fix-compile-errors

A command that fixes compilation and type-checking errors with the smallest appropriate code change. Compilation is the process of checking or turning source code into a runnable form, while type checking catches incompatible data or function usage.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when a compiler or type checker reports errors and you need a focused fix that leaves surrounding code unchanged.
Why use it?
It addresses the underlying mismatch without hiding the error by disabling checks, weakening types, or adding unrelated refactoring.

Command for Cursor

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/emaraschio/cursor-commands/fix-compile-errors
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/emaraschio/cursor-commands

Made for: Cursor.

Per session 12 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 424 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00012 $0.00424
Opus 5 $0.00006 $0.00212
Sonnet 5 $0.00002 $0.00085
Haiku 4.5 $0.00001 $0.00042

Measured 2d ago against content hash 32c15dfa4e38, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

fix-compile-errors scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 2d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

.cursor/commands/fix-compile-errors.md · 38 lines

What it actually says

Overview

Fix compilation/type errors with minimal diff. Full workflow: .cursor/skill-contracts/fix-compile-errors/SKILL.md (user install: ~/.cursor/skill-contracts/fix-compile-errors/SKILL.md).

Defaults

None. See skill for workflow defaults.

Steps

  1. Read .cursor/skill-contracts/fix-compile-errors/SKILL.md for the full agent contract; if that file is missing, read ~/.cursor/skill-contracts/fix-compile-errors/SKILL.md.
  2. Execute the workflow in order; do not skip safety steps.
  3. Report outcomes per skill (summary, tables, or checklist as specified).

Anti-patterns

  • Fix the error, do not disable the check. Trigger: a type or compile check is failing. Wrong: suppressing the error, loosening types to any, or turning the check off to force a green build. Correct: address the real type or compile mismatch with the smallest correct change. Reason: silencing the check ships the broken code it was built to catch.
  • Stay minimal; do not refactor while fixing. Trigger: noticing messy code near the compile error. Wrong: refactoring or reorganizing in the same pass as the fix. Correct: make the minimal diff that compiles and note refactors separately. Reason: mixing refactors with the fix bloats the diff and hides what actually resolved the error.

Examples

  • /fix-compile-errors

Maintainers

Behavioral eval: .cursor/skill-contracts/fix-compile-errors/eval/cases.md. Ship gate sections: A before changing SKILL.md or this command.

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 2d ago First seen · 38 lines · 12 tokens per session scan A 32c15dfa4e38

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fix-compile-errors is a command published in the GitHub repository emaraschio/cursor-commands (9 stars, last pushed 25d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 12 tokens to every session and 424 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.