Agent skill · software engineering · mvanhorn
pp-pokeapi
PokéAPI as a fully offline Pokédex with SQL, full-text search, type math, and a damage calculator no other Pokémon tool ships as a CLI. Trigger phrases: `look up a pokemon`, `what beats charizard`, `build a pokemon team`, `type matchup`, `evolution chain`, `use pokeapi`, `run pokeapi-pp-cli`.
Why this skill is useful
Adds a fully offline CLI for PokéAPI with unique SQL queries and capabilities not available in other tools, enabling advanced Pokémon data retrieval and analysis.
What it needs
Requires pokeapi-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
<!-- GENERATED FILE — DO NOT EDIT. This file is a verbatim mirror of library/media-and-entertainment/pokeapi/SKILL.md, regenerated post-merge by tools/generate-skills/. Hand-edits here are silently overwritten on the next regen. Edit the library/ source instead. See the repository agent guide, section "Generated artifacts: registry.json, cli-skills/". --> PokéAPI — Printing Press CLI Prerequisites: Install the CLI This skill drives the pokeapi-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: pokeapi-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 Reach for this CLI when you want a fully-local, fully-queryable Pokédex. It is ideal for agents answering Pokémon questions without spending live API calls, for battle-planning workflows that combine type math and learnset filtering, and for any reverse-search question (find the move, the ability, the form, the requirement) that the live REST surface doesn't natively answer. Skip it for purely image-driven workflows where another tool already handles sprite rendering. 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. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills mvanhorn/pp-pokeapi