--- name: pp-printgoat description: "Search and reliably download 3D-print files across Printables and Thingiverse (plus search Cults3D) — with real resumable downloads and cross-site duplicate detection nothing else has. Trigger phrases: `find me a 3D model for`, `search thingiverse`, `search printables`, `is this STL free anywhere else`, `download this 3d print file`, `3d print file search`, `use printgoat`, `run printgoat`." author: "Nate Olson" license: "Apache-2.0" argument-hint: " [args] | install cli|mcp" allowed-tools: "Read Bash" metadata: openclaw: requires: bins: - printgoat-pp-cli --- # PrintGoat — Printing Press CLI ## Prerequisites: Install the CLI This skill drives the `printgoat-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 `$HOME/.local/bin` on macOS/Linux and `%LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\PrintingPress\bin` on Windows: ```bash npx -y @mvanhorn/printing-press-library install printgoat --cli-only ``` 2. Verify: `printgoat-pp-cli --version` 3. Ensure the reported install directory is on `$PATH` for the agent/runtime that will invoke this skill. If the `npx` install fails before this CLI has a public-library category, install Node or use the category-specific Go fallback after publish. 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. PrintGoat unifies three separate 3D-model communities into one searchable, scriptable tool instead of three browser tabs. It's the only tool that actually resumes interrupted downloads via HTTP byte-range requests rather than just skipping files that already exist by name, and the only one that tells you when the same design is free on one site and paid on another before you download the wrong copy. ## When to Use This CLI Use PrintGoat when searching for a 3D-printable design across multiple communities at once, when you need to know if a paid model has a free equivalent elsewhere, when managing a library of downloaded STL/3MF/G-code files, or when running a batch download job that needs to survive interruption. ## Anti-triggers Do not use this CLI for: - Do not use this for slicing STL/3MF files into G-code — it has no slicer integration. - Do not use this to control a printer or print farm — no OctoPrint/Klipper integration exists. - Do not use this to upload, publish, or cross-post your own designs to these sites — it is a discovery/download tool only. - Do not expect Cults3D file downloads — that source is search/metadata only by the platform's own design. ## Unique Capabilities These capabilities aren't available in any other tool for this API. ### Cross-site intelligence - **`duplicates`** — See instantly when the same design is listed free on one site and paid on another, before you download the wrong one. _Reach for this before downloading anything from a paid Cults3D listing — it tells you if the same file exists free elsewhere._ ```bash printgoat-pp-cli duplicates "gopro mount" --agent ``` - **`feed`** — Follow a designer across all the sites they post to and see new uploads from any of them in one feed. _Check this instead of manually revisiting three separate designer profile pages to see what's new._ ```bash printgoat-pp-cli feed --agent ``` - **`formats gaps`** — Find alternatives when a model only ships in one file format and you need another. _Use when a search result is STL-only and you need 3MF or STEP — this looks for tag-similar alternatives that include the missing format._ ```bash printgoat-pp-cli formats gaps printables:3161 --agent ``` ### Provenance, resume & integrity - **`history diff`** — Know exactly what changed on a model since you last looked — new files, price changes, license changes. _Use this instead of re-fetching a model's full detail when you only need to know what's different since last time._ ```bash printgoat-pp-cli history diff printables:3161 --agent ``` - **`license audit`** — Flag license conflicts across your entire local library against how you actually intend to use the files. _Run this before a commercial print job to catch license conflicts the site's own badge won't warn you about._ ```bash printgoat-pp-cli license audit --library --intent commercial --agent ``` - **`job download`** — Batch-download across all three sites as one crash-safe job that actually resumes from where it stopped. _Use this for any multi-file or multi-source batch pull; it survives crashes and rate-limit backoff without restarting completed files._ ```bash printgoat-pp-cli job resume job-20260721-01 --agent ``` - **`snapshot verify`** — Prove exactly which file version you used for a past print job, even if the upstream model has since