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robust-error-handling-in-scripts
Use this skill when writing shell scripts, Python automation, or any unattended batch job. Ensure failures are detected, logged, and handled — never silently ignored.
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Robust Error Handling in Scripts
Shell scripts:
set -euo pipefail # Exit on error, undefined var, pipe failure
trap 'echo "Failed at line $LINENO"' ERRPython scripts:
import logging, sys
logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO, format='%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(message)s')
try:
main()
except Exception as e:
logging.exception("Unhandled error: %s", e)
sys.exit(1)Retry with backoff for transient network/API failures:
from tenacity import retry, stop_after_attempt, wait_exponential
@retry(stop=stop_after_attempt(3), wait=wait_exponential(min=2, max=10))
def call_api(): ...- Repository
aiming-lab/MetaClaw
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