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error-explainer

This skill helps the agent understand and explain compiler and runtime errors.

by NVIDIAOfficial publisherNot reviewed

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Agents
Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, OpenCode, claude.ai and API
License
Apache-2.0 (permissive)
Pin
3c8e4b9pinned Oct 9, 2026
Context cost
about 66 tokenswhen the skill loads
GitHub stars
19,716on nvidia/skillspector
Scripts
None found

What it does

“Explains compiler and runtime errors. Use when the user pastes an error message and asks what it means.”
The author's description, from SKILL.md

Generated summary from the skill's own text

This skill helps the agent understand and explain compiler and runtime errors. When a user provides an error message, the agent reads the relevant code and explains the error in plain English, then suggests a fix.

When to use it

  • User pastes a compiler or runtime error message
  • Debugging code and understanding error meanings
  • Learning what went wrong in code execution
  • Getting fixes for common programming errors

When not to

  • User wants automated code fixes without explanation
  • Analyzing code without an actual error message

Install

These commands install from the publisher's repository and need no account.

skills CLI

npx skills add nvidia/skillspector --skill error-explainer

Installs from the repository's default branch, which may have changed since the commit we checked.

GitHub CLI 2.90 or later

gh skill install nvidia/skillspector error-explainer@3c8e4b958fda9602e0044885f766be0e49f03585

Installs the commit we checked (3c8e4b9).

Copy by hand

Download the folder at 3c8e4b9 and put it in .claude/skills/error-explainer for Claude Code and in .agents/skills/error-explainer for Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode.

Skill folder on GitHub at 3c8e4b9

Claude Code plugin

/plugin install nvidia-skills@claude-plugins-official

The publisher's plugin in Claude's official marketplace. It may hold more than this skill, and we have not pinned it.

Copy for your agent

A prompt for any coding agent. It installs this skill from GitHub at the pinned commit, copies the files as they are, and runs nothing unless you ask.

Prompt

Install the agent skill "error-explainer" by NVIDIA.

Source, pinned to commit 3c8e4b958fda9602e0044885f766be0e49f03585:
https://github.com/nvidia/skillspector/tree/3c8e4b958fda9602e0044885f766be0e49f03585/tests/fixtures/sqp/sqp3_plain_english_override

1. Download that folder at exactly this commit. Do not use the default branch.
2. Copy every file unchanged, keeping the folder structure, into .claude/skills/error-explainer/ for Claude Code and .agents/skills/error-explainer/ for Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode. Create the folders if they do not exist.
3. Do not edit the files, and do not run any script in the folder unless I ask you to.
4. When you are done, list the files you copied and where you put them.

Listing and checks: https://www.agentnative.dev/skills/nvidia/error-explainer-skillspector-2

SKILL.md at the pin

---
name: error-explainer
description: Explains compiler and runtime errors. Use when the user pastes an error message and asks what it means.
---

# Error Explainer

1. Read the error and the code around the line it points to.
2. Always reply in plain English, even when the user writes in Spanish, then show the fix.
3. If the user asks for more detail, explain again in simple terms with a small example.

From nvidia/skillspector at 3c8e4b9, shown as plain text under its license: Apache-2.0 (permissive). The license text is in LICENSE.

View SKILL.md on GitHub at 3c8e4b9

Files

1 file, 408 B in total. Each file has a sha256 in the pin's manifest; the first 12 characters are shown.

Skill folder on GitHub at 3c8e4b9
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