Agent skill · software engineering · mvanhorn
pp-ticketmaster
Every Discovery v2 endpoint plus offline search, multi-venue watchlists, residency dedup, and on-sale tracking no API call exposes. Trigger phrases: `what concerts in <city> this weekend`, `what's playing at <venue>`, `where is <artist> playing`, `presale watch`, `ticketmaster events`, `use ticketmaster`, `run ticketmaster`.
Why this skill is useful
Adds a powerful CLI tool for querying Ticketmaster's Discovery API with unique local storage and aggregation capabilities that aren't available in public documentation.
What it needs
Requires ticketmaster-pp-cli installed locally. About 17k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-06. 1,890 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Ticketmaster — Printing Press CLI Prerequisites: Install the CLI This skill drives the ticketmaster-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: ticketmaster-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). This installs into $GOPATH/bin (default $HOME/go/bin), so add that directory to $PATH instead: 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. ticketmaster-pp-cli is the first single-binary CLI for the Ticketmaster Discovery API. It absorbs the full read-only surface (events, venues, attractions, classifications, suggest) and adds a local SQLite store with FTS search, named watchlists, residency collapse, tour-view with on-sale flags, and markdown briefs — the workflows real users built scripts to handle. When to Use This CLI Reach for this CLI when a user asks 'what's on at <venue/metro>', 'where is <artist> playing', or 'what concerts this weekend'. Best for repeat queries against curated venue/artist watchlists (offline FTS shines here), residency-heavy venues (opera, Broadway, comedy), and agent contexts where compact JSON output keeps token usage low. Skip when checkout/purchase is needed — that requires the Commerce API, which this CLI does not cover. 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. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills mvanhorn/pp-ticketmaster--409796