SRAM AXS CLI for bikes, components, registrations, ride activities, and synced component-summary analytics.

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Install Pp Axs

skills CLI
$ npx skills add mvanhorn/printing-press-library --skill pp-axs -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install mvanhorn/printing-press-library pp-axs --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/cli-skills/pp-axs .claude/skills/pp-axs && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
pp-axs
GitHub stars
2.1k
Token cost
~3.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,354 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
506
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

SRAM AXS CLI for bikes, components, registrations, ride activities, and synced component-summary analytics.

  • Works in 3 steps: Install via the Printing Press… → Verify: axs-pp-cli --version → Ensure the reported install directory is…
  • Phrases: list my SRAM components
  • SKILL.md covers Prerequisites: Install the CLI, When to Use This CLI, Anti-triggers and Unique Capabilities, plus 11 more sections
  • Calls go, claude and npx; needs SRAM_AXS_TOKEN

What it does

Pp Axs is an agent skill from mvanhorn/printing-press-library. SRAM AXS CLI for bikes, components, registrations, ride activities, and synced component-summary analytics. Trigger phrases: list my SRAM components, register a SRAM component, show my AXS garage, my recent AXS rides, use axs, run axs.

Its SKILL.md is about 3.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

The repository describes itself as: Official library of CLIs generated by the CLI Printing Press. Endorsed, tested, and community-contributed. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Phrases: list my SRAM components
  • Register a SRAM component
  • Show my AXS garage
  • My recent AXS rides

Example prompts

  • “/pp-axs”

Requirements

  • Node.js
  • A credential in SRAM_AXS_TOKEN
  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Bash

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Install via the Printing Press installer. It defaults binaries to $HOME/.local/bin on macOS/Linux and…
  2. Verify: axs-pp-cli --version
  3. Ensure the reported install directory is on $PATH for the agent/runtime that will invoke this skill.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 76de244. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

    • Read
    • Bash

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • go
    • claude
    • npx

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use npx, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

    • SRAM_AXS_TOKEN

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Pp Axs loads about 3.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 64 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,354 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~64
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~3.1k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check: notes

The automated check noted patterns worth knowing about, such as sudo or a known installer.

  • NotePre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: Bash)SKILL.md
    allowed-tools: Read, Bash

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from mvanhorn/printing-press-library at commit 76de244, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© mvanhorn). 1,354 words, ~3,140 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/pp-axs/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
pp-axs
description
SRAM AXS CLI for bikes, components, registrations, ride activities, and synced component-summary analytics. Trigger phrases: `list my SRAM components`, `register a SRAM component`, `show my AXS garage`, `my recent AXS rides`, `use axs`, `run axs`.
allowed-tools
Read, Bash
author
Greg Stellato
license
Apache-2.0
argument-hint
<command> [args] | install cli|mcp
<!-- GENERATED FILE — DO NOT EDIT.
     This file is a verbatim mirror of library/other/axs/SKILL.md,
     regenerated post-merge by tools/generate-skills/. Hand-edits here are
     silently overwritten on the next regen. Edit the library/ source instead.
     See the repository agent guide, section "Generated artifacts: registry.json, cli-skills/". -->

SRAM AXS — Printing Press CLI

Prerequisites: Install the CLI

This skill drives the axs-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:
    bash
    npx -y @mvanhorn/printing-press-library install axs --cli-only
  2. Verify: axs-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 1.26.4 or newer). This installs into $GOPATH/bin (default $HOME/go/bin), so add that directory to $PATH instead:

bash
go install github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library/library/other/axs/cmd/axs-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.

SRAM AXS CLI for bikes, components, registrations, ride activities, and synced component-summary analytics.

When to Use This CLI

Reach for this CLI when a rider or agent needs scriptable access to a SRAM AXS account: listing bikes and components, registering parts by serial, checking synced firmware/battery status, browsing the model catalog, reviewing ride activities, or querying synced data offline.

Anti-triggers

Do not use this CLI for:

  • Do not use this CLI to flash or install firmware; it can report web-visible firmware status only.
  • Do not use it to configure shifting behavior or pair components over BLE — that is a phone-app/Bluetooth task, not an HTTP API task.
  • Do not use it for non-SRAM drivetrains.

Unique Capabilities

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

Synced component-summary views
  • firmware-check — Show the latest synced firmware version per AXS device type.

    Pick this when an agent needs the current synced firmware signal without clicking through every component.

    bash
    axs-pp-cli firmware-check --json
  • battery — Latest synced battery status per AXS device type, including voltage when available.

    Pick this for a quick pre-ride battery signal across synced AXS device types.

    bash
    axs-pp-cli battery --json
Local state that compounds
  • wear — Rank components by synced shift counts, distance, and actuations from component summaries.

