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error-handling-patterns from event4u-app/agent-config is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add event4u-app/agent-config/error-handling-patterns@git:20260911.17eca4fPins git:20260911.17eca4f in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- event4u-app/agent-config
- Path
src/skills/error-handling-patterns/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- git:20260911.17eca4f, committed Sep 11, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jun 3, 2026
- Size
- 9,067 bytes
- Repository stars
- 19
- License
- MIT
Use when picking a failure-reporting strategy — exceptions vs Result types, recoverable vs not, retry / circuit-breaker / graceful degradation — decision framework only, catalogues externalized.
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What the file says
# error-handling-patterns Decision framework for picking an error-handling strategy. **Catalogues of language-specific code live upstream** (links in § Provenance) — this skill is the predicate, not the pattern library. Sunset-policy compliant: large language-specific catalogues stay in authoritative upstream docs. ## When to use - Designing how a new feature, API, or service reports failure. - Reviewing a diff that introduces a new exception class, `Result<T, E>`, or sentinel return. - Debugging production noise that traces back to inconsistent error semantics. - Choosing between retry, circuit-breaker, fallback, and fail-fast for an external dependency. Do NOT use when: - You only need the syntax for a `try/catch` in language X — read the upstream language guide directly. - The failure is a single-call Laravel validation error — route to [`laravel-validation`](../laravel-validation/SKILL.md). - The fix is a one-line null check in existing code — route to [`bug-analyzer`](../bug-analyzer/SKILL.md). ## Decision framework ### Step 1 — Classify the failure ``` Failure is: caller's fault (bad input, missing auth) → reject at boundary, structured error …
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How to install
mdr add event4u-app/agent-config/error-handling-patterns@sha256:7f15553fd26d5d09The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260911.17eca4f, 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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| git:20260911.17eca4f latest | 2026-09-11 | 17eca4f | 9,067 B | A | view · diff |
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Source
event4u-app/agent-config · 19 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch main
API
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