Last updated
March 16, 2026
MCP profile
deadends.dev
Structured failure knowledge for AI agents — dead ends, workarounds, error chains
GeneralPackagePythonOpen SourceExternal
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Public
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About This MCP Server
2000+ error entries across 51 domains. When AI coding agents encounter errors, they waste tokens on approaches that are known to fail. deadends.dev tells agents what NOT to try, what actually works, and what error comes next.
> Website: deadends.dev · MCP Server: Smithery · PyPI: deadends-dev · API: /api/v1/index.json
Tools & Endpoints
Example Workflow
When an agent encounters ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'torch', the lookup_error tool returns:
Specifications
Status
live
Industry
General
Category
General
Server type
Package
Language
Python
License
Open Source
Verified
Yes
Hosting
Hosting Options
- Package
API
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1
Install
Install command
Python
pip install deadends-dev2
Configure
Configuration
json
{
"mcpServers": {
"deadend": {
"command": "python",
"args": ["-m", "mcp.server"],
"cwd": "/path/to/deadends.dev"
}
}
}Performance
Usage
Quick Reference
- Name
- deadends.dev
- Function
- Structured failure knowledge for AI agents — dead ends, workarounds, error chains
- Transport
- Package
- Language
- Python
- Install
- pip install deadends-dev
- Source
- External (Registry)
- License
- Open Source
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