Use Case
API Error Handling is a powerful AI agent skill that extends your assistant with new capabilities. Error handling patterns across languages and layers β operational vs programmer errors, retry strategies, circuit breakers, error boundaries, HTTP responses, graceful degradation, and structured logging. Use when designing error strategies, building resilient APIs, or reviewing error management. This guide walks you through installing API Error Handling, configuring it for your setup, and running your first commands β so you can start getting value in minutes.
Install API Error Handling: npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install api-error-handling
Restart your AI client (Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini CLI, or OpenClaw)
Type a natural language request related to developer & devops to trigger API Error Handling
Review the output and refine your prompt for better results
Combine API Error Handling with other skills to build multi-step workflows
Copy these prompts and use them with your AI agent after installing API Error Handling
Help me get started with API Error Handling
What can API Error Handling do for my developer & devops workflow?
Show me an example of using API Error Handling
Select your agent
Option 1: Install via CLI (recommended)
Recommended (no pre-install needed)
npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install api-error-handlingOr via clawhub CLI (if already installed)
clawhub --dir ~/.claude/skills install api-error-handlingβ οΈ Requires Node.js 18+. No Node? Use Option 2 below to download the ZIP instead. Install Node.js β
Option 2: Manual install (no Node required)
Download the ZIP, extract it, and place the folder at the path below. Restart your agent to activate.
Install path
~/.claude/skills/api-error-handling/π‘Extract and place the folder at the path above, then restart your agent.