126-java-exception-handling SKILL.md skillA
126-java-exception-handling from jabrena/plinth is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add jabrena/plinth/126-java-exception-handling@v0.19.0Pins v0.19.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- jabrena/plinth
- Path
skills/126-java-exception-handling/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 6
- Latest version
- v0.19.0, committed Sep 26, 2026
- First version recorded
- May 24, 2026
- Size
- 3,790 bytes
- Repository stars
- 461
- License
- Apache-2.0
Use when you need to apply Java exception handling best practices — including using specific exception types, managing resources with try-with-resources, securing exception messages, preserving error context via exception chaining, validating inputs early with fail-fast principles, handling thread interruption correctly, documenting exceptions with @throws, enforcing logging policy, translating exceptions at API boundaries, managing retries and idempotency, enforcing timeouts, attaching…
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
# Java Exception Handling Guidelines Identify and apply robust Java exception handling practices to improve error clarity, security, debuggability, and system reliability. **What is covered in this Skill?** - Specific exception types instead of generic `Exception`/`RuntimeException` - try-with-resources for automatic resource cleanup - Secure exception messages that avoid information leakage - Exception chaining to preserve full error context - Early input validation with `IllegalArgumentException`/`NullPointerException` - `InterruptedException` handling with interrupted-status restoration - `@throws` JavaDoc documentation, fail-fast principle - Structured logging with correlation IDs, avoiding log-and-throw duplication - API boundary translation via centralized exception mappers - Bounded retry with backoff for idempotent operations only - Timeout enforcement with deadline propagation - `Throwable#addSuppressed` for secondary cleanup failures - Never catching `Throwable`/`Error` - Observability via error metrics - Failure propagation in async `CompletionStage` code …
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How to install
mdr add jabrena/plinth/126-java-exception-handling@sha256:e8cdc6a2729ea791The line at the top of this page pins the label v0.19.0, 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.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 6 versions of this file, between May 24, 2026 and Sep 26, 2026, about one every 25 days.
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| v0.19.0 latest | 2026-09-26 | 9569c35 | 3,790 B | A | view · diff |
| v0.18.0 | 2026-08-01 | 26b0e71 | 3,790 B | A | view · diff |
| v0.17.0 | 2026-07-10 | aaee915 | 3,790 B | A | view · diff |
| v0.16.0 | 2026-06-15 | b73c9d3 | 3,704 B | A | view · diff |
| v0.15.0 | 2026-05-29 | a800339 | 3,704 B | A | view · diff |
| v0.15.0-SNAPSHOT | 2026-05-24 | 0c84e14 | 3,713 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
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- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (3790 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
jabrena/plinth · 461 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_cy3vnk2tqx45dlcy GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=jabrena/plinth/126-java-exception-handling GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/e8cdc6a2729ea79106c01a8d32cdeb6e0af8f52f14b3c57085f78c09789b2fcf
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