Agent skill

Pp Greatclips

by mvanhorn in mvanhorn/printing-press-library

First CLI for Great Clips Online Check-In: every endpoint shape and host route, ready for real calls once cookies...

Apache-2.0Auto-check: notes

Install Pp Greatclips

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install mvanhorn/printing-press-library pp-greatclips --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-greatclips .claude/skills/pp-greatclips && 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-greatclips
GitHub stars
2.1k
Token cost
~2.6k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,113 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
506
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

First CLI for Great Clips Online Check-In: every endpoint shape and host route, ready for real calls once cookies...

  • Works in 3 steps: Install via the Printing Press… → Verify: greatclips-pp-cli --version → Ensure the reported install directory is…
  • Phrases: great clips wait time
  • SKILL.md covers Prerequisites: Install the CLI, When to Use This CLI, HTTP Transport and Discovery Signals, plus 11 more sections
  • Calls claude, npx and go; needs GREATCLIPS_TOKEN

What it does

Pp Greatclips is an agent skill from mvanhorn/printing-press-library. First CLI for Great Clips Online Check-In: every endpoint shape and host route, ready for real calls once cookies... Trigger phrases: great clips wait time, check me into great clips, how long is the wait at great clips, add me and my kids to the great clips wait list, great clips request shape, use greatclips, run greatclips.

Its SKILL.md is about 2.6k 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: great clips wait time
  • Check me into great clips
  • How long is the wait at great clips
  • Add me and my kids to the great clips wait list

Example prompts

  • “/pp-greatclips”

Requirements

  • Node.js
  • A credential in GREATCLIPS_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: greatclips-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 d9a1696. 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:

    • claude
    • npx
    • go

    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:

    • GREATCLIPS_TOKEN

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

Context cost

Pp Greatclips loads about 2.6k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 89 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,113 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~89
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2.6k

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 d9a1696, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© mvanhorn). 1,113 words, ~2,613 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/pp-greatclips/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
pp-greatclips
description
First CLI for Great Clips Online Check-In: every endpoint shape and host route, ready for real calls once cookies... Trigger phrases: `great clips wait time`, `check me into great clips`, `how long is the wait at great clips`, `add me and my kids to the great clips wait list`, `great clips request shape`, `use greatclips`, `run greatclips`.
allowed-tools
Read, Bash
author
Great Clips
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/greatclips/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/". -->

Great Clips — Printing Press CLI

Prerequisites: Install the CLI

This skill drives the greatclips-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 greatclips --cli-only
  2. Verify: greatclips-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):

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

Use this CLI to send the exact HTTP requests the Great Clips Online Check-In SPA sends, from the command line, with dry-run and --json output. v0.1 ships every endpoint's request shape so an agent can build flows on top; real calls require manual cookie capture from a logged-in Chrome session.

HTTP Transport

This CLI uses Chrome-compatible HTTP transport for browser-facing endpoints. It does not require a resident browser process for normal API calls.

Discovery Signals

This CLI was generated with browser-observed traffic context.

  • Capture coverage: 9 API entries from 22 total network entries
  • Protocols: (0% confidence), (0% confidence), (0% confidence)
  • Generation hints: Two-host single-auth: emit one bearer-token client that handles both webservices.greatclips.com and www.stylewaretouch.net., POST /api/store/waitTime takes a JSON array body of {storeNumber} objects, not a single object. Single-salon call sends an array of length 1., Auth captured live via Claude-in-Chrome MCP from a logged-in Chrome session; the printed CLI should ship a auth login --chrome helper command for the equivalent flow.

Command Reference

cancel — Cancel your active check-in

  • greatclips-pp-cli cancel — Cancel the active check-in for this account

checkin — Submit a check-in for yourself plus a party (1-5 people)

  • greatclips-pp-cli checkin — Add yourself and optionally other party members to a salon waitlist

customer — Read your Great Clips customer profile (name, phone, favorites, recent visits)

  • greatclips-pp-cli customer — Get the authenticated customer's profile

geo — Resolve a zip code or city term to latitude/longitude

  • greatclips-pp-cli geo — Resolve a zip/postal code to lat/lng/city/state

hours — Read salon hours (today plus 14-day forecast with special hours)

