pp-recipe-goat

Recipe Goat — Printing Press CLI

Prerequisites: Install the CLI

This skill drives the recipe-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:

   npx -y @mvanhorn/printing-press-library install recipe-goat --cli-only
2. Verify: recipe-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):

go install github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library/library/food-and-dining/recipe-goat/cmd/recipe-goat-pp-cli@latest

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 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.

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

goat — Cross-site recipe ranker

• recipe-goat-pp-cli goat <query> — Fetch candidates across curated recipe sites, then rank by query relevance, rating, review volume, recency, and site trust

search — Recipe title search across curated sites

• recipe-goat-pp-cli search <query> — Search recipe titles across curated sites without fetching the full recipe; use --site, --kid-friendly, --in-season, and --limit to narrow results

recipe — Fetch, open, and inspect recipes

• recipe-goat-pp-cli recipe get <url> — Fetch and render a recipe from its source URL, with optional serving scaling, unit conversion, Markdown/plain output, and USDA nutrition backfill
• recipe-goat-pp-cli recipe open <id> — Open a saved recipe in the default browser
• recipe-goat-pp-cli recipe reviews <id> — Show the review-modification digest placeholder for a saved recipe
• recipe-goat-pp-cli recipe cost <id> — Estimate per-serving cost for a saved recipe

trending — Top recipes on curated recipe sites

• recipe-goat-pp-cli trending — Show recipes currently featured on each site's homepage; use --site and --limit to scope the fan-out

sub — Culinary substitutions

• recipe-goat-pp-cli sub <ingredient> — Look up substitutions for an ingredient, optionally filtered by context or vegan-friendly suggestions

trust — Site trust scores for the ranker

• recipe-goat-pp-cli trust list — List built-in per-site trust scores
• recipe-goat-pp-cli trust set <site> <delta> — Save a local per-site trust adjustment for ranker experimentation

save — Local cookbook capture

• recipe-goat-pp-cli save [url] — Fetch and save one recipe URL, or read URLs from stdin with --stdin; attach local tags with --tags

cookbook — Local cookbook search, tags, and pantry match

• recipe-goat-pp-cli cookbook list — List saved recipes, optionally filtered by tag, site, or author
• recipe-goat-pp-cli cookbook search <query> — Full-text search saved recipes by title and ingredients, with include/exclude ingredient filters
• recipe-goat-pp-cli cookbook match — Find saved recipes you can make from pantry ingredients supplied with --have
• recipe-goat-pp-cli cookbook tag <id> <tag>[,<tag>] — Attach one or more tags to a saved recipe
• recipe-goat-pp-cli cookbook untag <id> <tag> — Remove a tag from a saved recipe
• recipe-goat-pp-cli cookbook remove <id> — Remove a recipe from the local cookbook

tonight — Dinner picker from the local cookbook

• recipe-goat-pp-cli tonight — Pick dinner from saved recipes by max time, recency, dietary filters, tag, and result limit

meal-plan — Meal planning and shopping lists

• recipe-goat-pp-cli meal-plan set <date> <meal> <recipe-id> — Plan a saved recipe for a specific date and meal slot
• recipe-goat-pp-cli meal-plan show — Show planned meals over a date range or current week
• recipe-goat-pp-cli meal-plan remove <date> <meal> — Clear a planned meal slot
• recipe-goat-pp-cli meal-plan shopping-list — Aggregate ingredients across planned meals, optionally grouped by aisle or exported as Markdown, text, or CSV

cook — Cooking session log

• recipe-goat-pp-cli cook log <recipe-id> — Log a cooking session with rating, notes, and optional date
• recipe-goat-pp-cli cook history — List past cooking sessions, optionally filtered by recipe or time window

sync — Local SQLite sync for API-backed resources

• recipe-goat-pp-cli sync — Sync API data to local SQLite for offline search and analysis, with resource, checkpoint, pagination, and concurrency controls

