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curl --silent --show-error --fail-with-body --max-time 60 \
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Fixes agent stuck loop detected repeating the same step while trying to check a vendor score change after new findings error failure in the agent workflow by applying the specific fix in the steps and proving it on one agent run for one vendor first. Use when this failure blocks a vendor risk review, a questionnaire, …
Release the repo lock before fetching: the agent failed to parse Aim query results because the underlying fetch hit the locked repo, so coordinate reads with the writing process, or read from a snapshot copy of the repo for analysis. Use when an agent workflow analysing Aim runs while training jobs write to the same r…
The mount had already failed and the agent polled its stale in-progress view for a day: mount operations have terminal failure states the poller must read from the task's own status, not infer from the mount's absence. Use when an agent waiting on Rubrik live mount operations during restore tests. Not for a mount that…
Fixes an agent loop where the agent keeps repeating the same step to generate the SOC 2 evidence pack and fails, by adding progress checks, attempt limits and a changed strategy after repeated identical calls. Use when a run repeats one step without progress. Not for a single failed attempt that a normal retry fixes.
Fixes an agent that loops forever repeating the pull Metabase query results step by adding progress detection, a step budget and a state check before each retry. Use when run logs show the same step and the same tool call repeating without progress. Not for a legitimate long build whose steps keep changing.
Fixes agent multi-threaded verify breaking a shared manifest: serialise manifest writes, use per-thread outputs with a merge step, or move manifest state to a store with transactions. Use when parallel verify corrupts its shared manifest. Not for single-threaded manifest errors.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - semgrep scan timed out when agent tried to review the monorepo PR - docs agent failed: timed out cloning large monorepo for docs scan
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: semgrep scan times out monorepo
Problem outcome: unknown
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - semgrep scan timed out when agent tried to review the monorepo PR - docs agent failed: timed out cloning large monorepo for docs scan
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: semgrep scan times out monorepo
Problem outcome: unknown
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - semgrep scan timed out when agent tried to review the monorepo PR - docs agent failed: timed out cloning large monorepo for docs scan
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: semgrep scan times out monorepo
Problem outcome: unknown
Repairs pnpm ERR_PNPM_OUTDATED_LOCKFILE after a hand edit of package.json. Use it when package.json changed without a lockfile refresh. Key trigger: pnpm names the lockfile as outdated and refuses to proceed. Not for lockfiles that are current but reference missing tarballs.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent edited package.json by hand and forgot the lockfile; CI failed and it blamed the registry - pnpm error ERR_PNPM_OUTDATED_LOCKFILE after node version switch
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: pnpm 'ERR_PNPM_OUTDATED_LOCKFILE' after the agent edited package.json by hand
Problem outcome: unknown
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - the patch PR's CI failed on the agent's own scanner gate - the fix introduced a new CVE in a transitive dependency - agent's CVE prioritization ignored EPSS: severity-only ranking fix
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: the agent's patch validation only re-ran the scanner on the lockfile - th
Problem outcome: unknown
Teaches an agent to tell slow-but-progressing scans from hung ones during authorized scan orchestration. Use when the agent applies one fixed timeout to everything and kills healthy slow scans or waits forever on dead ones. Not for a single tool hanging with zero output.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - data agent stuck re-running the same failed sql: loop break and error capture - dedup agent stuck in a loop re-checking the same 100 contacts
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent stuck re-parsing the same nmap XML file, failing to advance the
Problem outcome: unknown
Unsticks a scanner agent looping on the same commit: advance a commit cursor. Use when agents re-check one commit forever. Not for scan failures.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - dedup agent stuck in a loop re-checking the same 100 contacts - agent loop detected: re-checking the same seat list, run failed
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: scanner agent stuck in a loop re-checking the same commit
Problem outcome: unknown
Explains why osv-scanner --recursive comes back empty on yarn v4 (berry) monorepos: the v4 lockfile format is not parsed, so the scan silently covers nothing. Covers scanning package.json manifests explicitly and confirming parsed counts. Use when osv-scanner finds nothing in a yarn berry repo. Not for genuinely clean…
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - osv-scanner hung for 30 minutes on a pnpm monorepo lockfile the agent generated mid-run - osv-scanner: "failed: no package sources found in ." when run from a subdirectory
Problem outcome: unknown