# CLI Printing Press

Every API has a secret identity. This finds it, absorbs every feature from every competing tool, then builds the GOAT CLI — designed for AI agents first, with SQLite sync, offline search, and compound insight commands.

Repository: https://github.com/mvanhorn/cli-printing-press
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/cli-printing-press
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: ai-agents, cli, cli-generator, developer-tools, golang, openapi
Last push: 2026-08-26T19:48:11+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 86, longevity 11
- inputs: {"age_days": 163, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 14, "gap_med": 0.0, "n_releases_24m": 97}
- flags: young
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4550, forks 487 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:53.251795+00:00)

## What it is
A Go-based CLI generator that studies official API docs, community CLIs, MCP servers, and undocumented web APIs to produce token-efficient, AI-agent-first command-line tools. Each generated CLI ships with local SQLite sync, offline search, compound insight commands, a Claude Code skill, and an optional MCP server.

## Use cases
- generate a CLI for any REST API from its OpenAPI spec
- build agent-friendly CLIs that minimize token spend for AI coding agents
- query APIs with compound commands the underlying API doesn't natively support
- mirror API data into local SQLite for fast offline queries
- reverse-engineer undocumented web APIs like Google Flights or ESPN
- generate MCP servers and Claude Code skills alongside a CLI
- stitch multiple data sources into a single query

## When to choose
- you want a fast, token-efficient CLI for an API that AI agents can use without reading docs
- you need local SQLite-backed querying with offline search
- you want CLI, MCP server, and agent skills generated together
- the API you need has no official interface and must be sniffed from the web

## When to avoid
- you need a GUI or web interface rather than a command-line tool
- you only need a thin SDK or client library, not a full CLI
- you require guaranteed stability against undocumented APIs that may change without notice
- your project is not Go-based and you need native language bindings

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: cli, developer-tools, agent-framework, mcp, search-engine, api-framework
- domain: developer-tools, apis
- platform: go, cli, cross-platform, windows
- tags: cli-generator, openapi, token-efficient, sqlite-sync, offline-search, mcp-server, claude-code-skills, api-sniffing, agent-native, code-generation, command-line, ai-agents, automation, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- mvanhorn/cli-printing-press (main) score 77
- mvanhorn/printing-press-library (docs) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:53.251795+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:20:05.192731+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mvanhorn/cli-printing-press (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:53.251795+00:00, sha 9e569a7ef549)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.