export — Data export

• recipe-goat-pp-cli export <resource> [id] — Export API data as JSONL or JSON for backup, migration, or analysis

import — JSONL import

• recipe-goat-pp-cli import <resource> — Import records from JSONL by issuing API create/upsert calls; use --dry-run to preview without sending

workflow — Compound data workflows

• recipe-goat-pp-cli workflow archive — Sync all supported resources to the local store for offline access and search
• recipe-goat-pp-cli workflow status — Show local archive status and sync state

foods — USDA FoodData Central — ingredient nutrition lookups

• recipe-goat-pp-cli foods get — Get a specific food by FDC ID
• recipe-goat-pp-cli foods list — List foods paginated
• recipe-goat-pp-cli foods search — Search USDA FoodData Central for foods matching a query

Finding the right command

When you know what you want to do but not which command does it, ask the CLI directly:

recipe-goat-pp-cli which "<capability in your own words>"

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.

Auth Setup

Set your API key via environment variable:

export USDA_FDC_API_KEY="<your-key>"

Or persist it in ~/.config/recipe-goat-pp-cli/config.toml.

Run recipe-goat-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:

  recipe-goat-pp-cli foods 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:

{
  "meta": {"source": "live" | "local", "synced_at": "...", "reason": "..."},
  "results": <data>
}

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 — piped/agent consumers get pure JSON on stdout.

Agent Feedback

When you (or the agent) notice something off about this CLI, record it:

recipe-goat-pp-cli feedback "the --since flag is inclusive but docs say exclusive"
recipe-goat-pp-cli feedback --stdin < notes.txt
recipe-goat-pp-cli feedback list --json --limit 10

Entries are stored locally at ~/.recipe-goat-pp-cli/feedback.jsonl. They are never POSTed unless RECIPE_GOAT_FEEDBACK_ENDPOINT is set AND either --send is passed or RECIPE_GOAT_FEEDBACK_AUTO_SEND=true. Default behavior is local-only.

Write what surprised you, not a bug report. Short, specific, one line: that is the part that compounds.

Output Delivery

Every command accepts --deliver <sink>. The output goes to the named sink in addition to (or instead of) stdout, so agents can route command results without hand-piping. Three sinks are supported:

Unknown schemes are refused with a structured error naming the supported set. Webhook failures return non-zero and log the URL + HTTP status on stderr.

Named Profiles

A profile is a saved set of flag values, reused across invocations. Use it when a scheduled agent calls the same command every run with the same configuration - HeyGen's "Beacon" pattern.

recipe-goat-pp-cli profile save briefing --json
recipe-goat-pp-cli --profile briefing foods list
recipe-goat-pp-cli profile list --json
recipe-goat-pp-cli profile show briefing
recipe-goat-pp-cli profile delete briefing --yes

Explicit flags always win over profile values; profile values win over defaults. agent-context lists all available profiles under available_profiles so introspecting agents discover them at runtime.

Exit Codes

Argument Parsing

Parse $ARGUMENTS:

1. Empty, help, or --help → show recipe-goat-pp-cli --help output
2. Starts with install → ends with mcp → MCP installation; otherwise → see Prerequisites above
3. Anything else → Direct Use (execute as CLI command with --agent)

MCP Server Installation

1. Install the MCP server:

   go install github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library/library/other/recipe-goat-pp-cli/cmd/recipe-goat-pp-mcp@latest
2. Register with Claude Code:

   claude mcp add recipe-goat-pp-mcp -- recipe-goat-pp-mcp
3. Verify: claude mcp list

Direct Use

1. Check if installed: which recipe-goat-pp-cli If not found, offer to install (see Prerequisites at the top of this skill).
2. Match the user query to the best command from the Unique Capabilities and Command Reference above.
3. Execute with the --agent flag:

   recipe-goat-pp-cli <command> [subcommand] [args] --agent
4. If ambiguous, drill into subcommand help: recipe-goat-pp-cli <command> --help.