Agent skill · software engineering · mvanhorn
pp-anylist
Every AnyList feature in your terminal — plus offline search, store routing, and cron-safe automations no mobile... Trigger phrases: `add to my grocery list`, `what recipes can I make with`, `build my shopping list from meal plan`, `check off items on anylist`, `use anylist`, `run anylist`.
Why this skill is useful
Adds multiple executable commands for grocery and meal planning automation that aren't available in public documentation.
What it needs
Requires anylist-pp-cli installed locally. About 11k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-06. 1,890 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
AnyList — Printing Press CLI Prerequisites: Install the CLI This skill drives the anylist-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: 2. Verify: anylist-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 (no Node, offline, etc.), fall back to a direct Go install (requires Go 1.26.5 or newer). This installs into $GOPATH/bin (default $HOME/go/bin), so add that directory to $PATH instead: 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 Use anylist-pp-cli when you need to automate grocery and meal planning workflows from the shell or in agent pipelines. It excels at cron-based shopping list generation from meal plans, offline recipe search by ingredient or metadata, and store-optimized shopping output. It is the right choice when you need JSON output from AnyList operations for downstream processing with jq, or when you want to build Home Assistant / n8n automations beyond what the basic hacs-anylist integration supports. Unique Capabilities These capabilities aren't available in any other tool for this API. Local state that compounds recipes search --ingredient — Find every recipe that uses a given ingredient instantly — no scrolling, no guessing. Use this when an agent needs to suggest meals from available pantry items without making multiple API calls. recipes filter — Filter your entire recipe library by prep time, rating, serving count, and collection simultaneously. Use this when an agent needs to find recipes that fit a time or quality constraint for meal planning. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills mvanhorn/anylist