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Countries by modbender — Agent Skill

Name: Countries
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: modbender

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Countries Lookup

CLI for AI agents to lookup country info for their humans. "What's the capital of Mongolia?" — now your agent can answer.

Uses REST Countries API (v3.1). No account or API key needed.

Usage

"Tell me about Japan"
"What countries are in South America?"
"Which country has Tokyo as capital?"
"Info on country code DE"

Commands

Action	Command
Search by name	`countries search "query"`
Get details	`countries info <code>`
List by region	`countries region <region>`
Search by capital	`countries capital "city"`
List all	`countries all`

Examples

countries search "united states"   # Find country by name
countries info US                  # Get full details by alpha-2 code
countries info USA                 # Also works with alpha-3
countries region europe            # All European countries
countries capital tokyo            # Find country by capital
countries all                      # List all countries (sorted)

Regions

Valid regions: africa, americas, asia, europe, oceania

Output

Search/list output:

[US] United States — Washington D.C., Americas, Pop: 331M, 🇺🇸

Info output:

🌍 Japan
   Official: Japan
   Code: JP / JPN / 392
   Capital: Tokyo
   Region: Asia — Eastern Asia
   Population: 125.8M
   Area: 377930 km²
   Languages: Japanese
   Currencies: Japanese yen (JPY)
   Timezones: UTC+09:00
   Borders: None (island/isolated)
   Driving: left side
   Flag: 🇯🇵

🗺️ Map: https://goo.gl/maps/...

Notes

Uses REST Countries API v3.1 (restcountries.com)
No authentication or rate limits
Country codes: alpha-2 (US), alpha-3 (USA), or numeric (840)
Population formatted with K/M/B suffixes
All regions lowercase

Agent Implementation Notes

Script location: {skill_folder}/countries (wrapper to scripts/countries)

When user asks about countries:

Run ./countries search "name" to find country code
Run ./countries info <code> for full details
Run ./countries region <region> for regional lists
Run ./countries capital "city" to find by capital

Common patterns:

"What country is X in?" → search by name
"Tell me about X" → search, then info with code
"Countries in Europe" → region europe
"Capital of X" → info with code, check capital field
"What country has capital X?" → capital search

Don't use for: Historical countries, disputed territories, non-sovereign regions.

---name: countriesdescription: CLI for AI agents to lookup country info for their humans. Uses REST Countries API. No auth required.--- # Countries Lookup CLI for AI agents to lookup country info for their humans. "What's the capital of Mongolia?" — now your agent can answer. Uses REST Countries API (v3.1). No account or API key needed. ## Usage ``` "Tell me about Japan" "What countries are in South America?" "Which country has Tokyo as capital?" "Info on country code DE" ``` ## Commands | Action | Command | |--------|---------| | Search by name | `countries search "query"` | | Get details | `countries info <code>` | | List by region | `countries region <region>` | | Search by capital | `countries capital "city"` | | List all | `countries all` | ### Examples ```bash countries search "united states" # Find country by name countries info US # Get full details by alpha-2 code countries info USA # Also works with alpha-3 countries region europe # All European countries countries capital tokyo # Find country by capital countries all # List all countries (sorted) ``` ### Regions Valid regions: `africa`, `americas`, `asia`, `europe`, `oceania` ## Output **Search/list output:** ``` [US] United States — Washington D.C., Americas, Pop: 331M, 🇺🇸 ``` **Info output:** ``` 🌍 Japan Official: Japan Code: JP / JPN / 392 Capital: Tokyo Region: Asia — Eastern Asia Population: 125.8M Area: 377930 km² Languages: Japanese Currencies: Japanese yen (JPY) Timezones: UTC+09:00 Borders: None (island/isolated) Driving: left side Flag: 🇯🇵 🗺️ Map: https://goo.gl/maps/... ``` ## Notes - Uses REST Countries API v3.1 (restcountries.com) - No authentication or rate limits - Country codes: alpha-2 (US), alpha-3 (USA), or numeric (840) - Population formatted with K/M/B suffixes - All regions lowercase --- ## Agent Implementation Notes **Script location:** `{skill_folder}/countries` (wrapper to `scripts/countries`) **When user asks about countries:** 1. Run `./countries search "name"` to find country code 2. Run `./countries info <code>` for full details 3. Run `./countries region <region>` for regional lists 4. Run `./countries capital "city"` to find by capital **Common patterns:** - "What country is X in?" → search by name - "Tell me about X" → search, then info with code - "Countries in Europe" → region europe - "Capital of X" → info with code, check capital field - "What country has capital X?" → capital search **Don't use for:** Historical countries, disputed territories, non-sovereign regions.

Frequently asked questions

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