# RAG System Builder Error Handling

> Sub-skill of rag-system-builder: Error Handling.

- Skill: `vamseeachanta/rag-system-builder-error-handling` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add vamseeachanta/rag-system-builder-error-handling`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/vamseeachanta/rag-system-builder-error-handling/raw
- Safety review: PASS (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: AI & ML
- Author: vamseeachanta (https://skillmd.com/u/vamseeachanta)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/vamseeachanta/rag-system-builder-error-handling

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# Error Handling

## Error Handling


### Common Errors


**Error: anthropic.APIError (rate limit)**
- Cause: Too many API requests
- Solution: Add exponential backoff retry logic

**Error: Empty search results**
- Cause: No relevant documents in knowledge base
- Solution: Expand search with lower similarity threshold

**Error: Context too long**
- Cause: Top-k chunks exceed model context window

*See sub-skills for full details.*