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Printing Press launches CLI library and factory for AI agents

Printing Press released a CLI factory and library for AI agents, featuring over 30 pre-built agent-native CLIs for services like Linear, ESPN, and Google Flights. The factory generates new CLIs for any product via simple commands. Tools run locally, deliver fast performance, and use SQLite backing to address inefficiencies in APIs, MCPs, and official CLIs that waste tokens and developer time.

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Matt Van Horn@mvanhorn

Introducing the Printing Press, a CLI-factory and a CLI-library. Built with @trevin. 🏭🖨📚

Most APIs suck for agents. Most MCPs suck for agents. Most official CLIs suck for agents. They waste tokens and time. @steipete started making his own because of this.

📚 A Library of agent-native CLIs you install today (Linear, ESPN, Flight GOAT (Google Flights + Kayak nonstop), Contact Goat (LinkedIn + Happenstance + Deepline more) +30+ more) 🏭 A factory that prints new ones for any service - just type /printing-press <product name>

CLIs are fast, local, SQLite-backed. Work in Claude Code, Codex, OpenClaw, Hermes.

🌐 https://printingpress.dev

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Garry Tan@garrytan

My OpenClaw/Hermes Agent setup just got way smarter

Matt Van Horn@mvanhorn

Introducing the Printing Press, a CLI-factory and a CLI-library. Built with @trevin. 🏭🖨📚

Most APIs suck for agents. Most MCPs suck for agents. Most official CLIs suck for agents. They waste tokens and time. @steipete started making his own because of this.

📚 A Library of agent-native CLIs you install today (Linear, ESPN, Flight GOAT (Google Flights + Kayak nonstop), Contact Goat (LinkedIn + Happenstance + Deepline more) +30+ more) 🏭 A factory that prints new ones for any service - just type /printing-press <product name>

CLIs are fast, local, SQLite-backed. Work in Claude Code, Codex, OpenClaw, Hermes.

🌐 https://printingpress.dev

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@jason@Jason

my boy MVH is shipping product... great person to follow

Matt Van Horn@mvanhorn

Introducing the Printing Press, a CLI-factory and a CLI-library. Built with @trevin. 🏭🖨📚

Most APIs suck for agents. Most MCPs suck for agents. Most official CLIs suck for agents. They waste tokens and time. @steipete started making his own because of this.

📚 A Library of agent-native CLIs you install today (Linear, ESPN, Flight GOAT (Google Flights + Kayak nonstop), Contact Goat (LinkedIn + Happenstance + Deepline more) +30+ more) 🏭 A factory that prints new ones for any service - just type /printing-press <product name>

CLIs are fast, local, SQLite-backed. Work in Claude Code, Codex, OpenClaw, Hermes.

🌐 https://printingpress.dev

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dotta 📎@dotta

Matt made this cli generator for agents and it's good

Matt Van Horn@mvanhorn

Introducing the Printing Press, a CLI-factory and a CLI-library. Built with @trevin. 🏭🖨📚

Most APIs suck for agents. Most MCPs suck for agents. Most official CLIs suck for agents. They waste tokens and time. @steipete started making his own because of this.

📚 A Library of agent-native CLIs you install today (Linear, ESPN, Flight GOAT (Google Flights + Kayak nonstop), Contact Goat (LinkedIn + Happenstance + Deepline more) +30+ more) 🏭 A factory that prints new ones for any service - just type /printing-press <product name>

CLIs are fast, local, SQLite-backed. Work in Claude Code, Codex, OpenClaw, Hermes.

🌐 https://printingpress.dev

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Dave Morin 🦞@davemorin

More amazing tools from @mvanhorn. Been using these for a month and they are amazing.

Matt Van Horn@mvanhorn

Introducing the Printing Press, a CLI-factory and a CLI-library. Built with @trevin. 🏭🖨📚

Most APIs suck for agents. Most MCPs suck for agents. Most official CLIs suck for agents. They waste tokens and time. @steipete started making his own because of this.

📚 A Library of agent-native CLIs you install today (Linear, ESPN, Flight GOAT (Google Flights + Kayak nonstop), Contact Goat (LinkedIn + Happenstance + Deepline more) +30+ more) 🏭 A factory that prints new ones for any service - just type /printing-press <product name>

CLIs are fast, local, SQLite-backed. Work in Claude Code, Codex, OpenClaw, Hermes.

