Groq Common Errors

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Encountering Groq errors
• Debugging failed requests
• Troubleshooting integration issues
• With phrases like groq error

Example prompts

• “groq error”
• “fix groq”
• “groq not working”
• “/groq-common-errors”

Requirements

• A credential in GROQ_API_KEY
• Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Designed for Claude Code
• Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Grep, Bash(curl:*)

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

1. 1Capture the failing status and body. Read the raw error response — the HTTP status plus the code/type fields determine the whole diagnosis…
2. 2Confirm the key works before assuming anything deeper
3. 3Confirm the model still exists. Many 400s are deprecated model IDs — list the live models and Grep your codebase for any stale ID
4. 4Map the status to a fix using the table below, then drill into references/error-reference.md for the exact error string, causes, and…
5. 5For SDK integrations, branch on the typed exception classes — see references/sdk-error-handling.md.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit cfae287. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

  • Read
  • Grep
  • Bash(curl:*)

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

  • curl
  • jq

  From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

• Network

  Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:

  • api.groq.com

  Also links to:

  • console.groq.com
  • status.groq.com

  From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

• Credentials

  Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

  • GROQ_API_KEY

  From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

• Compatibility

  Designed for Claude Code

  From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Groq Common Errors loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs, and up to ~2.4k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 72 tokens; SKILL.md has 419 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~72

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~1.3k

With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them

~2.4k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace at commit cfae287, republished under its MIT licence (© jeremylongshore). 419 words, ~1,255 tokens.

name

groq-common-errors

description

Diagnose and fix Groq API errors with real error codes and solutions. Use when encountering Groq errors, debugging failed requests, or troubleshooting integration issues. Trigger with phrases like "groq error", "fix groq", "groq not working", "debug groq", "groq 429".

allowed-tools

Read, Grep, Bash(curl:*)

compatibility

Designed for Claude Code

version

1.11.0

license

MIT

author

Jeremy Longshore <jeremy@intentsolutions.io>

tags

saas, groq, debugging

{
  "error": {
    "message": "Rate limit reached for model `llama-3.3-70b-versatile`...",
    "type": "tokens",
    "code": "rate_limit_exceeded"
  }
}

# A 200 here means key + model + payload are all valid; a non-200 status
# tells you which layer failed.
curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" \
  https://api.groq.com/openai/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GROQ_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"llama-3.1-8b-instant","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"ping"}],"max_tokens":5}'

© jeremylongshore, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files (references) in skills/.curated/groq-common-errors of jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.

• SKILL.md
• references/error-reference.md
• references/sdk-error-handling.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit cfae287