War.gov UFO — Printing Press CLI

Prerequisites: Install the CLI

This skill drives the

ufo-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:

Install via the Printing Press installer:

bash

npx -y @mvanhorn/printing-press install ufo-goat --cli-only

Verify:
```
ufo-goat-pp-cli --version
```
Ensure
```
$GOPATH/bin
```
(or
```
$HOME/go/bin
```
) is on
```
$PATH
```
.

If the

npx

install fails (no Node, offline, etc.), fall back to a direct Go install (requires Go 1.23+):

bash

go install github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library/library/other/ufo-goat/cmd/ufo-goat-pp-cli@latest

--version

reports "command not found" after install, the install step did not put the binary on

$PATH

. Do not proceed with skill commands until verification succeeds.

The first CLI for the War.gov/UFO declassified files portal. Search across all four agencies (DoW, FBI, NASA, State), download files with resume support, track new release tranches, and discover video-PDF pairings — all from a single binary with offline SQLite storage.

When to Use This CLI

Use this CLI when you need to browse, search, or download declassified UAP files from the War.gov PURSUE archive. Ideal for researchers tracking new releases, journalists investigating specific incidents, or agents that need structured access to government UFO data.

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.

Unique Capabilities

These capabilities aren't available in any other tool for this API.

Local state that compounds

sync
— Automatically detect and fetch new file tranches as the government releases them on a rolling basis
Agents monitoring the PURSUE release schedule get notified of new files without manual checking
bash
```
ufo-goat-pp-cli sync
```
new
— See exactly which files were added since your last sync — the 'what did I miss' command for rolling releases
When an agent needs to check for new declassified files without re-scanning the entire archive
bash
```
ufo-goat-pp-cli new --since 7d
```

Cross-agency intelligence

timeline
— View a chronological incident timeline spanning 1944-2025 across all four agencies
Researchers need to see the full picture: FBI case from 1947 next to a DoW mission report from 2024
bash
```
ufo-goat-pp-cli timeline --after 1960 --before 1970
```
pairs
— Find video-PDF pairings so researchers can locate the document that accompanies a video and vice versa
41 videos have paired documents — this command surfaces the connections instantly
bash
```
ufo-goat-pp-cli pairs --agent
```
agencies
— See which agency contributed what: file counts, types, date ranges, and coverage analysis
Quick answer to 'what did the FBI release vs NASA vs DoW'
bash
```
ufo-goat-pp-cli agencies --json --select name,file_count,types
```
locations
— Aggregate incidents by geographic location for mapping and spatial analysis
25 incidents in Western US, 12 in Syria, 9 on the Moon — spatial patterns emerge from aggregation
bash
```
ufo-goat-pp-cli locations --json
```

Agent-native plumbing

download
— Download files with resume support, verification, and progress tracking for the 2.3 GB archive
The archive is 2.3 GB of PDFs alone — agents need reliable batch downloads with state tracking
bash
```
ufo-goat-pp-cli download --agency FBI --resume
```

Command Reference

agencies — Government agencies contributing to the PURSUE release

```
ufo-goat-pp-cli agencies
```
— List all contributing agencies with file counts

files — Declassified UAP files (PDFs, videos, images) from FBI, DoD, NASA, State Department

```
ufo-goat-pp-cli files get
```
— Get details of a specific file
```
ufo-goat-pp-cli files list
```
— List all declassified UAP files
```
ufo-goat-pp-cli files search
```
— Full-text search across file titles, descriptions, and locations

Finding the right command

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

bash

ufo-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

means at least one match; exit code

means no confident match — fall back to

--help

or use a narrower query.

Recipes

Find all Moon incidents

bash

ufo-goat-pp-cli files list --location Moon --json --select title,agency,incident_date

Surfaces Apollo-era lunar UAP observations from NASA files

Download all FBI files

bash

ufo-goat-pp-cli download --agency FBI --resume

Batch download with resume support for the 56 FBI contributions

Cross-agency timeline for the 1960s

bash

ufo-goat-pp-cli timeline --after 1960 --before 1970 --agent

See incidents across all agencies during the peak UFO era

Find video-document pairs

bash

ufo-goat-pp-cli pairs --json --select video_title,pdf_title,agency

Discover which videos have accompanying PDF reports

Track new releases

bash

ufo-goat-pp-cli sync && ufo-goat-pp-cli new

Fetch latest manifest and see what's been added since last check

Auth Setup

No authentication required.

Run

ufo-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:
bash
```
ufo-goat-pp-cli agencies --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:

json

{
  "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:

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

Entries are stored locally at

~/.ufo-goat-pp-cli/feedback.jsonl

. They are never POSTed unless

UFO_FEEDBACK_ENDPOINT

is set AND either

--send

is passed or

UFO_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:

Sink	Effect
`stdout`	Default; write to stdout only
`file:<path>`	Atomically write output to `<path>` (tmp + rename)
`webhook:<url>`	POST the output body to the URL ( `application/json` or `application/x-ndjson` when `--compact` )

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.

ufo-goat-pp-cli profile save briefing --json
ufo-goat-pp-cli --profile briefing agencies
ufo-goat-pp-cli profile list --json
ufo-goat-pp-cli profile show briefing
ufo-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

Code	Meaning
0	Success
2	Usage error (wrong arguments)
3	Resource not found
5	API error (upstream issue)
7	Rate limited (wait and retry)
10	Config error

Argument Parsing

Parse

$ARGUMENTS

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

MCP Server Installation

Install the MCP server:

bash

go install github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library/library/other/ufo-goat/cmd/ufo-goat-pp-mcp@latest

bash

claude mcp add ufo-goat-pp-mcp -- ufo-goat-pp-mcp

Verify:
```
claude mcp list
```

Direct Use

Check if installed:
```
which ufo-goat-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

--agent

flag:

bash

ufo-goat-pp-cli <command> [subcommand] [args] --agent

If ambiguous, drill into subcommand help:
```
ufo-goat-pp-cli <command> --help
```
.

pp-ufo-goat

NPX Install

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SKILL.md Content

War.gov UFO — Printing Press CLI

Prerequisites: Install the CLI

When to Use This CLI

When Not to Use This CLI

Unique Capabilities

Local state that compounds

Cross-agency intelligence

Agent-native plumbing

Command Reference

Finding the right command

Recipes

Find all Moon incidents

Download all FBI files

Cross-agency timeline for the 1960s

Find video-document pairs

Track new releases

Auth Setup

Agent Mode

Response envelope

Agent Feedback

Output Delivery

Named Profiles

Exit Codes

Argument Parsing

MCP Server Installation

Direct Use