error-handling

Define custom Swift error types with propagation and recovery strategies.

Updated Dec 25, 2025
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npx skills add https://github.com/mourato/prisma --skill error-handling-mourato
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Skill: error-handling
Source: https://github.com/mourato/prisma/tree/main/.agents/skills/error-handling
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/mourato/prisma --skill error-handling-mourato

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve?

This Skill addresses the challenge of managing failures in software by providing a standardized approach to defining, propagating, and handling errors, ensuring applications remain stable and informative.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Custom Error Definitions: Create domain-specific error types using Swift's Error and LocalizedError protocols.
  • Contextual Error Information: Utilize associated values in enums to provide detailed context about failures.
  • Propagation Strategies: Implement explicit error propagation and avoid silent failures.
  • Recovery Mechanisms: Design retry logic for transient errors and ensure graceful degradation.
  • Structured Logging: Log errors with comprehensive context for easier debugging.
  • Use Case: When a network request fails, this skill helps define a NetworkError enum with associated statusCode and errorMessage, ensuring the failure is logged with full context and potentially retried.

Quick Start

Define custom error types for your application using Swift enums conforming to the Error protocol.

Frequently Asked Questions about error-handling

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

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How do I implement error handling and propagation in Swift to ensure application stability?

Error handling and propagation in Swift ensures application stability by defining custom error types using `Error` and `LocalizedError` protocols, implementing explicit propagation strategies to avoid silent failures, and incorporating recovery paths with structured logging.

What's the best way to define custom error types with contextual information in Swift?

The best way to define custom error types with contextual information in Swift is creating domain-specific enums conforming to the `Error` protocol and utilizing associated values to provide detailed context about specific failures.

How do I design recovery mechanisms for transient network errors in Swift?

Recovery mechanisms for transient network errors in Swift are designed by implementing retry logic for transient failures and ensuring graceful degradation, which allows applications to maintain predictable failure management and continue operating during temporary issues.

Why does explicit error propagation prevent silent failures in Swift applications?

Explicit error propagation prevents silent failures in Swift applications by forcing developers to handle or propagate errors deliberately rather than ignoring them, which establishes predictable failure management and maintains overall application stability.

How do I log errors with comprehensive context for easier debugging in Swift?

Structured logging logs errors with comprehensive context for easier debugging by capturing detailed failure information, such as associated `statusCode` and `errorMessage` values from custom error enums, ensuring failures are recorded with full contextual data.

Does this error handling approach work for managing network request failures in Swift?

Yes, this error handling approach works for managing network request failures in Swift by defining a `NetworkError` enum with associated values, logging the failure with full context, implementing retry logic, and ensuring graceful degradation.