deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness · error

skill file ${path} ignored: ${fsReadErrorMessage(target, err

Error message

skill file ${path} ignored: ${fsReadErrorMessage(target, error)}

What it means

Error "skill file ${path} ignored: ${fsReadErrorMessage(target, error)}" thrown in deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness.

Source

Thrown at packages/skill/skill-filesystem/src/index.ts:882

    throw error
  }
  signal?.throwIfAborted()
  let info
  try {
    info = await fs.stat(target, signal)
  } catch (error) {
    signal?.throwIfAborted()
    if (isAbsentSkillPathError(error)) return undefined
    throw error
  }
  if (info === undefined || info.type !== 'file') return undefined
  try {
    return await fs.readText(target, signal)
  } catch (error) {
    signal?.throwIfAborted()
    if (isAbsentSkillPathError(error)) return undefined
    if (!hasErrorCode(error, 'FS_NOT_TEXT')) throw error
    ctx.logger.warn(`skill file ${path} ignored: ${fsReadErrorMessage(target, error)}`)
    return undefined
  }
}

function fsReadErrorMessage(target: FsTarget, error: unknown): string {
  return `failed to read text file at ${target.displayPath}: ${errorMessage(error)}`
}

async function nodeEntryKind(fullPath: string, entry: { isDirectory(): boolean; isFile(): boolean; isSymbolicLink(): boolean }, ctx: Context): Promise<'directory' | 'file' | undefined> {
  if (entry.isDirectory()) return 'directory'
  if (entry.isFile()) return 'file'
  /* v8 ignore next -- Non-file directory entries such as FIFOs are platform-specific and intentionally skipped. */
  if (!entry.isSymbolicLink()) return undefined
  try {
    const info = await stat(fullPath)
    if (info.isDirectory()) return 'directory'
    /* v8 ignore else -- the special-file symlink branch relies on POSIX /dev/null. */
    if (info.isFile()) return 'file'

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Solutions

1. Check that the skill file path exists and is readable by the agent process.
2. Fix filesystem permissions or remove the broken skill file, then reload the skill catalog.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/skill/skill-filesystem/src/index.ts:882 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness@b150a551b8 (2026-08-24). Data as JSON: /api/errors/7cbeb1f04f4925f8. Report an issue: GitHub.