Skills

Weather

Get current weather and forecasts (no API key required).

Install

npx skills add volcengine/OpenViking --skill weather -g -a claude-code -y
Repository
volcengine/OpenViking41.3k
Category
Engineering
Updated
3d ago
License
AGPL-3.0
Context cost
Lightabout 238 tokens
Runs scripts
No, instructions only

What it does

Get current weather and forecasts (no API key required).

Weather

Two free services, no API keys needed.

wttr.in (primary)

Quick one-liner:

curl -s "wttr.in/London?format=3"
# Output: London: ⛅️ +8°C

Compact format:

curl -s "wttr.in/London?format=%l:+%c+%t+%h+%w"
# Output: London: ⛅️ +8°C 71% ↙5km/h

Full forecast:

curl -s "wttr.in/London?T"

Format codes: %c condition · %t temp · %h humidity · %w wind · %l location · %m moon

Tips:

  • URL-encode spaces: wttr.in/New+York
  • Airport codes: wttr.in/JFK
  • Units: ?m (metric) ?u (USCS)
  • Today only: ?1 · Current only: ?0
  • PNG: curl -s "wttr.in/Berlin.png" -o /tmp/weather.png

Open-Meteo (fallback, JSON)

Free, no key, good for programmatic use:

curl -s "https://api.open-meteo.com/v1/forecast?latitude=51.5&longitude=-0.12&current_weather=true"

Find coordinates for a city, then query. Returns JSON with temp, windspeed, weathercode.

Docs: https://open-meteo.com/en/docs

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