# AGENTS.md - National Vulnerability Database CLI

You are being asked to install or use the National Vulnerability Database CLI from the Printing Press library.

## What it is

nvd-pp-cli is an agent-native command line tool for National Vulnerability Database. The NVD is the U.S. government repository of standards-based vulnerability management data.
It is a single Go binary that ships with an agent skill, and it installs with one command.

## Install

Recommended (installs the binary and the agent skill):

    npx -y @mvanhorn/printing-press-library install nvd

Hermes:

    hermes skills install mvanhorn/printing-press-library/cli-skills/pp-nvd --force

OpenClaw:

    clawhub install printing-press-library/nvd

## MCP server

This CLI ships an MCP server (nvd-pp-mcp) with 2 tools. Point any MCP client at it, including Claude Desktop.

## After install

Call nvd-pp-cli from the shell, or use the /pp-nvd skill inside an agent.
Run nvd-pp-cli --help to list commands.

## Links

- Documentation: https://printingpress.dev/documentation/nvd
- Library page: https://printingpress.dev/library/developer-tools/nvd
- This file: https://printingpress.dev/documentation/nvd/agents.md