Agent skill · writing content · mvanhorn
pp-movie-goat
The movie CLI that combines TMDb's discovery engine with OMDb's multi-source ratings — and ships a SQLite watchlist that flags what's streaming on your services right now. Trigger phrases: `what should I watch tonight`, `where can I stream <title>`, `rate <title>`, `compare <title> and <title>`, `what's <person>'s filmography`, `plan a <franchise> marathon`, `use movie-goat`, `run movie-goat`.
Why this skill is useful
Adds unique commands for streaming availability and multi-source ratings that the AI wouldn't generate on its own.
What it needs
Requires movie-goat-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
Movie Goat — Printing Press CLI Prerequisites: Install the CLI This skill drives the movie-goat-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: movie-goat-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 Movie Goat when an agent needs to answer cinephile questions that require combining streaming availability with multi-source ratings. It is the right choice for tonight-picker scenarios, franchise marathon planning, and rated career timelines. It is not the right choice for box-office tracking, review sentiment analysis, or any workflow that needs LLM-style summaries of plot or reviews. 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. Cinephile rituals tonight — Pick what to watch tonight from trending titles actually streaming on your services. Use this when an agent needs a streaming-filtered shortlist; one call replaces tab-bouncing across TMDb/RT/JustWatch. ratings — TMDb + IMDb + Rotten Tomatoes + Metacritic ratings for any title in one card. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills mvanhorn/movie-goat