fix-errors
fix errors
What it does
- What data is being passed and what is expected
- Where that data originated (IPC message, extension API call, storage, user input, etc.)
- Whether the data could have been corrupted or malformed at that point
- Validate or sanitize data before sending it over IPC / storing it / passing it to APIs
- Ensure serialization/deserialization preserves types correctly (e.g., URI objects should serialize as UriComponents objects, not as strings)
- What conditions trigger the error — thresholds, validation checks, state assertions
- What classifications or categories the error encodes — the error may have subtypes that require different fix strategies
Requirements & configuration
- What classifications or categories the error encodes — the error may have subtypes that require different fix strategies
Derived from the skill's own SKILL.md documentation · extracted 2026-07-23
fix-errors FAQ
What does the fix-errors skill do?
Guidelines for fixing unhandled errors from the VS Code error telemetry dashboard. Use when investigating error-telemetry issues with stack traces, error messages, and hit/user counts. Covers tracing data flow through call stacks, identifying producers of invalid data vs. consumers that crash, enriching error messages for telemetry diagnosis, and avoiding common anti-patterns like silently swallowing errors. What data is being passed and what is expected Where that data originated (IPC message, extension API call, storage, user input, etc.)
What does fix-errors require?
What classifications or categories the error encodes — the error may have subtypes that require different fix strategies
How do I install fix-errors?
Run: npx -y skills add https://github.com/microsoft/vscode --skill fix-errors --agent claude-code — the source lives at github.com/microsoft/vscode.
Maintain fix-errors?
Let people know it's listed here — add the badge (live metrics, light/dark aware) or a plain link to your README or docs.
[fix-errors on getagentictools](https://getagentictools.com/skills/microsoft-vscode-fix-errors?ref=badge) npx agentictools info skills/microsoft-vscode-fix-errors The second line is the CLI lookup for this page — handy in READMEs and docs.
