# `ClaudeAgentSDK.Errors.ClaudeSDKError`
[🔗](https://github.com/nshkrdotcom/claude_agent_sdk/blob/v0.9.2/lib/claude_agent_sdk/errors.ex#L138)

Base exception for all Claude Agent SDK errors.

This provides a common error type for catch-all handling and for wrapping
lower-level errors with SDK-specific context.

## Fields

- `:message` - Human-readable error description
- `:cause` - Underlying error that caused this exception (optional)

## Examples

    # Simple error
    raise ClaudeAgentSDK.Errors.ClaudeSDKError, message: "Something went wrong"

    # Wrapping another error
    %ClaudeAgentSDK.Errors.ClaudeSDKError{
      message: "Failed to process response",
      cause: original_error
    }

# `t`
[🔗](https://github.com/nshkrdotcom/claude_agent_sdk/blob/v0.9.2/lib/claude_agent_sdk/errors.ex#L164)

```elixir
@type t() :: %ClaudeAgentSDK.Errors.ClaudeSDKError{
  __exception__: true,
  cause: Exception.t() | term() | nil,
  message: String.t()
}
```

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