Python Error Handling skill: what it does and how to install it
Improves Python reliability with early validation, meaningful exceptions, exception chaining and partial-failure handling.
Summary generated from the skill's documentation.
Install
$ npx skills add wshobson/agents --skill python-error-handlingRun it in a terminal. If your agent is already running, start a new session so it picks the skill up.
About this skill
What it does. Guides Python error-handling design with early input validation, domain-type conversion, Pydantic models and specific exception types. It also covers preserving exception context, processing batches with partial failures, documenting failure modes and testing error paths.
When to use it. When validating inputs, designing exception hierarchies, converting external data, building APIs or handling batch-operation failures. Detailed worked examples are available separately when the summary patterns are insufficient.
History
Repo stars
41.8k+1.5k since 5 Oct 2026
Stars are counted for the whole repository, which holds 76 skills.
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| Date | Repo stars |
|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 41,741 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 41,668 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 41,623 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 41,590 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 41,533 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 41,400 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 41,212 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 41,081 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 40,990 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 40,943 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 40,891 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 40,824 |
| 14 Oct 2026 | 40,663 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | 40,579 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 40,457 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | 40,368 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | 40,319 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 40,307 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 40,296 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | 40,267 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 40,238 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 40,212 |
Installs
14.2k
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