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Sourdough Troubleshooter
🔵 Stable🕐 updated 2026-08-05
🔷 SkillSpec L3
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Figure out why the loaf came out dense, flat, or gummy — and what to change next bake. Use when asked why is my sourdough [dense/flat/gummy/not rising], my starter isn't bubbling, help fix my bread, or troubleshoot my sourdough. Produces a likely-cause diagnosis from your symptoms and process, the specific fix for the next bake, a starter-health check, and a simple timing/temperature adjustment — no dogma, just the variable that's actually off.
🗣 Say this to your agent
“My sourdough is dense and gummy — what went wrong?”“Loaf came out flat and spread sideways. Why?”“My starter isn't bubbling anymore, help.”“No oven spring and a pale crust — what do I change?”“It worked last month and now every loaf is a brick.”
What to give it
▸The symptom — dense, flat, gummy crumb, no oven spring, pale crust, tight/sour
▸Your starter — how old, feeding schedule, how bubbly, float test result
▸The process — hydration, bulk time, shaping, cold proof or not, bake temp/vessel
▸Your kitchen — rough temperature (dough proofs much faster when warm)
▸What changed — worked before and stopped, or first attempts
✅ The bar it holds itself to
Every skill in this library self-verifies — these are this skill's own quality checks, straight from its definition.
✓Diagnosis ties the specific symptom to a likely cause
✓Recommends changing one variable, not many
✓Includes a starter-strength check
✓Proofing advice is tied to temperature/dough behavior, not a fixed clock
✓Rules out under-baking before blaming fermentation
⚠️ What it refuses to do
**Changing five things at once** so nothing is learned.
**Blaming technique** when the starter is simply weak.
**Clock-based proofing advice** that ignores kitchen temperature.
**Dogma** ("you must do X") over the variable that's actually off.
**Missing under-bake** and re-engineering a fine dough.
Install
npx pm-claude-skills add --agent claude # or codex · cursor · gemini · hermes
# or one-line MCP (every skill, any client):
claude mcp add pm-skills -- npx -y pm-claude-skills-mcpRelated skills
🔌 Embed this skill
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