Description
fix-errors is an agent skill from the Microsoft VS Code repository, listed on skills.sh. It gives guidance for fixing unhandled errors reported on the VS Code error telemetry dashboard, which show a message, a stack trace, a hit count and the number of affected users. Its central rule is not to fix the error at the crash site, since guards, swallowed exceptions or fallback values only hide a problem whose real cause is invalid data that flows in from elsewhere. Instead, the agent reads the stack trace from the bottom up, works out what data each frame receives and where it came from, such as an IPC message, an extension API call or stored state, and looks for the producer of the bad data. If the producer cannot be identified from the stack alone, the skill gives further steps. A skill is a SKILL.md file of instructions that an AI agent loads when a task calls for it. It is free and open source, and the skills.sh listing shows all three security audits passing.…
Highlights
- Fix at the producer, not the crash site
- Bottom-up stack trace reading
- Traces data flow across IPC and APIs
- Guidance when the source is unclear
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fix-errors FAQ
What does the fix-errors skill do?
It guides fixing unhandled errors from the VS Code telemetry dashboard by finding where the invalid data came from.
Why not add a try and catch at the crash site?
The skill says that masks the problem, because the invalid data still flows through the system and fails elsewhere.
What does it need from me?
The error message, stack trace, hit count and affected user count from the dashboard.
How do I install it?
Run: npx skills add https://github.com/microsoft/vscode --skill fix-errors
Is it free?
Yes. It is free and open source.
Are there security findings?
The skills.sh listing shows Gen Agent Trust Hub, Socket and Snyk all passing.
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