Error Handling Patterns
CheckedImplements robust error handling patterns based on Marcio Altoe's expertise for resilient backend systems.
Install on your platform
Showing Claude Code. One command installs this skill into any of the agents below.
- 1
Run this in your project
terminal$ npx skills add marcioaltoe/claude-craftkit --skill error-handling-patterns -a claude-code Uses the open-source
skillsCLI and needs Node.js. Add-gto install it for your user instead of this project.
What we know about this skill
Publisher
marcioaltoe
Taken from the source listing. We haven't verified who controls this account.
Install target
Live repository
Not pinned. Installing fetches whatever the repository holds at the time you run the command.
Automated safety checks
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 marcioaltoe/claude-craftkit at 5b0115d313.
The exact upstream commit SHA that was scanned is recorded, so the result refers to specific bytes.
- Commit
- 5b0115d313
- Scanned
- 1 file, 577 lines
About this skill
What it does
This skill provides guidance on implementing robust error handling patterns in backend systems. It helps developers anticipate and gracefully manage potential failures, ensuring application stability and a better user experience. The skill focuses on practical strategies for logging errors, retrying operations, and providing informative feedback to users or monitoring systems.
When to use it
- When designing new backend services where reliable error handling is critical.
- During refactoring of existing codebases to improve resilience and debugging capabilities.
- To troubleshoot intermittent failures in production environments by implementing better logging and alerting strategies.
- When building integrations with external systems that may be unreliable or prone to errors.
Key capabilities
- Provides guidance on different error handling patterns (e.g., circuit breaker, retry).
- Offers advice on effective error logging practices.
- Suggests strategies for graceful degradation in the face of failures.
- Covers techniques for providing informative error messages.
Example prompts
- "I'm building a microservice that interacts with an external API; what are some good error handling patterns to implement?"
- "How can I improve the logging in my backend application to better diagnose errors?"
- "What’s a circuit breaker pattern and when should I use it?"
Tips & gotchas
This skill assumes basic familiarity with backend development concepts. The effectiveness of the suggested patterns depends on the specific context of your application and external dependencies.