Sharpening bug reports

How it works

A bug report is read by people with less context than the person who wrote it. The model reviews a draft against the questions they will ask: which build and environment, exact steps from a known starting state, expected versus actual, how often it happens, what was ruled out, and whether it's one problem or two. It suggests a title that describes the symptom specifically rather than the feature generally, and a summary that leads with impact. Attached logs and screenshots are checked to see whether they actually show the problem. The writer keeps or discards each suggestion; the model doesn't file anything.

When to use it

Teams with inconsistent report quality; reports going to other teams, vendors or open-source projects; testers writing in a second language; and high-severity bugs where clarity speeds the fix.

Limitations

The model can only polish what the writer knows; if the steps are wrong, a clearer version of wrong steps doesn't help. Rewriting tends to smooth out the exact wording of error messages and user-observed details, which are often the most useful part, so originals should be kept verbatim. Polished reports can sound more certain than the evidence supports.

What you still own

The facts in the report, especially the steps, and the severity and priority you assign.

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