mvanhorn Visit Detroit Blog — Printing Press CLI
Prerequisites: Install the CLI
This skill drives the visit-detroit-blog-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/binon macOS/Linux and%LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\PrintingPress\binon Windows:npx -y @mvanhorn/printing-press-library install visit-detroit-blog --cli-only - Verify:
visit-detroit-blog-pp-cli --version - Ensure the reported install directory is on
$PATHfor the agent/runtime that will invoke this skill.
If the npx install fails (no Node, offline, etc.), fall back to a direct Go install (requires Go 1.26.6 or newer):
go install github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library/library/travel/visit-detroit-blog/cmd/visit-detroit-blog-pp-cli@latest
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.
When to Use This CLI
Reach for this CLI when an agent or user needs Detroit travel and editorial recommendations grounded in Visit Detroit's official blog: finding articles by neighborhood and topic together, reading full article bodies offline, discovering related reads, or assembling a shareable reading list. It is the right tool for 'what should I do, eat, or see in ' questions and for separating editorial from sponsored content. It is not a hotel/restaurant directory — it is the editorial blog.
When Not to Use This CLI
Do not activate this CLI for requests that require creating, updating, deleting, publishing, commenting, upvoting, inviting, ordering, sending messages, booking, purchasing, or changing remote state. This printed CLI exposes read-only commands for inspection, export, sync, and analysis.
Unique Capabilities
These capabilities aren't available in any other tool for this API.
Queries the website can't express
blogs list— Filter Detroit articles by category AND neighborhood AND date window in one query — the slice the website's single-facet search can't express.Reach for this when a request combines a topic and a place (and optionally recency) — e.g. 'recent dining articles in Corktown' — instead of issuing several single-facet searches and intersecting them by hand.
inside-the-d-pp-cli blogs list --category Dining --region Corktown --since 2026-01-01 --agentblogs related— Find the articles that share the most categories and neighborhoods with a given post, ranked.Use this to chain recommendations — after surfacing one good article, hand the user (or yourself) the next best reads without another keyword search.
inside-the-d-pp-cli blogs related donuts --limit 5 --agentblogs coverage— Cross-tabulate article counts across every category and every neighborhood to see where coverage is dense or thin.Use this to answer 'which neighborhoods have the most Outdoors coverage' or to spot gaps before recommending an under-covered area.
inside-the-d-pp-cli blogs coverage --category Outdoors --agent
Take it with you
blogs reading-list— Materialize an ordered, deduped reading list (markdown/json/csv) from any filter to a file — with an option to drop sponsored posts for a neutral handout.Use this when a person needs to hand a curated, source-stable list to a team or attendee — not a one-off query that disappears when the tab closes.
inside-the-d-pp-cli blogs reading-list --region "Downtown Detroit" --category Culture --no-sponsored --output detroit-culture.md
Command Reference
Run visit-detroit-blog-pp-cli sync once to populate the local store, then:
blogs — browse, read, and analyze articles
visit-detroit-blog-pp-cli blogs list— filter articles across category, neighborhood, and datevisit-detroit-blog-pp-cli blogs get <slug>— read a full article by slug, URI, or idvisit-detroit-blog-pp-cli blogs related <slug>— articles sharing the most categories and neighborhoodsvisit-detroit-blog-pp-cli blogs coverage— category × neighborhood cross-tabvisit-detroit-blog-pp-cli blogs reading-list— export an ordered md/json/csv reading list
Top-level
visit-detroit-blog-pp-cli search <query>— offline ranked full-text searchvisit-detroit-blog-pp-cli categories— list blog categories with article countsvisit-detroit-blog-pp-cli regions— list neighborhoods/regions with article countsvisit-detroit-blog-pp-cli recent— newest articles by post datevisit-detroit-blog-pp-cli sync— pull all articles into the local store
Finding the right command
When you know what you want to do but not which command does it, ask the CLI directly:
visit-detroit-blog-pp-cli which "<capability in your own words>"
which resolves a natural-language capability query to the best matching command from this CLI's curated feature index. Exit code 0 means at least one match; exit code 2 means no confident match — fall back to --help or use a narrower query.
Recipes
Recent dining articles in a neighborhood
visit-detroit-blog-pp-cli blogs list --category Dining --region "Eastern Market" --since 2025-01-01
Cross-axis filter: topic plus place plus recency in one query the site's single-facet search can't run.
Neutral attendee reading list
visit-detroit-blog-pp-cli blogs reading-list --region "Downtown Detroit" --category Culture --no-sponsored --output detroit-culture.md
Builds a stable, sponsored-free markdown reading list to hand to a team — every web search is otherwise ephemeral.
Where is the blog dense vs thin?
visit-detroit-blog-pp-cli blogs coverage --category Outdoors
Cross-tabulates Outdoors coverage by neighborhood — a two-dimensional view Algolia's facet API can't return.
