# recover-api

> recover-api — gsterlingpress-recover-api. Use this tool when you need to determine the best course of action after a failure, providing a safe and reliable next step for MCP clients. It takes in failure context as input and returns one of six actions, solving problems related to error handling and recovery. Ideal for use in applications requiring robust failure management and decision-making.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/gsterlingpress-recover-api  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/gsterlingpress-recover-api

## Description

Provides a deterministic failure-decision API for MCP clients, returning one of six actions (RETRY_NOW, WAIT, REPAIR_REQUEST, VERIFY_FIRST, ESCALATE, ABORT) based on failure context to guide safe next steps.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.68
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-08-29

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** api-integration
- **Updated:** 2026-08-29

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/qvvxo9zptb)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/GSterlingPress/recover-api>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "gsterlingpress-recover-api"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/gsterlingpress-recover-api` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/gsterlingpress-recover-api/pull`

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