Dead Letter Queue
This skill tracks messages that fail to process in your workflow, highlighting issues and preventing data loss – a vital troubleshooting tool.
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Run in terminal (recommended)
claude mcp add dead-letter-queue npx -- -y @trustedskills/dead-letter-queue
Or manually add to ~/.claude/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"dead-letter-queue": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@trustedskills/dead-letter-queue"
]
}
}
}Requires Claude Code (claude CLI). Run claude --version to verify your install.
About This Skill
What it does
This skill allows an AI agent to manage a dead letter queue (DLQ). It provides functionality to inspect messages that failed processing, potentially retry them, or archive them for later investigation. The DLQ acts as a safety net for messages that cannot be immediately processed successfully.
When to use it
- Error Handling: When an AI agent encounters persistent errors while processing messages from a primary queue (e.g., due to data format issues).
- Retry Logic: To automatically retry failed message processing after a short delay or when the underlying issue is expected to be temporary.
- Auditing & Debugging: For examining and debugging problematic messages that caused failures in the main workflow.
Key capabilities
- DLQ inspection
- Message retries
- Message archiving
Example prompts
- "Show me the oldest message in the dead letter queue."
- "Retry processing the last 5 failed messages from the DLQ."
- "Archive all messages older than 7 days from the dead letter queue."
Tips & gotchas
The effectiveness of this skill depends on proper configuration of the underlying messaging system and clear error handling within the AI agent's primary workflow. Ensure that failure conditions are correctly routed to the DLQ for optimal results.
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