# api-error-report

Turns Agent Monitor data into a report on APIError events: how many, in which sessions and models, and what likely caused them.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 1121
- Author: hoangsonww
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor/tree/HEAD/plugins/ccam-quality/skills/api-error-report/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/api-error-report

## What it does

The skill pulls Agent Monitor data over its local API and writes up `APIError` events. It reports the share of total events they make up, charts them per day, and flags days that run above the window average.

Then it groups errors by session and by model, so you can see where they pile up. Each event gets bucketed by cause: rate limit, overload (529), or context-window pressure. When the `summary` and `data` don't support a cause, the event lands in “Other”. Output is Markdown tables per section, percentages to 2 decimals and USD amounts to 4.

Read-only by design. If `curl` can't reach `http://localhost:4820`, the dashboard isn't running — start it with `npm start` from the repo root. The skill won't name a cause the payload doesn't back up.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor --skill api-error-report -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor --skill api-error-report -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor --skill api-error-report -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor api-error-report
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor --skill api-error-report -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor --path plugins/ccam-quality/skills/api-error-report
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor --skill api-error-report -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/hoangsonww/Claude-Code-Agent-Monitor/tree/HEAD/plugins/ccam-quality/skills/api-error-report/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- figure out why API requests started failing
- find the session with the most errors
- tell a rate limit apart from overload or context pressure
- chart error volume over a chosen window
- report errors for one specific model

## Example prompts
- Report every API error from the last 7 days
- Break down API errors in session `abc123` and tell me what fails most
- Give me an API error report filtered to the “context” cause

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: api-error-report
description: >
  Produce a detailed report on APIError events from Agent Monitor data — counts
  over time, which sessions and models are affected, and the likely root cause
  (rate limits, overload/529, or context-window pressure) inferred from each
  event's summary and data payload. Use when API errors spike or when you need to
  explain why requests are failing.
---

# API Error Report

Drill into `APIError` events: how many, when, where, and most likely why.

## Input

The user provides: **$ARGUMENTS**

This may be:
- empty or "all" — report on every APIError in the recent window (default)
- a session ID — report APIErrors for that one session only
- a window like "today" or "last 7d" — restrict the time range
- a cause filter: "rate-limit", "overload", or "context"

## Data Sources

| Endpoint | Returns |
|----------|---------|
| `GET /api/analytics` | `event_types` (total `APIError` count), `daily_events` (365d) — APIError volume and trend over time |
| `GET /api/events?session_id=X` | Per-session event stream — each `APIError` carries `summary`, `data`, and `timestamp` used to classify the cause |
| `GET /api/sessions?limit=N` | Sessions with `id`, `model`, `started_at` — attribute each error to a model and place it on the timeline |

## Report Sections

### 1. Volume & Trend
From `GET /api/analytics`: total `APIError` count and its share of `total_events`. Use `daily_events` to chart APIErrors over the requested window and flag any day that spikes above the window mean.

### 2. Affected Sessions & Models
For each session in scope, pull `GET /api/events?session_id=X` and collect `APIError` events. Group by `session_id` and, via `GET /api/sessions`, by `model`. Report the top affected sessions and which model accounts for the most errors.

### 3. Likely Cause Classification
Inspect each error's `summary`/`data` and bucket it:
- **Rate limit** — mentions 429, "rate limit", "quota", or retry-after.
- **Overload** — mentions 529, "overloaded", or capacity.
- **Context** — mentions context length, token limit, or "too long" (correlate with nearby `Compaction` events).
- **Other** — anything else; quote the `summary`.
Report the count and percentage in each bucket.

### 4. Timeline
List the most recent APIErrors with `timestamp`, `session_id`, `model`, classified cause, and a one-line `summary` excerpt.

## Output

- A Markdown table per section (volume, by model, by cause).
- Rates as percentages to 2 decimals; any currency in USD to 4 decimals.
- Cite exact `session_id`, `model`, `timestamp`, and `summary` values — never invent a cause not supported by the payload; bucket as "Other" when unclear.
- End with the dominant cause and a concrete mitigation (e.g., back off and retry on 529, reduce context to cut context errors, slow request rate on 429).
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