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error-recovery

MITUpdated on Nov 11, 20265,616GitHub stars

A Squad template, copied into gh-aw's .squad folder, listing five recovery patterns that every Squad agent should apply when something fails instead of only reporting the error: retrying with backoff, switching to another tool or method with the same goal, diagnosing and fixing the cause, escalating to the coordinator or a specialist with a summary of attempts, the exact error text and a likely cause, and degrading gracefully.

InstallRepository Checked on Nov 13, 2026

What the skill teaches

A Squad template, copied into gh-aw's .squad folder, listing five recovery patterns that every Squad agent should apply when something fails instead of only reporting the error: retrying with backoff, switching to another tool or method with the same goal, diagnosing and fixing the cause, escalating to the coordinator or a specialist with a summary of attempts, the exact error text and a likely cause, and degrading gracefully. Each agent's charter is expected to map its common failures to these patterns, and a selection guide helps choose between them.

Capabilities

  • Retry failed operations with backoff
  • Fall back to an alternative tool for the same goal
  • Escalate failures with full context