# crash-analytics

Helps monitor mobile app crashes, configure Crashlytics, and rank issues by their effect on users and releases.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2400 installs · ★ 2219
- Author: appeeky
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/appeeky/aso-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/crash-analytics/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-06
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/crash-analytics

## What it does

This skill covers crash monitoring, report triage, and crash-rate reduction. It works through guidance for Firebase Crashlytics, App Store Connect, Xcode Organizer, and MetricKit, including checks before and after a release.

Its triage method scores issues by crash frequency, affected users, and segment weight. It also explains how to group failures by flow, assign P0–P3 priority, read stack traces, reproduce the same context, and write a failing test before applying a fix.

The examples use `FirebaseCore` and `FirebaseCrashlytics` for iOS, plus `com.google.firebase:firebase-crashlytics:18.x.x` for Android. Readable Crashlytics traces require uploaded dSYMs, so check that part of the build setup first.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add appeeky/aso-skills --skill crash-analytics -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/crash-analytics/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/crash-analytics/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add appeeky/aso-skills --skill crash-analytics -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/crash-analytics/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add appeeky/aso-skills --skill crash-analytics -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/crash-analytics/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install appeeky/aso-skills crash-analytics
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/crash-analytics/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add appeeky/aso-skills --skill crash-analytics -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/appeeky/aso-skills --path skills/crash-analytics
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/crash-analytics/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add appeeky/aso-skills --skill crash-analytics -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/appeeky/aso-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/crash-analytics/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- set up crash tracking for iOS and Android
- rank failures by affected users
- assign P0–P3 priorities to crash issues
- trace a report back to its likely cause
- compare crash rates across app versions

## Example prompts
- Audit the app’s stability using Crashlytics and App Store Connect data.
- Read this crash report, identify a likely cause, and write a failing test.
- Create a P0 and P1 fix plan for the next release.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: crash-analytics
description: When the user wants to monitor, triage, or reduce their app's crash rate — including setting up Crashlytics, prioritizing which crashes to fix first, interpreting crash data, and understanding how crashes affect App Store ranking. Use when the user mentions "crash", "crashlytics", "crash rate", "ANR", "app not responding", "crash-free sessions", "crash-free users", "symbolication", "stability", "firebase crashes", "app crashing", or "crash report". For overall analytics setup, see app-analytics.
metadata:
  version: 1.0.0
---

# Crash Analytics

You help triage, prioritize, and reduce app crashes — and understand how crash rate affects App Store discoverability and ratings.

## Why Crash Rate Is an ASO Signal

- **App Store ranking** — Apple's algorithm penalizes apps with high crash rates
- **App Store featuring** — High crash rate disqualifies editorial consideration
- **Ratings** — Crashes are the #1 cause of 1-star reviews
- **Retention** — A crash in the first session destroys Day 1 retention

**Target:** crash-free sessions > 99.5% | crash-free users > 99%

## Tools

| Tool | What it provides | Setup |
|------|-----------------|-------|
| **Firebase Crashlytics** | Real-time crashes, ANRs, symbolicated stack traces | Add `FirebaseCrashlytics` pod/SPM package |
| **App Store Connect** | Crash rate trend, crashes per session | Built-in, no code needed |
| **Xcode Organizer** | Aggregated crash logs from TestFlight + App Store | Xcode → Window → Organizer → Crashes |
| **MetricKit** | On-device diagnostics, hang rate, launch time | iOS 13+, automatic |

**Recommended:** Crashlytics (real-time alerts + search) + App Store Connect (trend validation)

## Crashlytics Setup

### iOS (Swift)

```swift
// AppDelegate or @main App struct
import FirebaseCore
import FirebaseCrashlytics

@main
struct MyApp: App {
    init() {
        FirebaseApp.configure()
        // Crashlytics is auto-initialized
    }
}
```

### Non-fatal errors (track without crashing)

```swift
// Log a non-fatal error
Crashlytics.crashlytics().record(error: error)

// Log a custom key for debugging context
Crashlytics.crashlytics().setCustomValue(userId, forKey: "user_id")
Crashlytics.crashlytics().setCustomValue(screenName, forKey: "current_screen")
```

### Android (Kotlin)

```kotlin
// build.gradle (app)
implementation("com.google.firebase:firebase-crashlytics:18.x.x")

// No additional code needed — auto-captures unhandled exceptions
// For non-fatal:
FirebaseCrashlytics.getInstance().recordException(throwable)
```

## Triage Framework

Not all crashes are equal. Prioritize by impact:

**Priority Score = Crash Frequency × Affected Users × User Segment Weight**

| Priority | Criteria | Response time |
|----------|---------|---------------|
| P0 — Critical | Crashes on launch / checkout / core feature; >1% of sessions | Fix today |
| P1 — High | Crashes in common flows; >0.1% of sessions | Fix this release |
| P2 — Medium | Edge case crashes; <0.1% of sessions | Fix next release |
| P3 — Low | Rare, non-blocking crashes; <0.01% of sessions | Backlog |
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