zed-industries/zed · error · anyhow::Error

not a skill share link

Error message

not a skill share link

What it means

Error "not a skill share link" thrown in zed-industries/zed.

Source

Thrown at crates/agent_skills/agent_skills.rs:835

/// The contents are base64url-encoded (no padding) so the link is
/// self-contained and URL-safe: the recipient doesn't need the skill to be
/// hosted anywhere. Recover the contents with [`decode_skill_share_link`].
pub fn encode_skill_share_link(skill_file_content: &str) -> String {
    use base64::Engine as _;
    let data =
        base64::engine::general_purpose::URL_SAFE_NO_PAD.encode(skill_file_content.as_bytes());
    let mut url = Url::parse(SKILL_SHARE_LINK_PREFIX).expect("skill share link prefix is valid");
    url.query_pairs_mut()
        .append_pair(SKILL_SHARE_LINK_DATA_PARAM, &data);
    url.into()
}

/// Recover the `SKILL.md` contents embedded in a `zed://skill?data=…` link
/// produced by [`encode_skill_share_link`].
pub fn decode_skill_share_link(link: &str) -> Result<String> {
    use base64::Engine as _;
    let url = Url::parse(link).context("skill share link is not a valid URL")?;
    anyhow::ensure!(
        url.scheme() == SKILL_SHARE_LINK_SCHEME && url.host_str() == Some(SKILL_SHARE_LINK_HOST),
        "not a skill share link"
    );
    let data = url
        .query_pairs()
        .find_map(|(key, value)| (key == SKILL_SHARE_LINK_DATA_PARAM).then_some(value))
        .context("skill share link is missing the `data` parameter")?;
    let bytes = base64::engine::general_purpose::URL_SAFE_NO_PAD
        .decode(data.as_bytes())
        .context("skill share link `data` is not valid base64")?;
    anyhow::ensure!(
        bytes.len() <= MAX_SKILL_FILE_SIZE,
        "shared skill exceeds the maximum size of {MAX_SKILL_FILE_SIZE} bytes"
    );
    let content = String::from_utf8(bytes).context("skill share link `data` is not valid UTF-8")?;
    Ok(content)
}

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at crates/agent_skills/agent_skills.rs:835 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of zed-industries/zed@bc538def45 (2026-08-16). Data as JSON: /api/errors/8a77adff8e6eda56. Report an issue: GitHub.