changed. _Use this for provenance/reproducibility on any job whose output needs to match a prior run exactly._ ```bash printgoat-pp-cli snapshot verify batch-march-orders --agent ``` - **`library doctor`** — Find orphaned files, missing files, silent duplicates, and remote listings that have been delisted (and can never be re-fetched). _Run periodically to catch link rot before a delisted source becomes unrecoverable if the local copy is ever lost._ ```bash printgoat-pp-cli library doctor --agent ``` ### Print outcome memory - **`similar`** — Re-search for alternatives after a bad print, automatically excluding the model and designer that failed you. _Use after logging a failed print (`log fail`) instead of re-running a generic search that will surface the same bad result again._ ```bash printgoat-pp-cli similar printables:3161 --agent ``` - **`designer stats`** — See your own success/failure rate with a specific designer, pooled across every site they publish on. _Check this before downloading a new model from a designer you've printed before, when site-level popularity counts don't reflect your own experience._ ```bash printgoat-pp-cli designer stats "PrintedSolid" --agent ``` ## HTTP Transport This CLI uses Chrome-compatible HTTP transport for browser-facing endpoints. It does not require a resident browser process for normal API calls. ## Command Reference **categories** — Thingiverse categories - `printgoat-pp-cli categories list` — List top-level categories - `printgoat-pp-cli categories things` — List things in a category **collections** — Thingiverse collections - `printgoat-pp-cli collections get` — Get a collection by ID - `printgoat-pp-cli collections things` — List things in a collection **creations** — Cults3D creations (designs) - `printgoat-pp-cli creations get` — Get a Cults3D creation's detail - `printgoat-pp-cli creations search` — Search Cults3D creations by keyword **models** — Printables 3D models (prints) - `printgoat-pp-cli models ` — Get a Printables model's detail and file listing **search_things** — Search Thingiverse things - `printgoat-pp-cli search-things ` — Search for things by keyword **tags** — Thingiverse tags - `printgoat-pp-cli tags ` — List things with a tag **things** — Thingiverse things (3D models) - `printgoat-pp-cli things categories` — List categories for a thing - `printgoat-pp-cli things files` — List files for a thing - `printgoat-pp-cli things get` — Get a thing by ID - `printgoat-pp-cli things images` — List images for a thing - `printgoat-pp-cli things tags` — List tags for a thing **users** — Thingiverse users - `printgoat-pp-cli users collections` — List a user's collections - `printgoat-pp-cli users get` — Get a user's public profile - `printgoat-pp-cli users things` — List a user's published things ### Finding the right command When you know what you want to do but not which command does it, ask the CLI directly: ```bash printgoat-pp-cli which "" ``` `which` resolves a natural-language capability query to the best matching command from this CLI's curated feature index. Exit code `0` means at least one match; exit code `2` means no confident match — fall back to `--help` or use a narrower query. ## Recipes ### Unified search with narrowed output ```bash printgoat-pp-cli search "cable clip" --agent --select results.name,results.source,results.price,results.license ``` Search results are deeply nested per-source objects; --select trims the response to just the fields an agent needs for a quick comparison. ### Find the cheapest legitimate copy of a design ```bash printgoat-pp-cli duplicates "phone stand" --agent ``` Surfaces the same design across sources with price and license side by side before you commit to a paid download. ### Resume an interrupted batch job ```bash printgoat-pp-cli job resume job-20260721-01 --agent ``` Continues a multi-source download job from its last completed byte offset per file instead of restarting. ### Audit your library before a commercial print run ```bash printgoat-pp-cli license audit --library --intent commercial --agent ``` Flags any locally downloaded file whose license doesn't permit the commercial use you've declared. ## Auth Setup Each source has a different auth story: Printables needs nothing at all (its GraphQL backend works fully anonymously for search and download). Thingiverse requires a free self-registered OAuth2 app token (`auth set-token --source thingiverse`). Cults3D requires your account handle plus a self-service API key via HTTP Basic Auth (`auth set-token --source cults3d`) — and by Cults3D's own design, its API can search and browse but never download