Agent skill · mvanhorn
pp-fec
Printing Press CLI for Fec. This application programming interface (API)
What it needs
About 10k tokens when loaded.
What this skill does
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How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills mvanhorn/pp-fec