  • greatclips-pp-cli hours — Get 14-day hours forecast for one salon

salons — Search and look up Great Clips salons

  • greatclips-pp-cli salons get — Get a single salon by its salon number
  • greatclips-pp-cli salons search — Search salons by zip code, city, or coordinates within a radius

status — Check your current position in line for an active check-in

  • greatclips-pp-cli status — Get your active check-in status (position in line, estimated wait)

wait — Read estimated wait times from the ICS Net Check-In service

  • greatclips-pp-cli wait — Get wait time for one salon (body is a single-element array of {storeNumber})
Finding the right command

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

bash
greatclips-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

Party-of-four check-in request body
bash
greatclips-pp-cli checkin --first-name Matt --last-name VanHorn --phone-number '(206) 555-0100' --salon-number 8991 --guests 4 --dry-run --json

Emits the exact JSON body POSTed to www.stylewaretouch.net/api/customer/checkIn for a party of four at Island Square.

Wait-time request for a salon
bash
greatclips-pp-cli wait --store-number 8991 --dry-run --json

Request shape for the ICS Net Check-In waitTime endpoint.

Salons near a zip
bash
greatclips-pp-cli salons search --term 98040 --radius 5 --dry-run --json

Request shape for the salon-search/term endpoint with a 5-mile radius.

14-day hours forecast
bash
greatclips-pp-cli hours --salon 8991 --dry-run

Calls salon-hours/upcoming for one salon; the response includes special-hours and holiday closures.

Geocode a postal code
bash
greatclips-pp-cli geo --query 98040 --dry-run --json --select results.city,results.state,results.lat,results.lng

Resolves a zip code to lat/lng/city/state via the geo-names endpoint.

Auth Setup

Great Clips uses HttpOnly session cookies from an Auth0 tenant at cid.greatclips.com. Browser-sniff confirmed all calls succeed via cookies attached by the browser, not via an Authorization header. v0.1 of this CLI ships the request shape and host routing; to make real calls, paste the cookies from a logged-in Chrome session into ~/.config/greatclips-pp-cli/config.toml. Set GREATCLIPS_TOKEN to any placeholder so doctor passes (the env var is kept for v0.2 when bearer support might land).

Run greatclips-pp-cli doctor to verify setup.

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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
    greatclips-pp-cli salons get --num example-value --agent --select id,name,status
  • Previewable — --dry-run shows the request without sending

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

  • Explicit retries — use --idempotent only when an already-existing create should count as success

Agent Feedback

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

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

Entries are stored locally at ~/.greatclips-pp-cli/feedback.jsonl. They are never POSTed unless GREATCLIPS_FEEDBACK_ENDPOINT is set AND either --send is passed or GREATCLIPS_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.

greatclips-pp-cli profile save briefing --json
greatclips-pp-cli --profile briefing salons get --num example-value
greatclips-pp-cli profile list --json
greatclips-pp-cli profile show briefing
greatclips-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 greatclips-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

Install the MCP binary from this CLI's published public-library entry or pre-built release, then register it:

bash
claude mcp add greatclips-pp-mcp -- greatclips-pp-mcp

Verify: claude mcp list

Direct Use

  1. Check if installed: which greatclips-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
    greatclips-pp-cli <command> [subcommand] [args] --agent
  4. If ambiguous, drill into subcommand help: greatclips-pp-cli <command> --help.

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Files

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

Open the folder on GitHubat commit d9a1696

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Questions about Pp Greatclips

What does Pp Greatclips do?

First CLI for Great Clips Online Check-In: every endpoint shape and host route, ready for real calls once cookies... Pp Greatclips is an agent skill from mvanhorn/printing-press-library. First CLI for Great Clips Online Check-In: every endpoint shape and host route, ready for real calls once cookies...

When should I use Pp Greatclips?

Pp Greatclips fits situations like: phrases: great clips wait time; check me into great clips; how long is the wait at great clips; add me and my kids to the great clips wait list.

How do I install Pp Greatclips in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Pp Greatclips in Codex?

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

Can I use Pp Greatclips 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-greatclips -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-greatclips, .gemini/skills/pp-greatclips, .github/skills/pp-greatclips and .opencode/skills/pp-greatclips in your project.

What does Pp Greatclips need to run?

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

Does Pp Greatclips 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 Greatclips 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 Greatclips use?

Pp Greatclips 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 Greatclips use?

About 2.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 10k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Pp Greatclips?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Pp Greatclips: Auditing Endpoints (PostHog/posthog, 40k stars), Creating An Endpoint (PostHog/posthog, 40k stars), CLIP Image-Text Matching (Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs, 13k stars) and Fastapi Endpoint (davila7/claude-code-templates, 33k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Pp Greatclips?

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.