# Printing Press

Set up a new integration, connector, or CLI binding for any API.

- Repository: https://github.com/mvanhorn/cli-printing-press (4900 stars)
- Category: Writing
- 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 -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add mvanhorn/cli-printing-press --skill printing-press -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add mvanhorn/cli-printing-press --skill printing-press -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add mvanhorn/cli-printing-press --skill printing-press -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add mvanhorn/cli-printing-press`

## Description

Set up a new integration, connector, or CLI binding for any API. Wrap or generate a ship-ready Go CLI from an OpenAPI, HAR, or Postman spec via the lean research -> generate -> build -> shipcheck loop. Use when the user says build a CLI, wrap this API, set up a new integration, add a connector, integrate with a service, or names an API by domain.

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

# /printing-press

**Result:** A working Go CLI in `$PRESS_LIBRARY/<api-slug>/`, plus up to five dense
manuscripts archived to `$PRESS_MANUSCRIPTS/<api-slug>/<run-id>/`: research brief,
absorb manifest, build log, shipcheck proof, and live smoke proof when live testing ran.

**Next consumer:** The user, who runs the CLI or ships it, and the sibling skills that
take it from here: `printing-press-polish` for a second pass, `printing-press-publish`
for the public library, `printing-press-retro` for findings against the Press itself.

**Done:** Every feature approved at the absorb gate is implemented, shipcheck reached
ship, the live dogfood matrix ran against real targets, the CLI is promoted, and the
receipt ledger closes on the last phase.

**Intent:** The best useful CLI for an API without an hour of phase theater. Optimize
for time-to-ship, not time-to-document: reuse prior research when it is already good
enough, run the cheap high-signal checks early, fix blockers before polish.

## Boundaries

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