{"slug": "i-built-a-cli-tool-that-explains-any-error-in-plain-english-just-pipe-it", "title": "I built a CLI tool that explains any error in plain English — just pipe it", "summary": "A developer built errxplain, a CLI tool that explains any error in plain English by piping error output into it. The tool uses a large language model to describe what went wrong, why, and how to fix it, and is free to use with a Groq API key.", "body_md": "Tired of googling cryptic stack traces, I built errxplain.\n\nJust pipe any error into it:\n\n```\nnpm run build 2>&1 | errxplain\npython app.py 2>&1 | errxplain\ncargo build 2>&1 | errxplain\n```\n\nIt uses an LLM to tell you what went wrong, why, and how to fix it.\n\nFree to use (needs a free Groq API key).\n\nGitHub: [https://github.com/EliaGambalunga/Errxplain](https://github.com/EliaGambalunga/Errxplain)\n\nWould love feedback!", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-built-a-cli-tool-that-explains-any-error-in-plain-english-just-pipe-it", "canonical_source": "https://dev.to/elia_gambalung_c87fef14bf/i-built-a-cli-tool-that-explains-any-error-in-plain-english-just-pipe-it-1lf1", "published_at": "2026-06-14 21:38:58+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-14 22:11:06.554798+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["developer-tools", "large-language-models", "natural-language-processing"], "entities": ["errxplain", "Groq", "GitHub", "Elia Gambalunga"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-built-a-cli-tool-that-explains-any-error-in-plain-english-just-pipe-it", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-built-a-cli-tool-that-explains-any-error-in-plain-english-just-pipe-it.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-built-a-cli-tool-that-explains-any-error-in-plain-english-just-pipe-it.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-built-a-cli-tool-that-explains-any-error-in-plain-english-just-pipe-it.jsonld"}}