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Facebook Marketplace — Printing Press CLI
Prerequisites: Install the CLI
This skill drives the
facebook-marketplace-pp-cli
binary.
You must verify the CLI is installed before invoking any command from this skill. If it is missing, install it first:
- Install via the Printing Press installer:
bash
npx -y @mvanhorn/printing-press-library install facebook-marketplace --cli-only
- Verify:
facebook-marketplace-pp-cli --version
- Ensure (or ) is on .
If the
install fails (no Node, offline, etc.), fall back to a direct Go install (requires Go 1.26.3 or newer):
bash
go install github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library/library/commerce/facebook-marketplace/cmd/facebook-marketplace-pp-cli@latest
If
reports "command not found" after install, the install step did not put the binary on
. Do not proceed with skill commands until verification succeeds.
When to Use This CLI
Use this CLI for local, human-paced Facebook Marketplace workflows: searching, watching, triaging matches, drafting listings, and replying to seller inbox threads after explicit approval. Avoid using it for bulk automation or cross-platform scraping.
Unique Capabilities
These capabilities aren't available in any other tool for this API.
Seller workflow
-
— Draft a Marketplace title, description, and price suggestion from photos and notes.
Use this when preparing a seller listing before opening a write-gated post flow.
bash
facebook-marketplace-pp-cli draft --photos chair-front.jpg,chair-tag.jpg --notes "walnut dining chair, small scratch on back" --json
-
— Prepare and send a seller inbox reply only when
and doctor gating both pass.
Use this only for human-approved sell-side messaging.
bash
facebook-marketplace-pp-cli reply --thread 1525836598898750 --message "Yes, it is still available." --write --json
Buy-side workflow
-
— Persist a Marketplace search watch with deterministic keyword, price, and distance filters.
Use this when the agent needs to monitor Marketplace without deciding relevance on every raw result.
bash
facebook-marketplace-pp-cli watch add --name "eames" --query "eames lounge" --max-price 1500 --radius 60 --must-have-keywords "chair,lounge" --json
-
— Show new watch matches after deterministic filtering.
Use this when an agent needs the shortlist worth showing a human buyer.
bash
facebook-marketplace-pp-cli matches --new --json
Local mirror
-
— Find local seller listings older than seven days with no engagement.
Use this when deciding which seller listings need price changes or renewal.
bash
facebook-marketplace-pp-cli stale --days 7 --json
HTTP Transport
This CLI uses Chrome-compatible HTTP transport over HTTP/3 for browser-facing endpoints. It does not require a resident browser process for normal API calls.
Command Reference
composer — Sell-side composer helper operations.
facebook-marketplace-pp-cli composer price_prediction
— Fetch Marketplace composer price prediction.
facebook-marketplace-pp-cli composer root
— Fetch Marketplace listing composer metadata.
facebook-marketplace-pp-cli composer shipping_options
— Fetch calculated shipping options for a draft listing.
inbox — Marketplace inbox and messaging operations.
facebook-marketplace-pp-cli inbox list
— Fetch Marketplace inbox overview.
facebook-marketplace-pp-cli inbox message_seller
— Send a Marketplace seller message.
facebook-marketplace-pp-cli inbox seller_threads
— Fetch Marketplace seller inbox threads.
facebook-marketplace-pp-cli inbox seller_threads_page
— Fetch a page of Marketplace seller inbox threads.
listing — Listing detail and sell-side listing operations.
facebook-marketplace-pp-cli listing change_availability
— Change a Marketplace listing availability state.
facebook-marketplace-pp-cli listing create
— Create a Marketplace listing from a prepared composer payload; pass to upload local photos first.
facebook-marketplace-pp-cli listing delete
— Delete a Marketplace for-sale item.
facebook-marketplace-pp-cli listing get
— Fetch a Marketplace listing detail page payload.
facebook-marketplace-pp-cli listing media
— Fetch Marketplace listing media payload.
facebook-marketplace-pp-cli listing upload-photo
— Upload a local photo and return the Marketplace composer .
marketplace — Marketplace browse and location operations.
facebook-marketplace-pp-cli marketplace browse_feed
— Fetch Marketplace browse feed results.
facebook-marketplace-pp-cli marketplace set_browse_radius
— Set Marketplace browse radius.
facebook-marketplace-pp-cli marketplace set_buy_location
— Set Marketplace buying location.
marketplace_search — Marketplace search operations.
facebook-marketplace-pp-cli marketplace_search
— Search Marketplace listings.
