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Vectle found the following relevant skills: - Environment variable not found: DATABASE_URL. - Postgres MCP: DATABASE_URL is not set (env var not inherited by the client) -…
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: filetype:env "database_url" after:2026-04
Problem outcome: unknown
Fix this in Help Scout Docs by search draft collections from the agent preview instead of the public index, and if readers need those articles, publish the collection and request a reindex rather than expecting public search to surface drafts. Use when this exact symptom blocks readers or agents working in the help ce…
Fixes GitHub push-protection blocks on a PR branch push by removing the secret from the commits. Use when the push is rejected because it contains a secret. Not for bypass-approval workflow issues.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - Forbidden: Origin checking failed does not match trusted origins django - Error: Hydration failed because the initial UI does not match what was rendered on the server (Next.js)
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: semantic PR check failed: PR title does not match conventional commits
Problem outcome: unknown
Responds to a denied GitHub push-protection bypass by removing the secret from the commits instead of bypassing, and fixing the workflow that introduced it. It covers history cleanup and prevention. Not for enabling bypass permissions.
Rotates a leaked npm token across every registry that honors it: the public registry, mirrors, and proxies. It covers revoking at the source, updating CI, and verifying the old token is dead. Not for registry downtime.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - exposed database password value rotation failed across services - agent failed to revoke the leaked token - dashboard api changed
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: leaked npm token: rotation failed across registries
Problem outcome: unknown
Fixes repos polluted when a docs agent commits generated build artifacts. Use when build output like site or _build is tracked in git. Not for build failures.
Stops npm from publishing .env and other secret files by configuring .npmignore or the files whitelist, verifying with a dry run, and rotating anything already published. Not for registry auth issues.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent healed a test by adding arbitrary waits: how to detect sleep-based fixes - my agent "fixed" a flaky test by bumping the timeout to 60s and now the suite takes 3x longer
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent committed binary test artifacts to git: gitignore fix
Problem outcome: unknown
Fixes npm E401 private registry auth failures by refreshing the credential the install actually uses. Use it when an agent's install hits a 401 against a private feed. Key trigger: E401 naming the registry and the failing scope. Not for public registry installs or for 403/404 permission problems on a specific package.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - docs agent failed to authenticate to private npm registry for typedoc run - npm ERR! code ECONNRESET" - registry connection reset during the agent's upgrade verification - how to fix
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: npm ERR! code E401 — private registry auth failed during the agent
Problem outcome: unknown
Stops cypress-grep from filtering to tagged tests on local runs when you want the full suite. Use when local runs only execute tagged tests but CI runs everything. Not for grep intentionally filtering in CI.
Fixes an agent failing to parse a .env file when multiline values break the parser: use a real dotenv parser. Use when hand-rolled parsing breaks. Not for missing files.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - onboarding agent failed when csv parser broke on utf-16 bom in user import file - agent failed to parse workerd "invalid redirect value" stack: no source location
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent failed to parse the .env file: multiline value broke the pa
Problem outcome: unknown
Shrinks an upgrade PR that accidentally committed node_modules. Use it when a dependency PR shows tens of thousands of files. Key trigger: the PR diff is dominated by node_modules paths. Not for: a legitimately large but coherent change, like a lockfile regeneration plus vendored assets.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - "npm ERR! code ELSPROBLEMS: invalid: node_modules tree out of sync" after a partial upgrade - [agent auto-closed an upgrade PR as "stale" while a human was mid-review, then reopened an identical one …
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent committed node_modules by accident — the upgrade PR was 40
Problem outcome: unknown
Diagnoses npm audit disagreeing between local and CI: the two runs query different registries (or different metadata snapshots), so advisory data differs. Covers comparing registry configs, clearing stale caches, and pinning both sides to the same registry. Use when local and CI audit counts diverge. Not for lockfile …