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explain-error

by rob

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Explain error messages and stack traces in plain language

error debugging stack-trace
# explain-error

Explain error messages and stack traces in plain language

## Installation

This is a CmdForge tool. Install it from the registry:

```bash
cmdforge install explain-error
```

## Usage

Pipe error messages or stack traces directly into the tool:

```bash
# Explain a Python traceback
python my_script.py 2>&1 | explain-error

# Explain a compiler error
gcc main.c 2>&1 | explain-error

# Explain an error from a log file
cat error.log | explain-error

# Explain a specific error message
echo "TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not subscriptable" | explain-error
```

## Arguments

This tool accepts no custom arguments.

## How It Works

1. **AI Analysis**: The error message or stack trace is sent to the Claude Haiku AI model, which analyzes it and provides a plain-language explanation of what went wrong, why it happened, and how to fix it.

## Dependencies

None

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