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Yr Weather by modbender — Agent Skill

Name: Yr Weather
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: modbender

Yr Weather

Fetch weather forecasts from the Norwegian Meteorological Institute (MET) using the yr.no API. Use when the user asks for weather information, forecasts, temperature, precipitation, wind conditions, or any weather-related queries for specific locations. Supports coordinates-based lookups and returns current conditions plus forecasts. REQUIRES latitude/longitude - no defaults. See common locations table.

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Yr.no Weather

Get weather forecasts from MET Norway via yr.no API (free, no key).

Quick Start

# Current weather + forecast (requires lat/lon)
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/weather.py &lt;lat&gt; &lt;lon&gt; [altitude]

# Examples from common locations:
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/weather.py -33.9288 18.4174   # Cape Town
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/weather.py -33.8688 151.2093  # Sydney
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/weather.py 51.5074 -0.1278    # London

# Tomorrow&#x27;s summary (requires lat/lon)
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/tomorrow.py &lt;lat&gt; &lt;lon&gt;

# Run tests
python3 -m unittest discover {baseDir}/tests

Tests

Unit tests mock API calls (no network).
Sample data in scripts/tests/data/.
Run: cd {baseDir}/scripts && python3 ../tests/test_*.py

Common Locations

City	Lat	Lon
Cape Town	-33.9288	18.4174
Johannesburg	-26.2041	28.0473
Durban	-29.8587	31.0218
Sydney	-33.8688	151.2093
London	51.5074	-0.1278
New York	40.7128	-74.0060
Tokyo	35.6762	139.6503

Structure

scripts/
├── yr_service.py    # API calls (tested/mocked)
├── utils.py         # Emoji/symbol helpers
├── weather.py       # Current + forecast CLI
├── tomorrow.py      # Tomorrow summary CLI
└── tests/data/      # Sample JSON
tests/
├── test_weather.py
└── test_service.py

Standalone Repo

Install via pip: pip install git+https://github.com/brandoncrabpi/yr-weather.git

yr-weather -33.9288 18.4174
Tagged: v1.0.0

Usage Terms

User-Agent required (included).
Cache 10min+ per location.
Credit: "Data from MET Norway".

Refactored for production: no defaults, tests, modular service.

---name: yr-weatherdescription: Fetch weather forecasts from the Norwegian Meteorological Institute (MET) using the yr.no API. Use when the user asks for weather information, forecasts, temperature, precipitation, wind conditions, or any weather-related queries for specific locations. Supports coordinates-based lookups and returns current conditions plus forecasts. REQUIRES latitude/longitude - no defaults. See common locations table.--- # Yr.no Weather Get weather forecasts from MET Norway via yr.no API (free, no key). ## Quick Start ```bash # Current weather + forecast (requires lat/lon) python3 {baseDir}/scripts/weather.py <lat> <lon> [altitude] # Examples from common locations: python3 {baseDir}/scripts/weather.py -33.9288 18.4174 # Cape Town python3 {baseDir}/scripts/weather.py -33.8688 151.2093 # Sydney python3 {baseDir}/scripts/weather.py 51.5074 -0.1278 # London # Tomorrow's summary (requires lat/lon) python3 {baseDir}/scripts/tomorrow.py <lat> <lon> # Run tests python3 -m unittest discover {baseDir}/tests ``` ## Tests - Unit tests mock API calls (no network). - Sample data in `scripts/tests/data/`. - Run: `cd {baseDir}/scripts && python3 ../tests/test_*.py` ## Common Locations | City | Lat | Lon | |---------------|-----------|-----------| | Cape Town | -33.9288 | 18.4174 | | Johannesburg | -26.2041 | 28.0473 | | Durban | -29.8587 | 31.0218 | | Sydney | -33.8688 | 151.2093 | | London | 51.5074 | -0.1278 | | New York | 40.7128 | -74.0060 | | Tokyo | 35.6762 | 139.6503 | ## Structure ``` scripts/ ├── yr_service.py # API calls (tested/mocked) ├── utils.py # Emoji/symbol helpers ├── weather.py # Current + forecast CLI ├── tomorrow.py # Tomorrow summary CLI └── tests/data/ # Sample JSON tests/ ├── test_weather.py └── test_service.py ``` ## Standalone Repo Install via pip: `pip install git+https://github.com/brandoncrabpi/yr-weather.git` - `yr-weather -33.9288 18.4174` - Tagged: v1.0.0 ## Usage Terms - User-Agent required (included). - Cache 10min+ per location. - Credit: "Data from MET Norway". Refactored for production: no defaults, tests, modular service.

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