Agent skill

Printing Press Library

by mvanhorn in mvanhorn/printing-press-library

A skill your agent uses when looking for a CLI, API wrapper, scraper, data-source tool, automation tool, or focused agent skill for a task; searches the Printing Press Library and installs matching…

No licenceAuto-check passedBackend & APIs

Install Printing Press Library

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install mvanhorn/printing-press-library printing-press-library --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/skills/printing-press-library .claude/skills/printing-press-library && 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
printing-press-library
GitHub stars
2.1k
Token cost
~4.8k tokens
SKILL.md length
2,446 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
506
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when looking for a CLI, API wrapper, scraper, data-source tool, automation tool, or focused agent skill for a task; searches the Printing Press Library and installs matching…

  • Works in 7 steps: Clarify the user goal only if needed. → Search the catalog with the library CLI… → Select deliberately. → …
  • Looking for a CLI
  • SKILL.md covers Default workflow, What this skill is for, Install primitive and Hermes-native usage, plus 5 more sections
  • Calls npx, go and rg

What it does

Printing Press Library is an agent skill from mvanhorn/printing-press-library. Use when looking for a CLI, API wrapper, scraper, data-source tool, automation tool, or focused agent skill for a task; searches the Printing Press Library and installs matching tools.

Its SKILL.md is about 4.8k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Backend & APIs, covering Third-party API integration and Web scraping. The repository describes itself as: Official library of CLIs generated by the CLI Printing Press. Endorsed, tested, and community-contributed.

When your agent uses it

  • Looking for a CLI
  • Data-source tool
  • Automation tool
  • Focused agent skill for a task

Example prompts

  • “/printing-press-library”

Requirements

  • Node.js

Workflow steps

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

  1. Clarify the user goal only if needed.
  2. Search the catalog with the library CLI first.
  3. Select deliberately.
  4. Install through the library installer when the selected tool is useful.
  5. Make the newly installed skill visible to the running agent.
  6. Verify before claiming success.
  7. Offer an efficient periodic update schedule after successful install or refresh.

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 nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • npx
    • go
    • rg

    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 no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

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

Context cost

Printing Press Library loads about 4.8k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 52 tokens; SKILL.md has 2,446 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~52
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~4.8k

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 passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

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

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 2,446 words (~4,839 tokens).

“Use this skill when a user asks for a CLI, agent skill, API wrapper, scraper, automation tool, or data source that may exist in the Printing Press Library.”

— opening of SKILL.md by mvanhorn
name
printing-press-library
tags
cli, api-wrapper, scraper, data-source, automation, agent-skill, tool-discovery, install
version
0.2.2

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

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

Open the folder on GitHubat commit d9a1696

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Firecrawl Interact Integrationfirecrawl/firecrawl190k1 repos~731Automated safety check: PassISC

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Questions about Printing Press Library

What does Printing Press Library do?

A skill your agent uses when looking for a CLI, API wrapper, scraper, data-source tool, automation tool, or focused agent skill for a task; searches the Printing Press Library and installs matching…. Printing Press Library is an agent skill from mvanhorn/printing-press-library. Use when looking for a CLI, API wrapper, scraper, data-source tool, automation tool, or focused agent skill for a task; searches the Printing Press Library and installs matching tools.

When should I use Printing Press Library?

Printing Press Library fits situations like: looking for a CLI; data-source tool; automation tool; focused agent skill for a task.

How do I install Printing Press Library in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Printing Press Library in Codex?

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

Can I use Printing Press Library 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 printing-press-library -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/printing-press-library, .gemini/skills/printing-press-library, .github/skills/printing-press-library and .opencode/skills/printing-press-library in your project.

What does Printing Press Library need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Printing Press Library needs the command-line tools its instructions call (npx, go and rg). Our summary lists: Node.js.

Does Printing Press Library 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 Printing Press Library safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Printing Press Library use?

No licence was found for Printing Press Library or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Printing Press Library use?

About 4.8k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 19k 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 Printing Press Library?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Printing Press Library: Firecrawl Build Onboarding (firecrawl/firecrawl, 190k stars), Firecrawl Search Integration (firecrawl/firecrawl, 190k stars), Firecrawl Page Scrape Integration (firecrawl/firecrawl, 190k stars) and Firecrawl App Integration (firecrawl/firecrawl, 190k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Printing Press Library?

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.