Agent skill

Pp Policy Intel

by mvanhorn in mvanhorn/printing-press-library

Use Federal Register and Regulations.gov public data for rulemaking search, rules/proposed rules, dockets, public comments, and open comment deadlines.

Apache-2.0Auto-check: notes

Install Pp Policy Intel

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install mvanhorn/printing-press-library pp-policy-intel --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-policy-intel .claude/skills/pp-policy-intel && 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-policy-intel
GitHub stars
2.1k
Token cost
~1.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
389 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
506
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Use Federal Register and Regulations.gov public data for rulemaking search, rules/proposed rules, dockets, public comments, and open comment deadlines.

  • Works in 3 steps: Install via the Printing Press installer → Verify: policy-intel-pp-cli --version → Ensure $GOPATH/bin (or $HOME/go/bin) is…
  • Phrases: Federal Register search
  • SKILL.md covers Prerequisites: Install the CLI, When To Use, When Not To Use and Setup, plus 2 more sections
  • Calls npx and go; needs DEMO_KEY and POLICY_INTEL_REGULATIONS_API_KEY

What it does

Pp Policy Intel is an agent skill from mvanhorn/printing-press-library. Use Federal Register and Regulations.gov public data for rulemaking search, rules/proposed rules, dockets, public comments, and open comment deadlines. Trigger phrases: Federal Register search, regulations docket, public comments, comment deadline, policy monitoring, policy-intel-pp-cli.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k 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: Federal Register search
  • Regulations docket
  • Public comments
  • Comment deadline

Example prompts

  • “/pp-policy-intel”

Requirements

  • Node.js
  • A credential in DEMO_KEY
  • A credential in POLICY_INTEL_REGULATIONS_API_KEY
  • 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
  2. Verify: policy-intel-pp-cli --version
  3. Ensure $GOPATH/bin (or $HOME/go/bin) is on $PATH.

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:

    • 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:

    • DEMO_KEY
    • POLICY_INTEL_REGULATIONS_API_KEY

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

Context cost

Pp Policy Intel loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 76 tokens; SKILL.md has 389 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~76
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.1k

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). 389 words, ~1,130 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/pp-policy-intel/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
pp-policy-intel
description
Use Federal Register and Regulations.gov public data for rulemaking search, rules/proposed rules, dockets, public comments, and open comment deadlines. Trigger phrases: Federal Register search, regulations docket, public comments, comment deadline, policy monitoring, policy-intel-pp-cli.
allowed-tools
Read, Bash
author
Dhilip Subramanian
license
Apache-2.0
argument-hint
<command> [args] | install cli
<!-- GENERATED FILE — DO NOT EDIT.
     This file is a verbatim mirror of library/other/policy-intel/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/". -->

Policy Intel — Printing Press CLI

Prerequisites: Install the CLI

This skill drives the policy-intel-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:
    bash
    npx -y @mvanhorn/printing-press-library install policy-intel --cli-only
  2. Verify: policy-intel-pp-cli --version
  3. Ensure $GOPATH/bin (or $HOME/go/bin) is on $PATH.

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/policy-intel/cmd/policy-intel-pp-cli@latest

If --version reports "command not found" after install, the install step did not put the binary on $PATH. Do not proceed with skill commands until verification succeeds.

When To Use

Use policy-intel-pp-cli when an agent needs source-backed US federal rulemaking or policy-monitoring context.

  • Search Federal Register documents for a topic.
  • Find rules and proposed rules without memorizing Federal Register type codes.
  • Fetch a Regulations.gov docket by ID.
  • List public comments for a docket.
  • Find open comment deadlines for a topic or agency.

When Not To Use

  • Do not use it for legal advice, compliance certification, lobbying, or comment submission.
  • Do not treat missing or sparse data as proof that a rule, docket, or comment does not exist.
  • Do not use DEMO_KEY for polling or production monitoring.
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Setup

Federal Register commands work without credentials.

For Regulations.gov, set a real api.data.gov key when you have one:

bash
export POLICY_INTEL_REGULATIONS_API_KEY="..."

If the variable is missing, the CLI uses DEMO_KEY for small read-only smoke-test calls.

If Regulations.gov returns 429 OVER_RATE_LIMIT, wait before retrying or set POLICY_INTEL_REGULATIONS_API_KEY to a real api.data.gov key. Do not build polling jobs on DEMO_KEY.

Recipes

Search Federal Register
bash
policy-intel-pp-cli federal-register search "artificial intelligence" --agent

Use this for keyless source-backed Federal Register search results.

Rules And Proposed Rules
bash
policy-intel-pp-cli rules "artificial intelligence" --agent

Use this when the agent needs rulemaking documents rather than all Federal Register document types.

Docket Lookup
bash
policy-intel-pp-cli docket EPA-HQ-OPPT-2018-0462 --agent

Use this to fetch title, agency, docket type, modified date, abstract, and source links for a Regulations.gov docket.

Public Comments
bash
policy-intel-pp-cli comments EPA-HQ-OPPT-2018-0462 --agent

Use this to list public comments attached to a docket. Fields vary by agency and public-release policy.

Open Comment Deadlines
bash
policy-intel-pp-cli deadlines "water" --from 2026-06-18 --agent

Use this to find open comment windows with a deadline on or after the selected date.

Source Coverage
bash
policy-intel-pp-cli sources --agent
policy-intel-pp-cli doctor --agent

Use these before a larger policy-monitoring workflow to confirm source readiness and auth mode.

Output Notes

--agent enables compact JSON. Results include source names and caveats because FederalRegister.gov has legal-status warnings and Regulations.gov fields vary by agency and document type.

© mvanhorn, Apache-2.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

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

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 76de244

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Questions about Pp Policy Intel

What does Pp Policy Intel do?

Use Federal Register and Regulations.gov public data for rulemaking search, rules/proposed rules, dockets, public comments, and open comment deadlines. Pp Policy Intel is an agent skill from mvanhorn/printing-press-library.gov public data for rulemaking search, rules/proposed rules, dockets, public comments, and open comment deadlines.

When should I use Pp Policy Intel?

Pp Policy Intel fits situations like: phrases: Federal Register search; regulations docket; public comments; comment deadline.

How do I install Pp Policy Intel in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Pp Policy Intel in Codex?

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

Can I use Pp Policy Intel 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-policy-intel -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-policy-intel, .gemini/skills/pp-policy-intel, .github/skills/pp-policy-intel and .opencode/skills/pp-policy-intel in your project.

What does Pp Policy Intel need to run?

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

Does Pp Policy Intel 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 Policy Intel 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 Policy Intel use?

Pp Policy Intel 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 Policy Intel use?

About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.5k 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 Policy Intel?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Pp Policy Intel: Implementing Policy As Code With Open Policy Agent (mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills, 34k stars), Policy Acknowledgement (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars), Policy Library (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars) and Federation Init (ruvnet/ruflo, 74k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Pp Policy Intel?

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.