SkillOfficial
error-recovery-patterns
MITUpdated on Nov 11, 20265,616GitHub stars
A gh-aw maintainer skill for error handling in agent sessions.
What the skill teaches
A gh-aw maintainer skill for error handling in agent sessions. It sets goals for cutting retry loops, adding circuit breakers that stop endless retries, recovering early from installation, dependency and API failures, and logging recovery attempts for debugging. It lists retry habits to avoid, points to a fuller document in the repository with JavaScript, shell and Go examples, and applies only to work on the gh-aw repository itself rather than to workflows that use it.
Capabilities
- Add circuit breakers to stop retry loops
- Recover from installation and API failures
- Log recovery attempts for later debugging
Install
The project doesn't document install steps that we could confirm. See the project's own instructions
Details
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Skill | |
| Tool | GitHub | |
| Publisher | GitHub | source |
| Official status | Officialin GitHub's own GitHub organisation (github/gh-aw, GitHub Agentic Workflows) | source |
| Needs an API key or sign-in | Not stated in its documentation | |
| Includes scripts | No | source |
| Platforms | Not stated in its documentation | |
| AI clients | Not stated in its documentation | |
| Licence | MIT | source |
| Pricing | Not stated in its documentation | |
| Activity | Last commit Nov 11, 20265,616 GitHub starsDownload data not available (not on npm or PyPI) | source |
| Links | Repository Website |
Sources
- Skill file (SKILL.md)github.com/github/gh-aw · Backs: Official status, PublisherNov 10, 2026
- Licence file (LICENSE)github.com/github/gh-aw · Backs: LicenceNov 13, 2026
- GitHub repositorygithub.com/github/gh-aw · Backs: Activity, LicenceNov 11, 2026
- Folder in the repository (error-recovery-patterns)github.com/github/gh-aw · Backs: Includes scriptsNov 10, 2026