global-error-handling

name

Global Error Handling

description

Implement robust error handling with user-friendly messages, specific exception types, centralized error boundaries, graceful degradation, retry strategies, and proper resource cleanup. Use this skill when handling errors in backend or frontend code; when providing clear, actionable error messages to users; when validating input and failing fast with explicit error messages; when using specific exception types instead of generic errors; when implementing centralized error handling at appropriate boundaries; when designing systems to degrade gracefully when services fail; when implementing retry strategies with exponential backoff for external service calls; when cleaning up resources in finally blocks or equivalent mechanisms; when handling errors in React components with error boundaries; when logging errors for debugging and monitoring; or when structuring error handling across the application architecture.

Global Error Handling

This Skill provides Claude Code with specific guidance on how to adhere to coding standards as they relate to how it should handle global error handling.

When to use this skill

• When providing clear, actionable error messages to users without exposing technical details
• When validating input and failing fast with explicit error messages
• When using specific exception types instead of generic errors
• When implementing centralized error handling at appropriate boundaries
• When designing systems to degrade gracefully when services fail
• When implementing retry strategies with exponential backoff for external services
• When cleaning up resources in finally blocks or equivalent mechanisms
• When handling errors in React components with error boundaries
• When logging errors for debugging and monitoring descriptions

Instructions

For details, refer to the information provided in this file: global error handling