Pp Boardgamegeek

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Boardgamegeek — Printing Press CLI

Prerequisites: Install the CLI

This skill drives the boardgamegeek-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 boardgamegeek --cli-only

2. Verify: boardgamegeek-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). This installs into $GOPATH/bin (default $HOME/go/bin), so add that directory to $PATH instead:

go install github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library/library/media-and-entertainment/boardgamegeek/cmd/boardgamegeek-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.

BoardGameGeek's official XMLAPI2 (https://boardgamegeek.com/xmlapi2), the canonical database for board games, RPGs, and video games. Every endpoint returns XML; the generated client normalizes it to JSON so --json/--select and MCP tools work like any JSON API.

Authorization: as of 2025-07-02 BGG requires a registered application and an Authorization: Bearer <token> header on every request (register at https://boardgamegeek.com/applications, then create a token). Requests go to boardgamegeek.com (no leading www).

Scope: read-only lookup across the BGG taste graph — search, full game/thing detail with stats and rankings, the live "hot" list, user profiles, user game collections, logged plays, families, and guilds. No write/mutating endpoints.

Quirk worth knowing: collection (and occasionally thing/plays) can answer with HTTP 202 and a "your request is queued, retry shortly" body the first time a large query is requested; repeat the call until the data is returned.

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.

Command Reference

collection — A user's owned/rated/wishlisted game collection

• boardgamegeek-pp-cli collection — A user's collection by login name. Filter with the 0/1 status flags (own, rated, played, wishlist, want, trade).

family — Manage family

• boardgamegeek-pp-cli family — A BGG family (a shared series, theme, or IP grouping related things) by id. Comma-separate ids for a batch lookup.

guild — Guild details and membership

• boardgamegeek-pp-cli guild — A BGG guild by id. Set members=1 to include the member roster (paginated with page).

hot — The current BoardGameGeek "Hot" rankings

• boardgamegeek-pp-cli hot — The live BoardGameGeek Hot list. type selects the ranking (boardgame is the default and most common).

plays — Logged play sessions for a user or a game

• boardgamegeek-pp-cli plays — Logged play sessions. Provide username (a user's plays) or id (a game's plays).

searches — Manage searches

• boardgamegeek-pp-cli searches — Full-text search across the BGG database. Returns matching things (id, name, year).

thing — Full detail for one or more things (games, expansions, accessories)

• boardgamegeek-pp-cli thing — Full record for a game/expansion/accessory by id (comma-separate ids for a batch).

user — Public user profiles, buddies, and guild membership

• boardgamegeek-pp-cli user — Public profile for a BGG user by login name.

Finding the right command

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

boardgamegeek-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.

Auth Setup

Run boardgamegeek-pp-cli auth setup for the URL and steps to obtain a token (add --launch to open the URL). Then store it:

boardgamegeek-pp-cli auth set-token YOUR_TOKEN_HERE

Or set BGG_TOKEN as an environment variable.

Run boardgamegeek-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:

  boardgamegeek-pp-cli collection --username example-resource --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

• Read-only — do not use this CLI for create, update, delete, publish, comment, upvote, invite, order, send, or other mutating requests