Hand-written commands
facebook-marketplace-pp-cli draft
— AI listing drafter from photos and notes.
facebook-marketplace-pp-cli watch
— Buy-side deterministic watcher commands.
facebook-marketplace-pp-cli matches
— Show watcher matches after deterministic filtering.
facebook-marketplace-pp-cli stale
— Show local listings older than seven days with no engagement.
facebook-marketplace-pp-cli reply
— Write-gated sell-side message reply helper.
Finding the right command
When you know what you want to do but not which command does it, ask the CLI directly:
bash
facebook-marketplace-pp-cli which "<capability in your own words>"
resolves a natural-language capability query to the best matching command from this CLI's curated feature index. Exit code
means at least one match; exit code
means no confident match — fall back to
or use a narrower query.
Recipes
Create a buy-side watch
bash
facebook-marketplace-pp-cli watch add --name "eames" --query "eames lounge" --max-price 1500 --radius 60 --json
Stores deterministic filter criteria locally so future runs can compare new listings.
Draft a seller listing
bash
facebook-marketplace-pp-cli draft --photos chair-front.jpg,chair-tag.jpg --notes "walnut dining chair, small scratch" --json
Produces listing copy before any write-gated Marketplace mutation.
To create with local photos, run
facebook-marketplace-pp-cli doctor
first, then pass
and one or more
flags to
. The CLI uploads each local file, appends the returned
values to
variables.input.data.common.photo_ids
, and then submits the create mutation.
Auth Setup
Run
facebook-marketplace-pp-cli auth login --chrome
while logged in to Facebook in Chrome. The captured browser session is the credential; do not store session material in the Dropbox project workspace.
Run
facebook-marketplace-pp-cli doctor
to verify setup.
Agent Mode
Add
to any command. Expands to:
--json --compact --no-input --no-color --yes
.
-
Pipeable — JSON on stdout, errors on stderr
-
Filterable —
keeps a subset of fields. Dotted paths descend into nested structures; arrays traverse element-wise. Critical for keeping context small on verbose APIs:
bash
facebook-marketplace-pp-cli inbox list --fb-api-req-friendly-name example-resource --agent --select id,name,status
-
Previewable —
shows the request without sending
-
Non-interactive — never prompts, every input is a flag
-
Explicit retries — use
only when an already-existing create should count as success
Agent Feedback
When you (or the agent) notice something off about this CLI, record it:
facebook-marketplace-pp-cli feedback "the --since flag is inclusive but docs say exclusive"
facebook-marketplace-pp-cli feedback --stdin < notes.txt
facebook-marketplace-pp-cli feedback list --json --limit 10
Entries are stored locally at
~/.facebook-marketplace-pp-cli/feedback.jsonl
. They are never POSTed unless
FACEBOOK_MARKET_FEEDBACK_ENDPOINT
is set AND either
is passed or
FACEBOOK_MARKET_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
. 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:
| Sink | Effect |
|---|
| Default; write to stdout only |
| Atomically write output to (tmp + rename) |
| POST the output body to the URL ( or when ) |
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.
facebook-marketplace-pp-cli profile save briefing --json
facebook-marketplace-pp-cli --profile briefing inbox list --fb-api-req-friendly-name example-resource
facebook-marketplace-pp-cli profile list --json
facebook-marketplace-pp-cli profile show briefing
facebook-marketplace-pp-cli profile delete briefing --yes
Explicit flags always win over profile values; profile values win over defaults.
lists all available profiles under
so introspecting agents discover them at runtime.
Exit Codes
| Code | Meaning |
|---|
| 0 | Success |
| 2 | Usage error (wrong arguments) |
| 3 | Resource not found |
| 4 | Authentication required |
| 5 | API error (upstream issue) |
| 7 | Rate limited (wait and retry) |
| 10 | Config error |
Argument Parsing
- Empty, , or → show
facebook-marketplace-pp-cli --help
output
- Starts with → ends with → MCP installation; otherwise → see Prerequisites above
- Anything else → Direct Use (execute as CLI command with )
MCP Server Installation
Install the MCP binary from this CLI's published public-library entry or pre-built release, then register it:
bash
claude mcp add facebook-marketplace-pp-mcp -- facebook-marketplace-pp-mcp
Direct Use
- Check if installed:
which facebook-marketplace-pp-cli
If not found, offer to install (see Prerequisites at the top of this skill).
- Match the user query to the best command from the Unique Capabilities and Command Reference above.
- Execute with the flag:
bash
facebook-marketplace-pp-cli <command> [subcommand] [args] --agent
- If ambiguous, drill into subcommand help:
facebook-marketplace-pp-cli <command> --help
.