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Implementing Error Handling

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wesleysmits·vlatest·backend

This skill automatically implements robust error handling in your backend code, preventing crashes and ensuring reliable operations.

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Showing Claude Code. One command installs this skill into any of the agents below.

  1. 1

    Run this in your project

    terminal
    $ npx skills add wesleysmits/agent-skills --skill implementing-error-handling -a claude-code

  2. Uses the open-source skills CLI and needs Node.js. Add -g to install it for your user instead of this project.

What we know about this skill

Publisher

wesleysmits

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Live repository

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Automated safety checks

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This skill passed all 6 checks. We read its files at one commit and looked for the things that make a skill dangerous to run — not for whether it works.

  • Declares what it does: passed

    SKILL.md parses and declares a name and a description.

    SKILL.md exists, its frontmatter parses, and it declares a name and a description.

  • No undeclared network calls: passed

    Makes no network calls.

    Every host the skill dials — from its scripts, its config endpoints or the commands it tells the agent to run — is either well-known package and API infrastructure or declared in its own frontmatter. Links in documentation are not counted.

  • No obfuscated payloads: passed

    No encoded or obfuscated payloads.

    No base64, hex or compressed blob is decoded and then executed, and no encoded shell commands.

  • No credential access: passed

    Reads no keys, tokens, keychains or credential files.

    Neither the code nor the SKILL.md instructions read SSH keys, cloud credentials, keychains, token stores, browser cookie databases or dotfiles that hold secrets.

  • No pipe-to-shell installers: passed

    No pipe-to-shell or download-and-run installers.

    No `curl … | sh` pattern, in the code or in the instructions, that runs code fetched at run time.

  • Pinned to a commit: passed

    Scanned wesleysmits/agent-skills at 10274ee62f.

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Commit
10274ee62f
Manifest
.agent/skills/error-handling-patterns/SKILL.md
Scanned
2 files, 631 lines
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About this skill

What it does

This skill enables AI agents to gracefully handle errors that occur during task execution. It allows for the identification, logging, and appropriate response to unexpected situations, preventing complete failure and providing informative feedback. The agent can implement retry mechanisms or alternative approaches when encountering issues.

When to use it

  • Data processing pipelines: When an AI agent is responsible for extracting data from multiple sources that may be unreliable.
  • API integrations: To manage errors returned by external APIs, such as authentication failures or rate limits.
  • Automated workflows: In scenarios where a sequence of actions must succeed; error handling ensures the workflow doesn't halt unexpectedly.
  • Complex calculations: When performing intricate computations that might encounter invalid inputs or numerical instability.

Key capabilities

  • Error detection and identification
  • Logging of errors with relevant context
  • Retry mechanisms for transient failures
  • Alternative action execution on error
  • Informative feedback to the user regarding errors

Example prompts

  • "When interacting with the external weather API, implement robust error handling and retry failed requests."
  • "If a database connection fails during data extraction, log the error and attempt reconnection three times before reporting failure."
  • “Handle potential TypeError exceptions when processing user input.”

Tips & gotchas

This skill requires an understanding of common error types within the agent's operational environment. Ensure that logging includes sufficient context to diagnose and resolve errors effectively.