# AGENTS.md - PodcastIndex CLI

You are being asked to install or use the PodcastIndex CLI from the Printing Press library.

## What it is

podcastindex-pp-cli is an agent-native command line tool for PodcastIndex. The only PodcastIndex tool that is agent-native and works offline: search, resolve, and analyse any podcast from one signed binary with a local mirror you can FTS and SQL.
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 podcastindex

Hermes:

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

OpenClaw:

    clawhub install printing-press-library/podcastindex

## MCP server

This CLI ships an MCP server (podcastindex-pp-mcp) with 52 tools. Point any MCP client at it, including Claude Desktop.

## After install

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

## Links

- Documentation: https://printingpress.dev/documentation/podcastindex
- Library page: https://printingpress.dev/library/media-and-entertainment/podcastindex
- This file: https://printingpress.dev/documentation/podcastindex/agents.md