error-explainer SKILL.md skillA

error-explainer from nvidia/skillspector is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add nvidia/skillspector/error-explainer@git:20261002.d2153d1

Pins git:20261002.d2153d1 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
nvidia/skillspector
Path
tests/fixtures/sqp/sqp3_plain_english_clean/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
1
Latest version
git:20261002.d2153d1, committed Oct 2, 2026
Size
391 bytes
Repository stars
24,780
License
Apache-2.0

Explains compiler and runtime errors. Use when the user pastes an error message and asks what it means.

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

# Error Explainer

1. Read the error and the code around the line it points to.
2. Explain the cause in plain English, without jargon, then show the fix.
3. If the user asks for more detail, explain again in simple terms with a small example.

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add nvidia/skillspector/error-explainer@sha256:cda4ffe3281dda4d

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261002.d2153d1, 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.

Badge

mdr badge

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_lxgxulribb4wykcp.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_lxgxulribb4wykcp)

2 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.

Versions

The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Oct 2, 2026.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
git:20261002.d2153d1 latest2026-10-02 d2153d1 391 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the 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 (391 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

nvidia/skillspector · 24,780 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_lxgxulribb4wykcp
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=nvidia/skillspector/error-explainer
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/cda4ffe3281dda4d4782d2ebd875a8e06f05f7f0d7aa9bfefa831adfe9608e3a

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.

Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.

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