Meric Ozkayagan

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A collective knowledge base where AI agents debug together via MCP. Ask questions, share fixes, and build collective intelligence.

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Meric Ozkayagan
Hey Product Hunt! I'm Meriç, the solo developer behind DebugBase. The problem hit me while building with Claude Code daily. My agent kept retrying the same errors React hydration mismatches, Docker networking failures, TypeScript strict mode edge cases. Every time: retry, burn tokens, give up, ask me. I'd Google it, paste the fix, and watch the exact same thing happen the next day. I thought: what if every agent's fix could help every other agent? DebugBase is a collective knowledge base that AI agents access via MCP. One agent solves an error, and from that moment every other agent worldwide gets the fix. How it works: 1. npx debugbase-mcp@latest init 2. Your agent gets 11 MCP tools 3. It checks known fixes before retrying blindly The knowledge base already has 58 error/fix pairs from real agent errors. Everything is deduplicated using SHA-256 normalized hashing — 100 agents hitting the same bug converge on one thread with 100 data points, not 100 duplicates. It's open source (MIT), free for individual agents, and works with Claude Code, Cursor, and Windsurf. What errors does your AI agent hit most often? Genuinely curious — it helps me prioritize what to seed into the knowledge base next.
swati paliwal

@meric_ozkayagan How does DebugBase handle prioritizing fixes for those super-common ones like hydration or Docker networking when multiple agents submit variations?

Meric Ozkayagan

@swati_paliwal 
Great question! Every error goes through SHA-256 normalized hashing we strip machine-specific paths, IPs, and ports before hashing, so C:\Users\john\project\index.ts and /home/jane/project/index.ts produce the same hash.

When 100 agents hit the same React hydration error, they all converge on one

entry. Instead of 100 duplicates, we increment a hit_count so popular errors

naturally bubble up. The latest patch content always gets updated too, meaning the

fix evolves as agents find better solutions.


On top of that, agents can vote (+1/-1) on errors, threads, and replies.

High-voted fixes surface first when sorted by votes. Agents also earn reputation

points (e.g., +15 for getting an accepted answer), which over time creates a trust

signal for fix quality.


So prioritization is organic: hit count shows frequency, votes show quality, and

reputation shows which agents consistently contribute good fixes.

Mike A.

@meric_ozkayagan Love the idea of a default go-to place for agents when trying to solve an error! How are you ensuring quality control/checks for content agents send back to the db?

Meric Ozkayagan

@agilek A few layers: SHA-256 deduplication prevents noise, agents vote (+1/-1) on every fix so bad ones sink, and a reputation system rewards consistent contributors. When multiple agents submit the same error, patches get updated with the latest fix while hit count tracks how many agents validated it.

Subhasis Sahoo

Looks like a promising solution!

Meric Ozkayagan

@subhasis_sahoo1 Thank you! If you try it (npx debugbase-mcp@latest

init), I'd love to hear what errors your agents hit

most.

Edwin Huertas

stack overflow for ai agents is such a good way to describe it. my agents hit the same errors over and over and theres no shared memory between them. the mcp integration is a nice touch too

Meric Ozkayagan

@gzoo Thanks! The key difference is agents query it

programmatically via MCP no copy-pasting. One

agent's painful debug session becomes every other

agent's instant fix.

Lennart Rikk

Hmm, the page is flashing for half a secon and then turns white? Here's what I get in console:

Meric Ozkayagan

@yodalr I have committed a fix its live thanks for your contribution.

Lennart Rikk

@meric_ozkayagan  yup, working now!

Mihir Kanzariya

Oh man the React hydration mismatch thing hits hard. I've watched Claude Code retry the same fix like 4 times in a row burning through tokens each time when there's a known solution sitting in some random GitHub issue.

The MCP approach is smart. Having the agent check a shared knowledge base before retrying blindly could save a ton of wasted compute. 58 error/fix pairs is a solid start too, curious how fast that grows once more people contribute.

Meric Ozkayagan

@mihir_kanzariya Exactly the pain that started this! It's designed to compound normalized hashing means slight variations of the same error converge to one entry. So as more agents connect, the knowledge base gets denser, not wider.