Agent skill

Stack Trace Exposure

by thedaviddias in thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist

A skill your agent uses when reviewing error handling middleware, API route handlers, or server responses for security-sensitive information disclosure.

MITAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Stack Trace Exposure

skills CLI
$ npx skills add thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill stack-trace-exposure -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist stack-trace-exposure --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/stack-trace-exposure .claude/skills/stack-trace-exposure && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
stack-trace-exposure
GitHub stars
74k
Token cost
~505 tokens
SKILL.md length
222 words
Files
2 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
390
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when reviewing error handling middleware, API route handlers, or server responses for security-sensitive information disclosure.

  • Reviewing error handling middleware
  • SKILL.md covers Quick Reference, Check, Fix and Explain, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • API route handlers

What it does

Stack Trace Exposure is an agent skill from thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist. Use when reviewing error handling middleware, API route handlers, or server responses for security-sensitive information disclosure.

Its SKILL.md is about 510 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/rule.md`).

It sits in Development, covering Debugging. The repository describes itself as: 🗂 The essential checklist for modern web development, for humans and AI agents. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Reviewing error handling middleware
  • API route handlers
  • Server responses for security-sensitive information disclosure

Example prompts

  • “/stack-trace-exposure”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit e8d14d0. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

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

  • Network

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • frontendchecklist.io

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

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

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

Context cost

Stack Trace Exposure loads about 505 tokens when it runs, and up to ~2.6k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 38 tokens; SKILL.md has 222 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~38
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~505
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~2.6k

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

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

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 thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist at commit e8d14d0, republished under its MIT licence (© thedaviddias). 222 words, ~505 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/stack-trace-exposure/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
stack-trace-exposure
description
Use when reviewing error handling middleware, API route handlers, or server responses for security-sensitive information disclosure.
metadata.category
security
metadata.priority
high
metadata.difficulty
intermediate
metadata.estimatedTime
20
metadata.source
frontendchecklist.io
metadata.url
https://frontendchecklist.io/rules/security/stack-trace-exposure

Prevent stack trace exposure in production error responses

Stack traces reveal file paths, function names, library versions, and sometimes database schema or configuration details. An attacker uses this information to identify the exact version of a framework or ORM, look up known CVEs for that version, and craft a targeted exploit. OWASP lists "Security Logging and Monitoring Failures" (A09) as a top-10 risk partly because organisations often expose this information without realising it.

Quick Reference

  • Never return raw error objects or stack traces in API responses
  • Log full error details server-side; send only a generic message to the client
  • Use a central error handler to ensure consistent sanitisation across all routes
  • Assign correlation IDs so support teams can match client-visible errors to server logs

Check

Check whether production API error responses include stack traces, file paths, or internal implementation details.

Fix

Implement a central error handler that logs full details server-side and returns only a sanitised, generic error message to the client.

Explain

Explain what information stack traces reveal and how attackers use that information to identify and exploit vulnerabilities.

Code Review

Review error handlers, catch blocks, and API response code. Flag any location where error.stack, error.message (raw), or internal paths are serialised directly into a response body.


For full implementation details, code examples, and framework-specific guidance, see references/rule.md.

Rule page: https://frontendchecklist.io/rules/security/stack-trace-exposure

© thedaviddias, 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 1 other file (references) in skills/stack-trace-exposure of thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/rule.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit e8d14d0

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Debugging Executionsn8n-io/n8n207k—~2.6kAutomated safety check: PassCustom licence
Aoti Debugpytorch/pytorch104k1 repos~1.7kAutomated safety check: PassCustom licence
Herdr Throwaway Reproductionherdrdev/herdr43k—~2.4kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0

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Categories

Questions about Stack Trace Exposure

What does Stack Trace Exposure do?

A skill your agent uses when reviewing error handling middleware, API route handlers, or server responses for security-sensitive information disclosure. Stack Trace Exposure is an agent skill from thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist. Use when reviewing error handling middleware, API route handlers, or server responses for security-sensitive information disclosure.

When should I use Stack Trace Exposure?

Stack Trace Exposure fits situations like: reviewing error handling middleware; API route handlers; server responses for security-sensitive information disclosure.

How do I install Stack Trace Exposure in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill stack-trace-exposure -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/stack-trace-exposure in thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist) into .claude/skills/stack-trace-exposure in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Stack Trace Exposure in Codex?

Run `npx skills add thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill stack-trace-exposure -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/stack-trace-exposure in thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist) into .agents/skills/stack-trace-exposure in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Stack Trace Exposure in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill stack-trace-exposure -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/stack-trace-exposure, .gemini/skills/stack-trace-exposure, .github/skills/stack-trace-exposure and .opencode/skills/stack-trace-exposure in your project.

What does Stack Trace Exposure need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Stack Trace Exposure is instructions for the agent only.

Does Stack Trace Exposure access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: frontendchecklist.io. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Stack Trace Exposure safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Stack Trace Exposure use?

Stack Trace Exposure is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Stack Trace Exposure use?

About 505 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 2.1k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Stack Trace Exposure?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Stack Trace Exposure: Trellis Session Insight (mindfold-ai/Trellis, 15k stars), Native Data Fetching (CherryHQ/cherry-studio-app, 4k stars), Debugging Executions (n8n-io/n8n, 207k stars) and Aoti Debug (pytorch/pytorch, 104k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Stack Trace Exposure?

thedaviddias (a GitHub user) maintains it in thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist, which has 74,412 GitHub stars. The repository holds 390 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.

Source: thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.