Error Handling (Debugging)

Invoked when error handling in a codebase is incomplete, inconsistent, or causing cascading failures. This skill focuses on debugging and improving exception hierarchies, retry strategies, graceful degradation patterns, and circuit breaker implementations — complementing the implementation-level error-handling skill with a diagnostic and corrective lens.

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What the full skill covers

Micro-Skills
Inputs
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Edge Cases
Scope
Guardrails
Ask-When-Ambiguous
Decision Criteria