other users' files, so Cults3D results are search/metadata only. Run `printgoat-pp-cli doctor` to verify setup. ## Agent Mode Add `--agent` to any command. Expands to: `--json --compact --no-input --no-color --yes`. - **Pipeable** — JSON on stdout, errors on stderr - **Filterable** — `--select` keeps a subset of fields. Dotted paths descend into nested structures; arrays traverse element-wise. Critical for keeping context small on verbose APIs: ```bash printgoat-pp-cli categories list --agent --select id,name,status ``` - **Previewable** — `--dry-run` shows the request without sending - **Offline-friendly** — sync/search commands can use the local SQLite store when available - **Non-interactive** — never prompts, every input is a flag - **Read-only** — do not use this CLI for create, update, delete, publish, comment, upvote, invite, order, send, or other mutating requests ### Response envelope Commands that read from the local store or the API wrap output in a provenance envelope: ```json { "meta": {"source": "live" | "local", "synced_at": "...", "reason": "..."}, "results": } ``` Parse `.results` for data and `.meta.source` to know whether it's live or local. A human-readable `N results (live)` summary is printed to stderr only when stdout is a terminal AND no machine-format flag (`--json`, `--csv`, `--compact`, `--quiet`, `--plain`, `--select`) is set — piped/agent consumers and explicit-format runs get pure JSON on stdout. ## Paths and state Agents should treat the CLI's path resolver as part of the runtime contract: - Use `--home ` for one invocation, or set `PRINTGOAT_HOME=` to relocate all four path kinds under one root. - Use per-kind env vars only when a specific kind must diverge: `PRINTGOAT_CONFIG_DIR`, `PRINTGOAT_DATA_DIR`, `PRINTGOAT_STATE_DIR`, `PRINTGOAT_CACHE_DIR`. - Resolution order is per-kind env var, `--home`, `PRINTGOAT_HOME`, XDG (`XDG_CONFIG_HOME`, `XDG_DATA_HOME`, `XDG_STATE_HOME`, `XDG_CACHE_HOME`), then platform defaults. - `config` contains settings like `config.toml`, profiles, and local download preferences (`download_dir`, `default_formats` via `config set`/`config get`). `data` contains `data.db` (the local SQLite store — downloads ledger, snapshots, print outcomes, followed designers, jobs). `state` contains persisted queries, jobs, and `teach.log`. `cache` contains regenerable HTTP/cache files. - `THINGIVERSE_TOKEN`, `CULTS3D_USERNAME`, and `CULTS3D_API_KEY` always come from the environment and are never read from or written to any file — there is no credential file or auth command in this CLI. - Run `printgoat-pp-cli doctor --fail-on warn` to surface path and credential-location warnings. `agent-context` exposes a schema v4 `paths` block for agents that need the resolved dirs. - For MCP, pass relocation through the MCP host config. The MCP binary does not inherit CLI flags: ```json { "mcpServers": { "printgoat": { "command": "printgoat-pp-mcp", "env": { "PRINTGOAT_HOME": "/srv/printgoat" } } } } ``` Fleet precedence: an inherited per-kind env var overrides an explicit `--home` for that kind. Use `PRINTGOAT_HOME` or per-kind vars as durable fleet levers, and use `--home` only for a single invocation. Relocation is not reversible by unsetting env vars; move files manually before clearing `PRINTGOAT_HOME`, or `doctor` will not find credentials left under the former root. ## Automatic learning This CLI ships a self-capturing learning loop. The CLI does its own bookkeeping: every invocation is journaled locally, a failed flag followed by a corrected retry auto-derives a `flag_alias` candidate, and a `teach` on a query family without a playbook auto-synthesizes a `playbook_candidate` from the session's journal. Your job is judgment only: `recall` first, act on surfaced candidates, `teach` the final answer, `playbook amend` when you observe a correction. You never record failures by hand. ### Step 1: `recall` before any discovery Before list/search/drill commands on a new user question, run: ```bash printgoat-pp-cli recall "" --agent ``` The response envelope: ```json { "query": "...", "normalized": "", "query_entities": ["..."], "found": true | false, "match_score": 0.0, "results": [ { "resource_id": "...", "resource_type": "...", "venue": "...", "confidence": 2, "entity_match": "exact|partial|unknown", "source": "taught|preseed|pattern", "warnings": ["..."] } ], "mismatches": [ /* only when --debug-mismatches */ ], "warnings": [ /* top-level */ ], "candidates": [ { "id": 12, "class": "flag_alias | playbook_candidate", "summary": "...", "sightings": 3, "last_seen": "...", "rationale": "...", "next_action": ["", "printgoat-pp-cli