Printing Press

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Welcome to the Printing Press.Print an agent-native CLI for any API, app, or site — from a single prompt. Or install one the community already made.

From an API spec, from a website with no public API, from a beloved community fan project - one prompt prints a token-efficient Go CLI, a Claude Code skill, an OpenClaw skill, and an MCP server. Peter Steinberger showed the way with discrawl and gogcli: a local SQLite mirror beats a remote API call, compound commands beat ten round trips, and an agent-native CLI beats raw HTTP. The press bakes that playbook into every binary it prints. Muscle memory for agents.

Every API has a secret identity.

Discord isn't just a chat app - it's a searchable knowledge base. Linear isn't just an issue tracker - it's a team behavior observatory. The Printing Press finds that secret and builds the CLI around it.

PL. BThe Library

The Library

Six magic moments. Browse the rest by category.

Auto-updates from the library repo when a README ships.

Travel - flight-goat

Non-stop flights over 8 hours from SEA, Dec 24 to Jan 1, cheapest first.

/pp-flight-goat sea long-haul nonstop dec 24 to jan 1, 4 pax, cheapest first

Sports + Travel - espn x flight-goat

When does OKC play next, and what's the cheapest fly-in / next-morning-out?

/pp-espn nba okc round 2 game 1 + /pp-flight-goat sea-okc, fly-in same day

The setup

OKC just won Game 4 vs Phoenix, 131-122. Round 2 Game 1 is TBD on date and opponent. Best estimate for the next OKC home game: Sat May 9 or Sun May 10.

Pick: Wait 24-48h for ESPN to publish Round 2 Game 1, then book Southwest 1-stop for $437 RT (Wanna Get Away+ for refundable flexibility). Skip Frontier May 9 outbound; lands after tip.

Media - movie-goat

Kelly Van Horn's filmography, sorted by Rotten Tomatoes.

/pp-movie-goat person 'Kelly Van Horn' --sort rotten-tomatoes

Food - recipe-goat

Find me the best chocolate cake.

/pp-recipe-goat find chocolate cake --rank trust --servings 8

Servings8

  1. 1. Sift 2 cups all-purpose flour, 3/4 cup cocoa, and a pinch of salt together.
  2. 2. Beat 2 cups sugar with 1/2 cup neutral oil; add 2 large eggs one at a time.
  3. 3. Bake at 350F for 30 min timer

Widget has scalable servings, ingredient links inside the steps, and timers - all from a single recipe-goat call.

Project - linear

Every blocked issue whose blocker has been stuck for a week.

/pp-linear sql 'blocked issues whose blocker hasn't moved in 7 days'
linear-pp-cli sql --compact <<SQL
SELECT i.identifier, i.title, age(now(), b.updated_at) AS stuck
FROM issues i JOIN issue_relations r ON r.issue_id = i.id
JOIN issues b ON b.id = r.related_issue_id
WHERE r.type = 'blocked_by' AND b.state = 'in_progress'
AND b.updated_at < now() - interval '7 days';
SQL
  • ENG-412 Crash on cold-start · blocked 11d
  • ENG-388 Reconnect dropped sockets · blocked 9d
  • ENG-301 Backfill missing rows · blocked 8d

50ms against the local SQLite mirror. Compound queries the Linear API can’t answer.

CRM - contact-goat

Find a verified email for a person you've never met.

/pp-contact-goat 'Jane Doe' company:Acme --use deepline
  1. 1 Look up on LinkedIn
  2. 2 Cross-check Happenstance for warm intros
  3. 3 Pay Deepline for the verified email

Magic-moment recording in flight. The CLI ships today; the type-specimen page lands when the screen recording does.

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PL. CThe Press Room

The Press Room

The printers who have shipped the most CLIs.