Pp Airbnb

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Airbnb — Printing Press CLI

Prerequisites: Install the CLI

This skill drives the airbnb-pp-cli binary. You must verify the CLI is installed before invoking any command from this skill. If it is missing, install it first:

1. Install via the Printing Press installer. It defaults binaries to $HOME/.local/bin on macOS/Linux and %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\PrintingPress\bin on Windows:

   npx -y @mvanhorn/printing-press-library install airbnb --cli-only

2. Verify: airbnb-pp-cli --version
3. Ensure the reported install directory is on $PATH for the agent/runtime that will invoke this skill.

If the npx install fails (no Node, offline, etc.), fall back to a direct Go install (requires Go 1.26.6 or newer):

go install github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library/library/travel/airbnb/cmd/airbnb-pp-cli@latest

If --version reports "command not found" after install, the runtime cannot see the binary directory on $PATH. Do not proceed with skill commands until verification succeeds.

When to Use This CLI

Reach for this CLI when an agent or user names an Airbnb listing URL, asks about Airbnb fees or direct-booking savings, mentions 'book direct,' or wants to plan a trip across listings. The cheapest command is the headline; plan and compare extend it. The local store accumulates listings, hosts, and price history across sessions, so re-running queries gets faster and richer over time.

When Not to Use This CLI

Do not activate this CLI for requests that require creating, updating, deleting, publishing, commenting, upvoting, inviting, ordering, sending messages, booking, purchasing, or changing remote state. This printed CLI exposes read-only commands for inspection, export, sync, and analysis.

Unique Capabilities

These capabilities aren't available in any other tool for this API.

Host-direct arbitrage

• cheapest — Given an Airbnb or VRBO listing URL, find the host's direct booking site and report the cheapest of three sources.

  When a user names an Airbnb/VRBO listing, this is the right tool to reach for. Returns a structured comparison of OTA fees vs direct booking with actionable URLs.

  airbnb-pp-cli cheapest 'https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/37124493?check_in=2026-05-16&check_out=2026-05-19' --agent

• plan — Search Airbnb and VRBO in parallel for a city/dates/budget, then run cheapest on the top results, return a ranked-by-savings list.

  The agent-friendly trip planner. One call returns ranked results across both platforms with direct-booking URLs and savings amounts.

  airbnb-pp-cli plan 'Lake Tahoe' --checkin 2026-05-16 --checkout 2026-05-19 --guests 4 --budget 1500 --agent

• compare — Side-by-side: OTA total (with cleaning + service + tax fees) vs direct booking total, with dollar and percent savings.

  Use when an agent needs to justify a booking recommendation with concrete savings numbers.

  airbnb-pp-cli compare 'https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/37124493' --checkin 2026-05-16 --checkout 2026-05-19 --json

• find-twin — Reverse image search a listing's photos to find the same property on direct booking sites or alternate platforms.

  When host extraction fails (vague host name), reverse image search is the most reliable signal.

  airbnb-pp-cli find-twin 'https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/37124493' --json

Cross-platform

• match — Given a listing on Airbnb (or VRBO), find the same property on the other platform via geocode + amenities + photo signal.

  Cross-platform price discrimination is real; the same condo can cost 15 percent less on VRBO. This finds it.

  airbnb-pp-cli match 'https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/37124493' --json

Local state that compounds

• watch — Add saved listings to a watchlist with target prices; watch check re-scrapes each, records a dated price snapshot when a real price comes back, and exits 7 on a genuine drop. Subcommands: add, list, remove, check.

  Use when a user is shopping a specific listing and waiting for a price drop. Schedule watch check daily; act on exit code 7. A listing with no available price for the dates is reported under no_price and is never a hit (no false exit 7). Remove with watch remove <listing-url-or-id>.

  airbnb-pp-cli watch add 'https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/37124493' --max-price 350 --checkin 2026-05-16 --checkout 2026-05-19
  airbnb-pp-cli watch remove 37124493

• host portfolio — Given a host or property management company name, list every known listing under them across Airbnb and VRBO.

  Discover bulk patterns: which PMCs operate in this city, which have direct sites, where to focus arbitrage.

  airbnb-pp-cli host portfolio 'Vacasa' --json --select listings.title,listings.location

• wishlist diff — Track price changes on Airbnb wishlists over time; report which saved listings dropped, by how much, and over what window.

  User saved a listing months ago and forgot. This surfaces price movement so they can act before booking.

  airbnb-pp-cli wishlist diff --since 2026-04-01 --json

• fingerprint — Stable hash from photos + amenities + host + city; used by match for dedupe; exposed for power-user export workflows.

