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fail-fast-no-hedging

Detect hedging in try/except blocks and generate a structured report.

1|Updated Dec 24, 2025
Search Tags:#anti-patterns#observability#reliability#fail-fast#hedging#exception-handling#production-issues
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/robertcope/mira --skill fail-fast-no-hedging-robertcope
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent▼
Please help me install this Agent Skill.
Skill: fail-fast-no-hedging
Source: https://github.com/robertcope/mira/tree/main/.claude/skills/fail-fast-no-hedging
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/robertcope/mira --skill fail-fast-no-hedging-robertcope

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve?

Hedging anti-patterns mask infrastructure failures by swallowing errors. This Skill helps build systems that fail loudly, enabling rapid diagnosis and repair in production.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Detect hedging in try/except blocks that mask failures
  • Generate a structured report of hedging across modules
  • Provide remediation guidance to implement fail-fast, observable failures

Quick Start

Run the hedging analyzer on your codebase to surface hedging patterns, review the report, and implement fail-fast fixes in critical paths to improve reliability and observability.