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chef-shell can be used to debug existing recipes. The recipe first needs to be added to a run-list for the node, so that it is cached when starting chef-shell and then used for debugging. chef-shell will report which recipes are being cached when it is started:

loading configuration: none (standalone session)
Session type: standalone
Loading.............done.

Welcome to the chef-shell 15.8.23
For usage see https://docs.chef.io/chef_shell.html

run `help' for help, `exit' or ^D to quit.

chef (15.8.23)>

To just load one recipe from the run-list, go into the recipe and use the include_recipe command. For example:

chef > recipe_mode
  chef:recipe > include_recipe "getting-started"
    => [#< Chef::Recipe:0x10256f9e8 @cookbook_name="getting-started",
  ... output truncated ...

To load all of the recipes from a run-list, use code similar to the following:

node.run_list.expand(node.chef_environment).recipes.each do |r|
  include_recipe r
end

After the recipes that are to be debugged have been loaded, use the run_chef command to run them.