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explain-error is agent-read markdown (skill) from brattlof/skillet: Explain a stack trace or error message and suggest concrete fixes..

Indexed from public GitHub and served as immutable, content-addressed versions. Install it pinned to an exact SHA-256 with the mdr CLI, and every file is verified against the hash recorded here before it reaches your agent. The deterministic audit below grades the latest version, and the same file always earns the same grade.

What the file says

# explain-error

Use this when the user pastes an error, a stack trace, or failing build output.

1. Find the actual failure: the first real error, not the cascade of messages after it.
2. Explain in plain language what it means and the most likely cause.
3. Point at the specific file and line when the trace gives one.
4. Suggest one or two concrete fixes, with the exact change to make.
5. If the cause is ambiguous, say what to check or run next to narrow it down.

Prefer the smallest fix that addresses the root cause over a workaround, and say so when
you are guessing rather than certain.

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

Latest version
mdr add brattlof/skillet/explain-error@git:20260613.d956a80
Exact content
mdr add brattlof/skillet/explain-error@sha256:d73948821ed49eb5

Pin to a label to follow the author's releases, or to a sha256 to freeze the exact bytes forever. Either way the resolved hash is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install reproduces it on any machine.

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Versions

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Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Deterministic, no model, same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (706 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

GitHub

brattlof/skillet · 8 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-21 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_3p4lp3kddpcqkjxj
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=brattlof/skillet/explain-error
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/d73948821ed49eb516e366bc66c22b56108b74fd7ad314a7a00c5bfd57871140

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