    Use to find the most-used drivetrain component for maintenance planning.

    bash
    axs-pp-cli wear --json --select device_type,device_label,shift_count,fd_shift_count,rd_shift_count
  • shifts — Show per-ride front/rear shift counts, chainrings, and cogs from synced component summaries.

    Use for ride-by-ride drivetrain usage analysis without dumping thousands of raw gear samples.

    bash
    axs-pp-cli shifts --totals --json
  • since — Show new ride activities and notifications since your last sync.

    Pick this to catch up on what changed without re-reading everything.

    bash
    axs-pp-cli since 7d
AXS web data joined for agents
  • garage — A tree of every bike with its components and serials in one shot.

    Use as the one-command overview of a rider's whole AXS setup.

    bash
    axs-pp-cli garage

Command Reference

account — Your SRAM account profile and settings

  • axs-pp-cli account accessgroups — Get your public access groups
  • axs-pp-cli account export — Request a data export of your account
  • axs-pp-cli account flags — Get your account feature flags
  • axs-pp-cli account profile — Get your account profile

activities — Your ride activities (telemetry host)

  • axs-pp-cli activities list — List your ride activities
  • axs-pp-cli activities types — List activity types

bikes — Your registered bikes

  • axs-pp-cli bikes get — Get a bike by ID
  • axs-pp-cli bikes list — List your registered bikes

components — Your AXS components (derailleurs, shifters, batteries, dropper posts)

  • axs-pp-cli components get — Get a component by ID
  • axs-pp-cli components list — List your AXS components

devicetypes — Catalog of AXS device types (public, no login required)

  • axs-pp-cli devicetypes — List all AXS device types

linkedids — Linked third-party accounts (Strava, etc.)

  • axs-pp-cli linkedids list — List your linked third-party accounts
  • axs-pp-cli linkedids unlink — Unlink a third-party account

models — Catalog of component models and their firmware versions

  • axs-pp-cli models — List component models and latest firmware versions

notifications — Your notifications inbox

  • axs-pp-cli notifications — List your notifications

products — Product detail lookups

  • axs-pp-cli products <id> — Get product detail by product ID

registrations — Register AXS components by serial number

  • axs-pp-cli registrations — Register a component to your account by serial number

stats — Aggregate account stats (telemetry host)

  • axs-pp-cli stats — Get your aggregate riding stats

summaries — Activity and component usage summaries (telemetry host)

  • axs-pp-cli summaries activities — List per-activity summaries
  • axs-pp-cli summaries components — List component usage summaries (wear, shift counts, distance)

units — Measurement / advanced units catalog

  • axs-pp-cli units — List advanced measurement units
Finding the right command

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

bash
axs-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

Pre-ride charge check
bash
axs-pp-cli battery --json

Lists latest battery_status per synced AXS device type.

Find stale firmware
bash
axs-pp-cli firmware-check --json

Lists latest fw_version per synced AXS device type.

Rank drivetrain use
bash
axs-pp-cli wear --json

Ranks component-summary records by shift-count wear proxy.

Total ride shifts
bash
axs-pp-cli shifts --totals --json

Totals front and rear shifts across synced ride summaries.

Register a part safely
bash
axs-pp-cli registrations create --serial ABC123 --dry-run

Shows the registration request without sending it.

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Auth Setup

AXS uses your SRAM account (Auth0). Run axs-pp-cli auth login to sign in with your email and password (handled directly against SRAM's token endpoint — no browser), or paste an access token with axs-pp-cli auth set-token / set SRAM_AXS_TOKEN. The public device-type catalog works with no login.

Run axs-pp-cli doctor to verify setup.

Agent Mode

Add --agent to any command. Expands to: --json --compact --no-input --no-color --yes.

  • Pipeable — JSON on stdout, errors on stderr

  • Filterable — --select keeps a subset of fields. Dotted paths descend into nested structures; arrays traverse element-wise. Critical for keeping context small on verbose APIs:

    bash
    axs-pp-cli activities list --agent --select id,name,status
  • Previewable — --dry-run shows the request without sending

  • Offline-friendly — sync/search commands can use the local SQLite store when available

  • Non-interactive — never prompts, every input is a flag

  • Explicit retries — use --idempotent only when an already-existing create should count as success, and --ignore-missing only when a missing delete target should count as success

Response envelope

Commands that read from the local store or the API wrap output in a provenance envelope:

json
{
  "meta": {"source": "live" | "local", "synced_at": "...", "reason": "..."},
  "results": <data>
}

Parse .results for data and .meta.source to know whether it's live or local. A human-readable N results (live) summary is printed to stderr only when stdout is a terminal AND no machine-format flag (--json, --csv, --compact, --quiet, --plain, --select) is set — piped/agent consumers and explicit-format runs get pure JSON on stdout.

