. Test with a valid integer quantity.
2. Test with a numeric string such as "3".
3. Test with an invalid value such as "abc".
4. Confirm that the resulting total is correct.
### Regression Check
Verify that existing calculations using already-numeric values continue to work correctly.
### Final Debugging Checklist
- Confirm the input type.
- Convert the value before arithmetic.
- Handle invalid input.
- Retest the original failing case.
- Test related valid and invalid inputs.
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GPT-5.6
Systematically diagnoses software bugs, errors, failed tests, API issues, build problems, and unexpected behavior. It identifies likely root causes from available evidence, proposes targeted fixes, provides corrected code when enough context is available, and creates practical testing and regression checks across common development stacks.
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