Abstract: According to one embodiment, a debug daemon executed by a processor of a data processing system receives a signal from a first program executed within the data processing system. In response to the signal, a snapshot of a memory region associated with the first program is captured. An analysis tool is identified from a pool of analysis tools based on the signal in view of a set of one or more rules associated with the first program. The analysis tool is invoked to perform an analysis on the snapshot to generate a summary that describes the snapshot. The summary is transmitted from the data processing system to a remote system over a network, without transmitting the snapshot.