recovering-from-errors SKILL.md skillA
recovering-from-errors from oxbshw/watch-skill is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add oxbshw/watch-skill/recovering-from-errors@v1.4.3Pins v1.4.3 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- oxbshw/watch-skill
- Path
skills/recovering-from-errors/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 8
- Latest version
- v1.4.3, committed Sep 8, 2026
- First version recorded
- Aug 8, 2026
- Size
- 1,818 bytes
- Repository stars
- 508
- License
- MIT
A Watch Skill command failed, video download broke, ffmpeg or yt-dlp is missing, a provider returned an error, local vision stopped, or the user asks "why can't it watch this" or "repair my setup". Use this to diagnose and apply the engine's structured fix before retrying the original operation.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Recovering from errors Failures use stable error codes and include an actionable `fix`. Preserve that evidence; do not replace it with a generic explanation. ## Diagnose first ```bash watch-skill doctor --json ``` Read the failing checks and apply only their stated fixes. `doctor` can repair managed ffmpeg and yt-dlp binaries, stale locks, corrupt caches, missing frame directories, and known local-model health failures. Re-run it once after remediation. ## Retry the original operation once After doctor is green, repeat the command that failed. If it returns another structured error, report its code, message, and fix. Do not loop indefinitely, silently switch cloud providers, enable cloud STT, or reprocess an already indexed video. Common routes: - acquisition or extractor failure: `watch-skill doctor --json`, then retry the watch; - provider authentication: verify the matching `WATCHSKILL_*_API_KEY` locally; - provider model not found: run `watch-skill setup-vision` with a valid vision model; - low memory or local server failure: reduce the local model/context or select a cloud provider the user already has; …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add oxbshw/watch-skill/recovering-from-errors@sha256:b179302c903fe316The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.4.3, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_22ymccnkb4uyj32f)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 8 versions of this file, between Aug 8, 2026 and Sep 8, 2026, about one every 4 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v1.4.3 latest | 2026-09-08 | f1317c8 | 1,818 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.4.2 | 2026-09-08 | b6ee470 | 1,818 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.4.1 | 2026-09-07 | 8df6d4d | 1,818 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.4.0 | 2026-09-05 | 1a53bae | 1,818 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.4.0rc1 | 2026-09-02 | ab36fc4 | 1,821 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.3.0rc2 | 2026-08-19 | db22dfd | 1,821 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.3.0rc1 | 2026-08-19 | ba68f9f | 1,821 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.2.0 | 2026-08-08 | c41ceaf | 1,818 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (1818 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
oxbshw/watch-skill · 508 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-14 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_22ymccnkb4uyj32f GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=oxbshw/watch-skill/recovering-from-errors GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/b179302c903fe316a10153de0f0a54c46626290230bf5d861ad5acca35d78b44
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
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