learnings confirm 12"] } ], "playbook": { "query_family": "...", "playbook": { "steps": [ { "cmd": "", "purpose": "..." } ], "entity_slots": ["$ENTITY"], "expected_tool_calls": 3 }, "slots_resolved": { "$ENTITY": { "token": "", "canonical": "" } }, "notes": "" }, "notes": "" } ``` Empty-store short-circuit: if the store has no learnings, playbooks, or candidates yet (recall finds nothing and `learnings list` and `learnings candidates` are both empty), skip recall for the rest of this session instead of taxing every query; resume recall-first once something has been taught. ### Step 2: decision tree Read `candidates`, `playbook`, `notes`, `results[0]`, and warnings in that order: ``` if Candidates present (warnings include "candidates_present"): -> candidates are try-then-confirm, never facts. Follow each candidate's two-step next_action verbatim: run the trial command first, then run `learnings confirm ` only after the trial verified the behavior. Reject a wrong candidate with `learnings reject `. -> NEVER re-teach something recall surfaced as a candidate; confirm or reject that candidate instead of teaching a duplicate. -> candidates ride alongside playbooks and resource hits, not instead of them; continue with the branches below after acting on them. if Playbook present: -> READ Playbook.notes verbatim FIRST (workarounds + gotchas the CLI surface doesn't expose) -> replay Playbook.steps in order, substituting Playbook.slots_resolved entries for the entity slot tokens. If a step's slot is unresolved, fall back to discovery for that step only. -> the Playbook's expected_tool_calls is a budget; if you find yourself running materially more, record the divergence via `printgoat-pp-cli playbook amend` at end-of-session. elif Notes present (no Playbook): -> read Notes verbatim before any discovery step; they carry known gotchas for this query family even when no structured choreography exists yet. elif Found AND Results[0].EntityMatch == "exact" AND Results[0].Confidence >= 2: -> skip discovery; fetch live data for Results[*].ResourceID in parallel elif Found AND Results[0].EntityMatch == "partial": -> candidate hint, NOT a hit; read the resource title to validate before trusting elif (any row in Mismatches[] when --debug-mismatches was passed): -> treat as cold start; the stored learning is for a different entity (different canonical resolved from query_entities) else: // Found == false, no playbook, no notes -> cold start; run discovery normally; teach the answer afterward (Step 4). If the family has no playbook yet, that teach auto-synthesizes a playbook candidate from this session's journal - you do not need to record one by hand. ``` Playbook and Notes are orthogonal to the per-resource path. A recall response can carry both a Playbook AND a `Results[]` hit - use both: the Playbook tells you which choreography to run; the resource hits short-circuit specific steps. Default to skipping `mismatches`; pass `--debug-mismatches` only when investigating cold-start surprises. Candidate judgment details: `learnings confirm ` prints the candidate's full payload before materializing it - check that the printed payload matches the behavior you verified. `learnings reject ` tombstones the derivation signature so the same candidate does not resurface. The envelope carries only the few candidates worth acting on now; `printgoat-pp-cli learnings candidates` lists the full open set. Graceful degradation: if `learnings confirm` is an unknown command, you are driving an older binary - ignore the candidates guidance and follow the rest of the protocol. ### Step 3: always read `warnings` - `low_confidence`: row exists at `confidence<2`. Treat as a hint, not a skip-discovery hit. - `resource_not_in_store`: the local store doesn't have the resource the learning points at. The match validator couldn't classify entities — direct-fetch and re-evaluate. - `cross_alias_match` (per-result): the row was taught under a different alias and matched the live query's canonical via `entity_lookups` (e.g., a "USA" teach satisfying a "United States" recall). Trust the resource_id. - `similar_shape_different_entity:` (top-level): a structurally matching row exists but its canonical entity differs from the live query's. Treated as cold start; the warning carries the conflicting canonical as a hint, but the row is NOT promoted into Results. - `ambiguous_alias` (top-level): a single query entity resolved to multiple canonicals (e.g., "Cards" → Arizona Cardinals + St. Louis Cardinals). Surface the ambiguity from context before committing to a resource. - `candidates_present` (top-le