# Printing Press Reprint

Regenerate an existing printed CLI from scratch under the current Printing Press, with...

- Repository: https://github.com/mvanhorn/cli-printing-press (4900 stars)
- Category: Writing
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-11-01
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

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

## Description

Regenerate an existing printed CLI from scratch under the current Printing Press, with prior research, prior novel features, and prior patches (post-publish hand-fixes) carried into the writing pipeline as reconciliation context rather than dropped on the floor. Pulls the CLI from the public library if it isn't local, recommends reuse-vs-redo of prior research based on age, then hands off to /printing-press with the right context. Use when a machine upgrade would benefit a published CLI more than manual polish. Trigger phrases: "reprint <api>", "regenerate <api>", "redo the <api> CLI", "rebuild <api> from scratch", "this CLI would benefit from a reprint".

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

# /printing-press-reprint

Regenerate an existing printed CLI under the current machine. The user gives
a CLI name and (optionally) reasons for the reprint. This skill ensures the
prior CLI is locally present, recommends whether to reuse or redo prior
research, and hands off to `/printing-press` with the context the
novel-features subagent needs to reconcile prior features against the
current machine, keep, reframe, or drop with reasons, never silent.

```bash
/printing-press-reprint notion
/printing-press-reprint cal.com  the new MCP intent surface landed and the prior CLI ships endpoint-mirror only
/printing-press-reprint allrecipes
```

## When to run

- A significant Printing Press upgrade (new MCP surface, new auth modes, new
  transport, scoring rubric changes) would lift this CLI more than manual
  polish.
- The published CLI ships with a known systemic gap a reprint would fix.
- The user wants prior novel features re-evaluated against the current
  machine and current personas, not carried forward verbatim.

For one-off code-quality fixes, prefer `/printing-press-polish`, it doesn't
redo research or rebuild the manuscript.

## Setup

```bash
PRESS_HOME="${PRINTING_PRESS_HOME:-$HOME/printing-press}"
PRESS_LIBRARY="$PRESS_HOME/library"
PRESS_MANUSCRIPTS="$PRESS_HOME/manuscripts"

# Mid-pipeline callers may pass printing_press_bin: <abs-path> in the args
# bundle. Prefer it so reprint keeps using the parent skill's preflight-selected
# binary instead of re-resolving through PATH.
PRINTING_PRESS_BIN="${PRINTING_PRESS_BIN:-}"
if [ -z "$PRINTING_PRESS_BIN" ] && [ -n "${ARGUMENTS:-}" ]; then
  PRINTING_PRESS_BIN="$(printf '%s\n' "$ARGUMENTS" | sed -nE 's/^[[:space:]]*printing_press_bin:[[:space:]]*(.+)$/\1/p' | head -1)"
fi
if [ -z "$PRINTING_PRESS_BIN" ]; then
  PRINTING_PRESS_BIN="$(command -v cli-printing-press 2>/dev/null || true)"
fi

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