googleapis/mcp-toolbox · error

error creating output directory: %w

Error message

error creating output directory: %w

What it means

Error "error creating output directory: %w" thrown in googleapis/mcp-toolbox.

Source

Thrown at cmd/internal/skills/command.go:110

	}()

	// skills-generate runs offline: source env vars are needed only to make the
	// config YAML parse, never to connect, so unset placeholders resolve to "".
	parser := internal.ConfigParser{AllowMissingEnvVars: true}
	_, err = opts.LoadConfig(ctx, &parser)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	name, err := resolveSkillName(cmd.name, cmd.group, cmd.toolset, opts.PrebuiltConfigs)
	if err != nil {
		opts.Logger.ErrorContext(ctx, err.Error())
		return err
	}
	cmd.name = name

	if err := os.MkdirAll(cmd.outputDir, 0755); err != nil {
		errMsg := fmt.Errorf("error creating output directory: %w", err)
		opts.Logger.ErrorContext(ctx, errMsg.Error())
		return errMsg
	}

	opts.Logger.InfoContext(ctx, "Generating skillagent skills...")

	// Collect the tools and description for each skill to generate.
	skillsToContents, err := cmd.collectContents(ctx, opts)
	if err != nil {
		errMsg := fmt.Errorf("error collecting skill contents: %w", err)
		opts.Logger.ErrorContext(ctx, errMsg.Error())
		return errMsg
	}

	if len(skillsToContents) == 0 {
		opts.Logger.InfoContext(ctx, "No tools found to generate.")
		return nil
	}

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at cmd/internal/skills/command.go:110 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of googleapis/mcp-toolbox@8cc6e09de2 (2026-09-05). Data as JSON: /api/errors/cee829ed61aa5ab5. Report an issue: GitHub.