🌐 https://printingpress.dev

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Matt Van Horn@mvanhorn

📚 Browse the Library: https://github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library 🏭 Print your own: https://github.com/mvanhorn/cli-printing-press 🌐 https://printingpress.dev

Works in: Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, OpenClaw, Hermes.

Built with @trevin. Inspired by @steipete.

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Matt Van Horn@mvanhorn

Introducing flight-goat CLI. Kayak's nonstop search plus sniffed Google Flights, fused into one CLI.

"Non-stop flights over 8 hours from Seattle for 4 people, Dec 24 to Jan 1, cheapest first."

Two sources, one query. Claude Desktop renders the table natively.

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Matt Van Horn@mvanhorn

Contact Goat. LinkedIn + Happenstance + Deepline, fused into one CLI.

"Do I know anyone connected to the new Apple CEO and what's his email?"

Happenstance found my warm connection through @CyrilLabidi . Deepline paid $0.10 to get his email address so I didn't have to bug Cyril.

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Matt Van Horn@mvanhorn

The origin: @steipete started making his own Go CLIs because the official ones weren't good enough for OpenClaw.

discrawl. gogcli. Local SQLite. Compound commands. Agent-native flags. His Google CLI perform better than Google's official one (which came out months later).

We followed his playbook and built a factory that does it for any service.

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Matt Van Horn@mvanhorn

How the Press prints a goat-level CLI for any service:

1. Reads the official API docs 2. Studies every popular community CLI and MCP server for that service 3. Sniffs the web for the APIs nobody published (think Google Flights or Dominos) 4. Applies the power-user playbook Peter Steinberger proved with discrawl and gogcli - local SQLite, compound commands, agent-native flags

Out comes a token-efficient Go CLI plus a Claude Code skill plus an MCP server.

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GREG ISENBERG@gregisenberg

@mvanhorn @trevin @steipete the song goes hard

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Matt Van Horn@mvanhorn

Last one: thank you @trevin.

When I pitched you this crazy idea, your response was "okay, sounds fun, let's go." That's it.

The Printing Press wouldn't have been good without you. 🙏 Also thank you to everyone who's been beating this up over the last few weeks!

Thank you for all the PRs and CLI's! @cathrynlavery @hnshah @rderwin @dinakars777 @adrianhorning08 @pejman @aronprins

Thanks for testing early @garrytan @chrismessina @davemorin @hutchins @Shpigford @jaredmorgenstern @nbashaw @scootklein @huntharo @vincentkoc @giacaglia @patrickhefner @dedene @solydzajs @danielgruneberg @jheitzeb @jptoor @superbiche @pa1ar @kunallanjewar @arno756 @jrman28 @grahac @joeynyc @xuezhaolan @cryppadotta @elkimek @chrisyoungcooks @MorganOnCode @theDakshJaitly @thealejandroreyes @TrentMatthias @JinjingLiang

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Matt Van Horn@mvanhorn

ESPN has no official API. The Press sniffed ESPN for the secret endpoints and printed a CLI around it.

"/pp-espn how many blocks per game has Wemby had in the last 5 games?"

Returns everything in one call. Muscle memory for an agent.

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Matt Van Horn@mvanhorn

Bonus: commissioned a launch song from @NeonSardineO. The Printing Press is now on Spotify.

🎵 https://open.spotify.com/track/6hV6BD7rv21gC5HqHHjkZd?si=ea1466a2f1a24502

Loved their work on the Moltbook song.

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Alex Lieberman@businessbarista

@mvanhorn @trevin @steipete i need you to explain this to me like i'm five but it seems dope af

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Alex Finn@AlexFinn

@mvanhorn @trevin @steipete Pumped about the launch man! Pumped to see you in a minute too!

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Garry Tan@garrytan

@mvanhorn @trevin @steipete Amazing work

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Gary Vaynerchuk@garyvee

@mvanhorn @trevin @steipete Do u even code ?

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Rahul Kumar@hellorahulk

@mvanhorn @trevin @steipete solid breakdown here, saving this for future builds: Introducing the Printing Press, a CLI-factory and a CLI-library. Built with @trevin. https://app.timeln.app/shared/content/7131fc1e-8276-4353-a278-e0cd194cc312

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Barron Roth@iamBarronRoth

@mvanhorn @trevin @steipete this sounds too good to be true

i'm all in

starting with @Fandango CLI

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Ian Sherwood@IanSurewould

@mvanhorn @trevin @steipete I also found this very helpful https://github.com/pproenca/agent-tui

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