  Build your own external joins on listings; stable across sessions.

  airbnb-pp-cli fingerprint 'https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/37124493'

Discovery Signals

This CLI was generated with browser-observed traffic context.

• Capture coverage: 66 API entries from 299 total network entries
• Protocols: rpc_envelope (80% confidence), rest_json (75% confidence)
• Auth signals: api_key — headers: X-Airbnb-API-Key, X-Goog-Api-Key
• Generation hints: has_rpc_envelope, weak_schema_confidence
• Candidate command ideas: create_GetViewportInfo — Derived from observed POST /$rpc/google.internal.maps.mapsjs.v1.MapsJsInternalService/GetViewportInfo traffic.; create_StaysPdpSections — Derived from observed POST /api/v3/StaysPdpSections/{hash} traffic.; create_get_data_layer_variables — Derived from observed POST /api/v2/get-data-layer-variables traffic.; create_js — Derived from observed POST /js/ traffic.; create_marketing_event_tracking — Derived from observed POST /api/v2/marketing_event_tracking traffic.; create_messages — Derived from observed POST /tracking/jitney/logging/messages traffic.; create_realtimeconversion — Derived from observed POST /track/realtimeconversion traffic.; get_GetConsentFlagsQuery — Derived from observed GET /api/v3/GetConsentFlagsQuery/{hash} traffic.
• Caveats: empty_payload: API-looking request returned an empty or null payload; schema confidence is weak.; empty_payload: API-looking request returned an empty or null payload; schema confidence is weak.; empty_payload: API-looking request returned an empty or null payload; schema confidence is weak.; empty_payload: API-looking request returned an empty or null payload; schema confidence is weak.; empty_payload: API-looking request returned an empty or null payload; schema confidence is weak.; empty_payload: API-looking request returned an empty or null payload; schema confidence is weak.; empty_payload: API-looking request returned an empty or null payload; schema confidence is weak.; empty_payload: API-looking request returned an empty or null payload; schema confidence is weak.; empty_payload: API-looking request returned an empty or null payload; schema confidence is weak.; empty_payload: API-looking request returned an empty or null payload; schema confidence is weak.

Command Reference

airbnb_listing — Airbnb listings (search and detail) via SSR HTML scrape (openbnb pattern, no auth required).

• airbnb-pp-cli airbnb_listing get — Get full Airbnb listing detail (amenities, house rules, location, highlights, description, policies, host) via SSR...
• airbnb-pp-cli airbnb_listing search — Search Airbnb listings by location, dates, and guest count via the public SSR HTML page (openbnb pattern). Walks...

airbnb_wishlist — Airbnb wishlists (read user's saved listings; requires auth login --chrome).

• airbnb-pp-cli airbnb_wishlist items — Get items in a specific wishlist by listing IDs.
• airbnb-pp-cli airbnb_wishlist list — List the user's wishlists via Airbnb's GraphQL persisted query.

host — Host identity extraction (the linchpin of host-direct arbitrage).

• airbnb-pp-cli host extract — Extract the host's brand or display name from a listing URL across both platforms. Uses propertyManagement.name...
• airbnb-pp-cli host portfolio — List every known listing under one host or PMC across Airbnb and VRBO from the local store.

vrbo_listing — VRBO listings (search and detail) via /graphql with Akamai warmup pattern.

• airbnb-pp-cli vrbo_listing get — Get full VRBO property detail via the propertyDetail GraphQL operation (operation name discovered at runtime). Falls...
• airbnb-pp-cli vrbo_listing search — Search VRBO properties via the propertySearch GraphQL operation. Uses Akamai warmup (GET / first, wait 1.5s, then POST).

Freshness Contract

This printed CLI owns bounded freshness only for registered store-backed read command paths. In --data-source auto mode, those paths check sync_state and may run a bounded refresh before reading local data. --data-source local never refreshes. --data-source live reads the API and does not mutate the local store. Set AIRBNB_PP_NO_AUTO_REFRESH=1 to skip the freshness hook without changing source selection.

Covered paths:

• airbnb-pp-cli airbnb_wishlist
• airbnb-pp-cli airbnb_wishlist items
• airbnb-pp-cli airbnb_wishlist list

When JSON output uses the generated provenance envelope, freshness metadata appears at meta.freshness. Treat it as current-cache freshness for the covered command path, not a guarantee of complete historical backfill or API-specific enrichment.

Finding the right command

When you know what you want to do but not which command does it, ask the CLI directly:

airbnb-pp-cli which "<capability in your own words>"

which resolves a natural-language capability query to the best matching command from this CLI's curated feature index. Exit code 0 means at least one match; exit code 2 means no confident match — fall back to --help or use a narrower query.

Recipes