Error Messages - Expert Compiler Error Message Design and Implementation
Designs and implements high-quality compiler error messages with actionable guidance
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Updated: 2026-02-12Capabilities
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What this skill does
- design error message templates
- implement source context display
- generate fix suggestions
- handle error cascades
- implement multi-span annotations
- support JSON error output
- implement colored terminal output
- design error recovery strategies
Inputs
- source code
- error information
- compiler state
Outputs
- error message templates
- source context displays
- fix suggestions
- JSON error reports
- terminal styled output
Requirements
- Read tool access
- Write tool access
- Edit tool access
- Glob tool access
- Grep tool access
- Bash tool access
- Elm/Rust guidelines knowledge