# adding-error-tracking

This skill wires Sentry into a web app: error tracking, performance traces and source maps. Useful when you want crash reporting without hand-rolling the config.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 386 installs · ★ 866
- Author: spencerpauly
- License: CC0-1.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills/tree/HEAD/resources/adding-error-tracking/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-08-02
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/adding-error-tracking

## What it does

The skill kicks in when you ask for error tracking, crash reporting or performance tracing. It reads `package.json`, config files and the directory layout to figure out the stack: Next.js, React, Node.js or Python. Then it installs the matching SDK — `npx @sentry/wizard@latest -i nextjs` for Next.js, `npm install @sentry/react` for React on Vite, `npm install @sentry/node` for Node.js, `pip install sentry-sdk` for Python.

Initialization comes next. In Next.js the wizard writes `sentry.client.config.ts`, `sentry.server.config.ts` and `sentry.edge.config.ts`, and the skill checks the DSN is present in each. React gets its init in `main.tsx` with `browserTracingIntegration()` and a `tracesSampleRate`; Node.js wants the init at the very top of the entry file, before any other imports. Environment variables follow: `NEXT_PUBLIC_SENTRY_DSN`, `SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN`, `SENTRY_ORG`, `SENTRY_PROJECT`.

For production builds the skill configures source map upload through the webpack or vite plugin; in Next.js that is `withSentryConfig` in `next.config.js`. You need a DSN and a `SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN` before any of this works — without them events never reach the dashboard. Keep the token out of git, and put `sentry.properties` and `.sentryclirc` in `.gitignore`. The skill advises dropping `tracesSampleRate` to `0.1` in production to keep costs down.

## Requirements
- Works with: Sentry

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills --skill adding-error-tracking -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/adding-error-tracking/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/adding-error-tracking/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills --skill adding-error-tracking -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/adding-error-tracking/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills --skill adding-error-tracking -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/adding-error-tracking/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills adding-error-tracking
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/adding-error-tracking/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills --skill adding-error-tracking -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills --path resources/adding-error-tracking
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/adding-error-tracking/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills --skill adding-error-tracking -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills/tree/HEAD/resources/adding-error-tracking/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- hook Sentry into a Next.js app and confirm the DSN lands in every config
- wrap the app in `Sentry.ErrorBoundary` with a fallback UI
- upload source maps for a production build
- add env vars for the DSN and the auth token
- verify the setup with a temporary button that throws

## Example prompts
- add Sentry to this project
- set up error tracking and source maps for production
- wire crash reporting into my React app

## Source text · SKILL.md · CC0-1.0

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---
name: adding-error-tracking
description: Add Sentry error tracking, performance monitoring, and source maps to a web application.
---

# Add Error Tracking (Sentry)

Use this skill when the user asks to add error tracking, crash reporting, exception monitoring, or performance tracing.

## Steps

1. **Detect the framework** — check `package.json`, config files, and directory structure to determine the stack (Next.js, React, Node.js, Python/Django/Flask, etc.).

2. **Install the SDK**

   - Next.js: `npx @sentry/wizard@latest -i nextjs`
   - React (Vite): `npm install @sentry/react`
   - Node.js: `npm install @sentry/node`
   - Python: `pip install sentry-sdk`

3. **Initialize Sentry**

   - For Next.js, the wizard creates `sentry.client.config.ts`, `sentry.server.config.ts`, and `sentry.edge.config.ts`. Verify they exist and contain the DSN.

   - For React (Vite), init in `main.tsx`:

     ```tsx
     import * as Sentry from "@sentry/react";

     Sentry.init({
       dsn: import.meta.env.VITE_SENTRY_DSN,
       integrations: [Sentry.browserTracingIntegration()],
       tracesSampleRate: 1.0,
     });
     ```

   - For Node.js, init at the very top of the entry file before any other imports.

4. **Add environment variables**

   ```
   NEXT_PUBLIC_SENTRY_DSN=https://...@sentry.io/...
   SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN=sntrys_...
   SENTRY_ORG=your-org
   SENTRY_PROJECT=your-project
   ```

5. **Add error boundary** — wrap the app (or critical subtrees) with `Sentry.ErrorBoundary` and a fallback UI.

6. **Source maps** — for production builds, configure the Sentry webpack/vite plugin to upload source maps. For Next.js, this is handled by `withSentryConfig` in `next.config.js`.

7. **Test the integration** — add a temporary button that throws an error to verify events appear in the Sentry dashboard.

## Notes

- Set `tracesSampleRate` to a lower value (e.g. `0.1`) in production to control costs.
- Add `sentry.properties` and `.sentryclirc` to `.gitignore`.
- Never commit `SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN`.
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