Pp Steam Web — Workflow

Overview

How the pp-steam-web skill works, step by step.

Source Workflow

Codex skill workflow.

Step-by-step Workflow

Steam Web — Printing Press CLI

Prerequisites: Install the CLI

This skill drives the steam-web-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:

npx -y @mvanhorn/printing-press install steam-web --cli-only

Verify: steam-web-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 1.26.3 or newer):

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

If --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.

Mirrors all 169 documented Steam Web API endpoints (and the undocumented store endpoints every wrapper picks one of) with rate-limit-aware throttling for the post-2025 25 req/s budget. Adds a local SQLite layer with FTS5 over apps, news, and achievements so cross-library queries — next-achievement, friends compare, library audit, achievement-leaderboard — run as one command instead of an N+1 fanout app rewrite. Ships an MCP server with both stdio and HTTP streamable transport plus a code-orchestration pair (steam_web_search + steam_web_execute) so the full surface is reachable without flooding your agent's tool catalog.

When to Use This CLI

Pick this CLI when an agent is asked to query Steam profile, library, achievement, or news data and the question crosses entities — anything joining friends with owned games, achievements with global rarity, or news with a date filter. The local SQLite store turns those questions into one SQL query instead of an N+1 fanout. Every other Steam tool is single-shot read-once; this one compounds. For pure single-endpoint reads (one player's profile, one app's news), the per-endpoint MCP tools work too — but the novel commands are where this CLI earns its weight.

Unique Capabilities

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

Local state that compounds

library audit — Surface never-launched games, paid titles you bounced off in under 2 hours, and where your hours actually went by genre.

Use this when an agent is asked to plan what to play next, justify a refund, or summarize the user's gaming spend.
```
steam-web-pp-cli library audit 76561197960287930 --bounce --json
```
review-velocity — Reviews per day and voted-up share over a rolling window for one app — date-bucket aggregation over the cursor-paginated appreviews stream.

Use this when an agent is asked to track sentiment shifts after a patch, sale, or controversy.
```
steam-web-pp-cli review-velocity 1245620 --window 30d --json
```
news search — FTS5 search across the title and contents of every news post you've synced, optionally scoped by appid or date range.

Use this when an agent is asked to dig up patch notes, devlog mentions, or news around a specific topic across the user's library.
```
steam-web-pp-cli news search 'patch notes' --since 2026-04-01 --json
```
play-trend — Show concurrent-player count over time for one app as a sparkline plus min/max/last over a rolling window — value scales with how often you sample.

Use this when an agent needs to see whether a game's playerbase is growing, falling, or has spiked around an event — sample the count every few hours via cron and the window query becomes meaningful within a week.
```
steam-web-pp-cli play-trend 1245620 --window 7d --json
```

Friend-graph intelligence

friends compare — Rank everyone in your friend list by hours spent in a specific game, with throttled fan-out so you don't trip Steam's 25 req/s budget.

Use this when an agent is asked 'who in my friends has the most hours in <game>' or 'who owns this and never played'.
```
steam-web-pp-cli friends compare 1245620 --my-steamid 76561197960287930 --agent --select results.persona_name,results.playtime_hours
```
library compare — Set operations across two libraries — what's mine-only, what's theirs-only, what's shared with playtime delta.

Use this when an agent is asked 'what games do my friend and I both own' or to plan a co-op session.
```
steam-web-pp-cli library compare 76561197960287930 --my-steamid 76561197960287930 --shared --json
```
currently-playing — Show which friends are in-game right now and what they're playing — one batched API call across the friend list, no fanout.

Use this when an agent is asked 'who is online and playing what' or to power a status panel.
```
steam-web-pp-cli currently-playing --my-steamid 76561197960287930 --json
```
achievement-leaderboard — Rank your friends by achievement completion percentage for one app, throttled fan-out via the same limiter that powers friends compare.

Use this when an agent is asked 'who in my friends is closest to 100% in <game>' or to seed a competitive completion challenge.
```
steam-web-pp-cli achievement-leaderboard 1245620 --my-steamid 76561197960287930 --json
```

Achievement intelligence

next-achievement — Across your entire library, surface the achievement with the highest global unlock percentage that you still don't have.

Use this when an agent is asked 'what should I go unlock next' or to recommend low-effort achievement progress for completionists.
```
steam-web-pp-cli next-achievement --steamid 76561197960287930 --limit 10 --json
```
achievement-hunt — Render the full achievement schema for one app side-by-side with your unlock state and the global rarity of each achievement in one table.

Use this when an agent needs the full unlock landscape for one game to plan a completion run.
```
steam-web-pp-cli achievement-hunt 1245620 --steamid 76561197960287930 --locked --json
```
rare-achievements — Surface your rarest achievement unlocks across all owned games — the inverse of the next-achievement query, sorted by ascending global percentage.

