# Printing Press Import

Bring a published CLI from the public library into the internal library so it's...

- Repository: https://github.com/mvanhorn/cli-printing-press (4900 stars)
- Category: Engineering
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-11-01
- Runs scripts: yes, review before use

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add mvanhorn/cli-printing-press --skill printing-press-import -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add mvanhorn/cli-printing-press --skill printing-press-import -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add mvanhorn/cli-printing-press --skill printing-press-import -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add mvanhorn/cli-printing-press --skill printing-press-import -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add mvanhorn/cli-printing-press`

## Description

Bring a published CLI from the public library into the internal library so it's identical to a freshly-generated copy, module path reverted, manuscripts placed alongside, ready for /printing-press-polish or /printing-press-emboss. Use when the public library has a CLI you don't have locally, or to recover from a broken/lost internal copy. Trigger phrases: "import the CLI", "bring it into my library", "fetch from public library", "I don't have it locally yet".

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# /printing-press-import

Bring a published CLI from the public library
([`mvanhorn/printing-press-library`](https://github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library))
into the internal library at `$PRESS_LIBRARY/` so it matches
the form the generator would produce. Manuscripts ride along.

```bash
/printing-press-import notion
/printing-press-import cal.com
/printing-press-import allrecipes --from-clone ~/Code/printing-press-library
```

The internal library is the working copy; the public library is the
durable artifact. After import, the CLI is ready for polish, emboss, or
re-publish, the publish step will re-apply the module path rewrites.

## When to run

- The public library has a CLI you don't have locally
- The internal copy is broken, lost, or out of sync
- You want a clean baseline before running polish on a published CLI

If the user is asking to polish a CLI and mentions "in/from the public
library" or "from the repo", suggest running this skill first.

## Setup

```bash
PRESS_HOME="${PRINTING_PRESS_HOME:-$HOME/printing-press}"
PRESS_LIBRARY="$PRESS_HOME/library"
PRESS_MANUSCRIPTS="$PRESS_HOME/manuscripts"
SCRIPTS_DIR="$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]:-.}")/references"

if ! command -v go >/dev/null 2>&1; then
  echo ""
  echo "[setup-error] Go toolchain not found."
  echo ""
  echo "This Printing Press flow runs Go-based build or validation commands."
  echo "Install Go 1.26.10 or newer from https://go.dev/dl/, then verify with:"
  echo "  go version"
  echo "Then re-run this skill."
  echo ""
  return 1 2>/dev/null || exit 1
fi

_pp_check_disk_space() {
  _pp_disk_warn_kb="${PRINTING_PRESS_DISK_WARN_KB:-3145728}"
  _pp_disk_fail_kb="${PRINTING_PRESS_DISK_FAIL_KB:-524288}"
  case "$_pp_disk_warn_kb$_pp_disk_fail_kb" in
    ""|*[!0-9]*) return 0 ;;
  esac

  _pp_disk_path="$PRESS_HOME"
  while [ ! -e "$_pp_disk_path" ] && [ "$_pp_disk_path" != "/" ]; do
    _pp_disk_path="$(dirname "$_pp_disk_path")"
  done

The rest: https://github.com/mvanhorn/cli-printing-press/blob/HEAD/skills/printing-press-import/SKILL.md