Read the Trace

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Extract the actual cause from a stack trace instead of pattern-matching the error type. Use on any crash or exception.

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.

Then ask your AI: use the Read the Trace skill

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by archive228/loopkit in skills/read-the-trace/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

LLMs love to see "TypeError" and generate a generic fix without reading the trace. Don't.

  • Find the deepest frame in YOUR code — not the library frame at the top. That's where the bad value entered.
  • Read the actual values: what was null/undefined/wrong-type, and where it came from.
  • Trace it one level up: why was that value bad? The root is usually 1-2 frames above the throw.
  • Reproduce with that exact input before fixing. A TypeError can mean a hundred things. The trace tells you which one — read all of it, including the "caused by".

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github.com/archive228/loopkit