Agent: narrow a large result to high-gravity fields
visit-detroit-blog-pp-cli search "patio season" --agent --select title,uri,snippet --limit 5
Pairs --agent with --select so the agent gets only title, URL, and summary instead of full bodies for every hit — bounded context.
Chain from one good article to the next
visit-detroit-blog-pp-cli blogs related ikea --limit 5 --agent
Returns the most topically and geographically similar posts to an article, as JSON, for follow-up recommendations.
Auth Setup
No authentication required.
Run visit-detroit-blog-pp-cli doctor to verify setup.
Agent Mode
Add --agent to any command. Expands to: --json --compact --no-input --no-color --yes.
Pipeable — JSON on stdout, errors on stderr
Filterable —
--selectkeeps a subset of fields. Dotted paths descend into nested structures; arrays traverse element-wise. Critical for keeping context small on long article bodies:visit-detroit-blog-pp-cli blogs list --agent --select title,url,categoriesPreviewable —
--dry-runshows the request without sendingOffline-friendly — sync/search commands can use the local SQLite store when available
Non-interactive — never prompts, every input is a flag
Read-only — do not use this CLI for create, update, delete, publish, comment, upvote, invite, order, send, or other mutating requests
Output shape
Commands emit a bare JSON array on stdout under --json/--agent or when piped — a single JSON object for single-article commands like blogs get. There is no wrapper envelope, so parse the array directly:
visit-detroit-blog-pp-cli blogs list --category Dining --agent | jq '.[].title'
On an interactive terminal with no machine-format flag (--json, --csv, --compact, --quiet, --plain, --select), output is a human-readable table instead. All article data is read from the local SQLite store, which sync populates from Algolia.
Agent Feedback
When you (or the agent) notice something off about this CLI, record it:
visit-detroit-blog-pp-cli feedback "the --since flag is inclusive but docs say exclusive"
visit-detroit-blog-pp-cli feedback --stdin < notes.txt
visit-detroit-blog-pp-cli feedback list --json --limit 10
Entries are stored locally at ~/.visit-detroit-blog-pp-cli/feedback.jsonl. They are never POSTed unless VISIT_DETROIT_BLOG_FEEDBACK_ENDPOINT is set AND either --send is passed or VISIT_DETROIT_BLOG_FEEDBACK_AUTO_SEND=true. Default behavior is local-only.
Write what surprised you, not a bug report. Short, specific, one line: that is the part that compounds.
Output Delivery
Every command accepts --deliver <sink>. The output goes to the named sink in addition to (or instead of) stdout, so agents can route command results without hand-piping. Three sinks are supported:
| Sink | Effect |
|---|---|
stdout |
Default; write to stdout only |
file:<path> |
Atomically write output to <path> (tmp + rename) |
webhook:<url> |
POST the output body to the URL (application/json or application/x-ndjson when --compact) |
Unknown schemes are refused with a structured error naming the supported set. Webhook failures return non-zero and log the URL + HTTP status on stderr.
Named Profiles
A profile is a saved set of flag values, reused across invocations. Use it when a scheduled agent calls the same command every run with the same configuration - HeyGen's "Beacon" pattern.
visit-detroit-blog-pp-cli profile save briefing --json
visit-detroit-blog-pp-cli --profile briefing blogs
visit-detroit-blog-pp-cli profile list --json
visit-detroit-blog-pp-cli profile show briefing
visit-detroit-blog-pp-cli profile delete briefing --yes
Explicit flags always win over profile values; profile values win over defaults. agent-context lists all available profiles under available_profiles so introspecting agents discover them at runtime.
Exit Codes
| Code | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 0 | Success |
| 2 | Usage error (wrong arguments) |
| 3 | Resource not found |
| 5 | API error (upstream issue) |
| 7 | Rate limited (wait and retry) |
| 10 | Config error |
Argument Parsing
Parse $ARGUMENTS:
- Empty,
help, or--help→ showvisit-detroit-blog-pp-cli --helpoutput - Starts with
install→ ends withmcp→ MCP installation; otherwise → see Prerequisites above - Anything else → Direct Use (execute as CLI command with
--agent)
MCP Server Installation
Install the MCP binary from this CLI's published public-library entry or pre-built release, then register it:
claude mcp add visit-detroit-blog-pp-mcp -- visit-detroit-blog-pp-mcp
Verify: claude mcp list
Direct Use
- Check if installed:
which visit-detroit-blog-pp-cliIf not found, offer to install (see Prerequisites at the top of this skill). - Match the user query to the best command from the Unique Capabilities and Command Reference above.
- Execute with the
--agentflag:visit-detroit-blog-pp-cli <command> [subcommand] [args] --agent - If ambiguous, drill into subcommand help:
visit-detroit-blog-pp-cli <command> --help.