Agent Feedback

When you (or the agent) notice something off about this CLI, record it:

axs-pp-cli feedback "the --since flag is inclusive but docs say exclusive"
axs-pp-cli feedback --stdin < notes.txt
axs-pp-cli feedback list --json --limit 10

Entries are stored locally at ~/.local/share/axs-pp-cli/feedback.jsonl. They are never POSTed unless AXS_FEEDBACK_ENDPOINT is set AND either --send is passed or AXS_FEEDBACK_AUTO_SEND=true. Default behavior is local-only.

Write what surprised you, not a bug report. Short, specific, one line: that is the part that compounds.

Output Delivery

Every command accepts --deliver <sink>. The output goes to the named sink in addition to (or instead of) stdout, so agents can route command results without hand-piping. Three sinks are supported:

SinkEffect
stdoutDefault; write to stdout only
file:<path>Atomically write output to <path> (tmp + rename)
webhook:<url>POST the output body to the URL (application/json or application/x-ndjson when --compact)

Unknown schemes are refused with a structured error naming the supported set. Webhook failures return non-zero and log the URL + HTTP status on stderr.

Named Profiles

A profile is a saved set of flag values, reused across invocations. Use it when a scheduled agent calls the same command every run with the same configuration - HeyGen's "Beacon" pattern.

axs-pp-cli profile save briefing --json
axs-pp-cli --profile briefing activities list
axs-pp-cli profile list --json
axs-pp-cli profile show briefing
axs-pp-cli profile delete briefing --yes

Explicit flags always win over profile values; profile values win over defaults. agent-context lists all available profiles under available_profiles so introspecting agents discover them at runtime.

Exit Codes

CodeMeaning
0Success
2Usage error (wrong arguments)
3Resource not found
4Authentication required
5API error (upstream issue)
7Rate limited (wait and retry)
10Config error

Argument Parsing

Parse $ARGUMENTS:

  1. Empty, help, or --help → show axs-pp-cli --help output
  2. Starts with install → ends with mcp → MCP installation; otherwise → see Prerequisites above
  3. Anything else → Direct Use (execute as CLI command with --agent)

MCP Server Installation

  1. Install the MCP server:
    bash
    go install github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library/library/other/axs/cmd/axs-pp-mcp@latest
  2. Register with Claude Code:
    bash
    claude mcp add axs-pp-mcp -- axs-pp-mcp
  3. Verify: claude mcp list

Direct Use

  1. Check if installed: which axs-pp-cli If not found, offer to install (see Prerequisites at the top of this skill).
  2. Match the user query to the best command from the Unique Capabilities and Command Reference above.
  3. Execute with the --agent flag:
    bash
    axs-pp-cli <command> [subcommand] [args] --agent
  4. If ambiguous, drill into subcommand help: axs-pp-cli <command> --help.

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Files

Just SKILL.md in cli-skills/pp-axs of mvanhorn/printing-press-library.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 76de244

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Questions about Pp Axs

What does Pp Axs do?

SRAM AXS CLI for bikes, components, registrations, ride activities, and synced component-summary analytics. Pp Axs is an agent skill from mvanhorn/printing-press-library. SRAM AXS CLI for bikes, components, registrations, ride activities, and synced component-summary analytics.

When should I use Pp Axs?

Pp Axs fits situations like: phrases: list my SRAM components; register a SRAM component; show my AXS garage; my recent AXS rides.

How do I install Pp Axs in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add mvanhorn/printing-press-library --skill pp-axs -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (cli-skills/pp-axs in mvanhorn/printing-press-library) into .claude/skills/pp-axs in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Pp Axs in Codex?

Run `npx skills add mvanhorn/printing-press-library --skill pp-axs -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (cli-skills/pp-axs in mvanhorn/printing-press-library) into .agents/skills/pp-axs in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Pp Axs in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add mvanhorn/printing-press-library --skill pp-axs -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/pp-axs, .gemini/skills/pp-axs, .github/skills/pp-axs and .opencode/skills/pp-axs in your project.

What does Pp Axs need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Pp Axs needs the command-line tools its instructions call (go, claude and npx) and credentials named SRAM_AXS_TOKEN. Our summary lists: Node.js; A credential in SRAM_AXS_TOKEN. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Bash.

Does Pp Axs access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use npx, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Pp Axs safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found notes only (pre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: bash)), nothing it rates as a warning. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Pp Axs use?

Pp Axs is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Pp Axs use?

About 3.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 13k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains Pp Axs?

mvanhorn (a GitHub user) maintains it in mvanhorn/printing-press-library, which has 2,056 GitHub stars. The repository holds 506 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: mvanhorn/printing-press-library on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.