Agent skill · marketing growth · mvanhorn
pp-craigslist
The local-first Craigslist watcher and triage tool that knows what's a repost, what's a scam, and what just dropped in price. Trigger phrases: `watch craigslist for`, `find new listings on craigslist`, `craigslist deal alert`, `scan craigslist across cities`, `craigslist repost`, `craigslist scam check`, `use craigslist-pp-cli`, `run craigslist-pp`.
Why this skill is useful
Adds specific commands and workflows for monitoring Craigslist listings that the AI wouldn't reliably generate on its own.
What it needs
Requires craigslist-pp-cli installed locally. About 8k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-06. 1,890 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Craigslist — Printing Press CLI Prerequisites: Install the CLI This skill drives the craigslist-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: craigslist-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 1.26.6 or newer): 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 craigslist-pp-cli when you need scriptable, local-first access to Craigslist listings — searching with filters Craigslist's own UI doesn't support (NOT-keyword), watching saved searches across multiple cities and getting alerted only on true new listings, doing price-drift or repost detection on housing, and triaging suspect rentals against cross-city duplicate signals. Best for read-heavy workflows: watching, exporting, comparing, scoring. Posting and account management are out of scope. 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. Compounding watch surface watch run — Periodic poll for a saved search that emits NEW, PRICE-DROP, and SEED events instead of any-listing-I-haven't-seen — so true new listings stand out from edits and reposts. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills mvanhorn/craigslist