How do I install the Ble Session Appliance skill?

Run npx skillmds add mvanhorn-cli-printing-press/ble-session-appliance in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

What does the Ble Session Appliance skill do?

Control BLE Session Appliance through the generated BLE device CLI. It is listed under Coding & Dev Tools on SkillMD.

Is Ble Session Appliance safe to use?

This skill has not completed SkillMD's automated safety review yet. Capability flags: reads secrets. SkillMD never runs a skill's scripts for you; review the SKILL.md before installing.

Which AI agents work with Ble Session Appliance?

This skill is tagged as working with Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex. SKILL.md is an open format, so most agents that read a skills directory can load it too.

Is Ble Session Appliance free to use?

Yes. Installing skills from SkillMD is free, and the skill stays under its author's original license.

Who published Ble Session Appliance?

mvanhorn (@mvanhorn-cli-printing-press) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Ble Session Appliance by mvanhorn-cli-printing-press

Name: Ble Session Appliance
Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Author: mvanhorn

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Prerequisites: Install the CLI

This skill drives the ble-session-appliance-pp-cli binary. You must verify the CLI is installed before invoking any command from this skill. If it is missing, install it first:

Install via the Printing Press installer. It defaults binaries to $HOME/.local/bin on macOS/Linux and %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\PrintingPress\bin on Windows:
```
npx -y @mvanhorn/printing-press-library install ble-session-appliance --cli-only
```
Verify: ble-session-appliance-pp-cli --version
Ensure the reported install directory is on $PATH for the agent/runtime that will invoke this skill.

If the npx install fails before this CLI has a public-library category, install Node or use the category-specific Go fallback after publish.

If --version reports "command not found" after install, the runtime cannot see the binary directory on $PATH. Do not proceed with skill commands until verification succeeds.

Use ble-session-appliance-pp-cli capabilities --json to inspect callable and withheld BLE capabilities, including safety classes and evidence refs. Use ble-session-appliance-pp-cli status --json to inspect replay-backed status output. By default the CLI is replay-backed; build with -tags ble_live and pass --live to control a real device, ble-session-appliance-pp-cli doctor to check live readiness, and ble-session-appliance-pp-cli scan --live to discover devices. Use ble-session-appliance-pp-cli start --dry-run --json to preview the start write. To run it outside verify mode, pass --confirm-physical-effect after checking the dry-run output. Use ble-session-appliance-pp-cli session start --json and ble-session-appliance-pp-cli session status --json to inspect the local replay session runtime, including lock, capability-token, and endpoint metadata. Use ble-session-appliance-pp-cli telemetry capture --json and ble-session-appliance-pp-cli telemetry latest --json for the local telemetry store scaffold. Use ble-session-appliance-pp-cli telemetry sessions --json to inspect stored BLE session summaries.

---name: ble-session-appliancedescription: Control BLE Session Appliance through the generated BLE device CLI.--- ## Prerequisites: Install the CLI This skill drives the `ble-session-appliance-pp-cli` binary. **You must verify the CLI is installed before invoking any command from this skill.** If it is missing, install it first: 1. Install via the Printing Press installer. It defaults binaries to `$HOME/.local/bin` on macOS/Linux and `%LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\PrintingPress\bin` on Windows: ```bash npx -y @mvanhorn/printing-press-library install ble-session-appliance --cli-only ``` 2. Verify: `ble-session-appliance-pp-cli --version` 3. Ensure the reported install directory is on `$PATH` for the agent/runtime that will invoke this skill. If the `npx` install fails before this CLI has a public-library category, install Node or use the category-specific Go fallback after publish. If `--version` reports "command not found" after install, the runtime cannot see the binary directory on `$PATH`. Do not proceed with skill commands until verification succeeds. Use `ble-session-appliance-pp-cli capabilities --json` to inspect callable and withheld BLE capabilities, including safety classes and evidence refs. Use `ble-session-appliance-pp-cli status --json` to inspect replay-backed status output. By default the CLI is replay-backed; build with `-tags ble_live` and pass `--live` to control a real device, `ble-session-appliance-pp-cli doctor` to check live readiness, and `ble-session-appliance-pp-cli scan --live` to discover devices. Use `ble-session-appliance-pp-cli start --dry-run --json` to preview the start write. To run it outside verify mode, pass `--confirm-physical-effect` after checking the dry-run output. Use `ble-session-appliance-pp-cli session start --json` and `ble-session-appliance-pp-cli session status --json` to inspect the local replay session runtime, including lock, capability-token, and endpoint metadata. Use `ble-session-appliance-pp-cli telemetry capture --json` and `ble-session-appliance-pp-cli telemetry latest --json` for the local telemetry store scaffold. Use `ble-session-appliance-pp-cli telemetry sessions --json` to inspect stored BLE session summaries.

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