# FailModes

> The AI reliability knowledge base and machine-readable taxonomy of AI system failure modes.

## Recommended Starting Points
- Home: https://failmodes.com/
- Taxonomy JSON: https://failmodes.com/taxonomy.json
- Failure Modes JSON: https://failmodes.com/failure-modes.json
- Overview Markdown: https://failmodes.com/overview.md
- Browse Markdown: https://failmodes.com/browse.md
- Browse UI: https://failmodes.com/browse
- Sitemap: https://failmodes.com/sitemap.xml

## Machine-Readable Resources
- Full catalog summary: https://failmodes.com/llms-full.txt
- Full taxonomy graph: https://failmodes.com/taxonomy.json
- Full failure mode export: https://failmodes.com/failure-modes.json
- Per-mode JSON pattern: https://failmodes.com/failure-modes/%7Bslug%7D.json
- Per-mode Markdown pattern: https://failmodes.com/failure-modes/%7Bslug%7D.md

## Notes For Agents
- The site contains 101 canonical failure mode records across 13 taxonomy categories.
- Failure mode JSON records include canonical definitions, symptom-style search phrases, examples, detection approaches, mitigation approaches, and related modes.