Structured failure knowledge for AI agents — 501 errors across 14 domains. Dead ends, workarounds, and error chains.
Overview
deadends.dev
Structured failure knowledge for AI coding agents. 501 error entries across 14 domains.
When AI agents encounter errors, they waste tokens on approaches that are known to fail. deadends.dev tells agents what NOT to try, what actually works, and what error comes next.
7 MCP Tools
- lookup_error — Match an error message against 501 known patterns
- get_error_detail — Get full details for a specific error by ID
- list_error_domains — List all 14 error domains and counts
- search_errors — Fuzzy keyword search across all domains
- list_errors_by_domain — List all errors in a specific domain
- batch_lookup — Look up multiple error messages at once (max 10)
- get_domain_stats — Get quality metrics for a domain
Supported Domains (14)
python, node, docker, git, kubernetes, go, nextjs, aws, react, terraform, cuda, typescript, pip, rust
Links
- Website: https://deadends.dev
- PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/deadends-dev/
- Smithery: https://smithery.ai/server/deadend/deadends-dev
Server Config
{
"mcpServers": {
"deadend": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@smithery/cli@latest",
"run",
"deadend/deadends-dev"
]
}
}
}