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silent-failure-check

Comprehensive silent failure detection across the OpsPal plugin ecosystem.

Install

Run in your terminal

npx claudepluginhub revpalsfdc/opspal-commercial --plugin opspal-core

Tool Access

This skill uses the workspace's default tool permissions.

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Silent Failure Check Skill

Comprehensive silent failure detection across the OpsPal plugin ecosystem.

Invocation

/silent-failure-check
"check for silent failures"
"run silent failure detection"
"silent failure health"

Description

Silent failures occur when operations complete without explicit errors but produce incorrect, incomplete, or stale results. This skill detects conditions that cause silent failures before they impact your work.

What It Detects

Critical (Severity: CRITICAL)

Validation Bypass - SKIP_VALIDATION=1 disables ALL safety checks
Open Circuit Breakers - Validation hooks being silently skipped

High (Severity: HIGH)

Cache Fallbacks - Using stale data after API failures
Environment Leakage - Wrong client context (ORG_SLUG mismatch)
Silent Hook Failures - Hooks that exit 0 but produce invalid output

Medium (Severity: MEDIUM)

Stale Caches - Outdated field dictionaries, org context
Missing Packages - npm dependencies not installed

Usage

Quick Check (Pre-Session Only)

/silent-failure-check --quick

Fast validation of current state without historical analysis.

Full Check with Trends

/silent-failure-check --days 14

Includes 14-day trend analysis and pattern detection.

JSON Output

/silent-failure-check --json

For automation and scripting.

Output Interpretation

Health Score

Score	Status	Action
80-100	Healthy	No action needed
50-79	Degraded	Review warnings
0-49	Unhealthy	Immediate attention required

Trend Direction

Improving - Fewer issues over time
Stable - Consistent issue rate
Worsening - Increasing issues (investigate)

Automatic Behavior

The silent failure detection system runs automatically:

SessionStart hook - Checks dangerous conditions before work begins
Stop hook - Analyzes session patterns and updates metrics
Runtime monitors - Track validation skips, cache fallbacks, hook failures

You only need to manually run this skill when:

Investigating specific issues
Reviewing historical trends
Verifying that fixes were effective

Integration with Self-Improvement Pipeline

When critical patterns are detected:

Auto-reflection is generated
Reflection feeds into /processreflections
Prevention hooks may be auto-generated
ROI is tracked for effectiveness verification

Related Skills

/hooks-health - Diagnose hook system issues
/checkdependencies - Verify npm packages
/reflect - Submit development feedback

Configuration

Config file: plugins/opspal-core/config/silent-failure-detection.json

Key settings:

preSession.enabled - Enable/disable pre-session checks
runtime.thresholds - Alert thresholds for various metrics
alerting.terminal - Show terminal banners for critical issues
verification.period - Days for trend analysis (default: 7)