Use this when an agent is asked to summarize what the user is proud of, or to power a profile-flex panel.
```
steam-web-pp-cli rare-achievements --steamid 76561197960287930 --limit 10 --json
```

Command Reference

iauthentication-service — Manage iauthentication service

steam-web-pp-cli iauthentication-service begin-auth-session-via-credentials — BeginAuthSessionViaCredentials operation of IAuthenticationService
steam-web-pp-cli iauthentication-service begin-auth-session-via-qr — BeginAuthSessionViaQR operation of IAuthenticationService
steam-web-pp-cli iauthentication-service get-auth-session-info — GetAuthSessionInfo operation of IAuthenticationService
steam-web-pp-cli iauthentication-service get-auth-session-risk-info — GetAuthSessionRiskInfo operation of IAuthenticationService
steam-web-pp-cli iauthentication-service get-password-rsapublic-key — GetPasswordRSAPublicKey operation of IAuthenticationService
steam-web-pp-cli iauthentication-service notify-risk-quiz-results — NotifyRiskQuizResults operation of IAuthenticationService
steam-web-pp-cli iauthentication-service poll-auth-session-status — PollAuthSessionStatus operation of IAuthenticationService
steam-web-pp-cli iauthentication-service update-auth-session-with-mobile-confirmation — UpdateAuthSessionWithMobileConfirmation operation of IAuthenticationService
steam-web-pp-cli iauthentication-service update-auth-session-with-steam-guard-code — UpdateAuthSessionWithSteamGuardCode operation of IAuthenticationService

ibroadcast-service — Manage ibroadcast service

steam-web-pp-cli ibroadcast-service — PostGameDataFrameRTMP operation of IBroadcastService

icheat-reporting-service — Manage icheat reporting service

steam-web-pp-cli icheat-reporting-service — ReportCheatData operation of ICheatReportingService

iclient-stats-1046930 — Manage iclient stats 1046930

steam-web-pp-cli iclient-stats-1046930 — ReportEvent operation of IClientStats_1046930

icontent-server-config-service — Manage icontent server config service

steam-web-pp-cli icontent-server-config-service get-steam-cache-node-params — GetSteamCacheNodeParams operation of IContentServerConfigService
steam-web-pp-cli icontent-server-config-service set-steam-cache-client-filters — SetSteamCacheClientFilters operation of IContentServerConfigService
steam-web-pp-cli icontent-server-config-service set-steam-cache-performance-stats — SetSteamCachePerformanceStats operation of IContentServerConfigService

icontent-server-directory-service — Manage icontent server directory service

steam-web-pp-cli icontent-server-directory-service get-cdnfor-video — GetCDNForVideo operation of IContentServerDirectoryService
steam-web-pp-cli icontent-server-directory-service get-client-update-hosts — GetClientUpdateHosts operation of IContentServerDirectoryService
steam-web-pp-cli icontent-server-directory-service get-depot-patch-info — GetDepotPatchInfo operation of IContentServerDirectoryService
steam-web-pp-cli icontent-server-directory-service get-servers-for-steam-pipe — GetServersForSteamPipe operation of IContentServerDirectoryService
steam-web-pp-cli icontent-server-directory-service pick-single-content-server — PickSingleContentServer operation of IContentServerDirectoryService

icsgoplayers-730 — Manage icsgoplayers 730

steam-web-pp-cli icsgoplayers-730 — GetNextMatchSharingCode operation of ICSGOPlayers_730

icsgoservers-730 — Manage icsgoservers 730

steam-web-pp-cli icsgoservers-730 get-game-maps-playtime — GetGameMapsPlaytime operation of ICSGOServers_730
steam-web-pp-cli icsgoservers-730 get-game-servers-status — GetGameServersStatus operation of ICSGOServers_730

icsgotournaments-730 — Manage icsgotournaments 730

steam-web-pp-cli icsgotournaments-730 get-tournament-fantasy-lineup — GetTournamentFantasyLineup operation of ICSGOTournaments_730
steam-web-pp-cli icsgotournaments-730 get-tournament-items — GetTournamentItems operation of ICSGOTournaments_730
steam-web-pp-cli icsgotournaments-730 get-tournament-layout — GetTournamentLayout operation of ICSGOTournaments_730
steam-web-pp-cli icsgotournaments-730 get-tournament-predictions — GetTournamentPredictions operation of ICSGOTournaments_730
steam-web-pp-cli icsgotournaments-730 upload-tournament-fantasy-lineup — UploadTournamentFantasyLineup operation of ICSGOTournaments_730
steam-web-pp-cli icsgotournaments-730 upload-tournament-predictions — UploadTournamentPredictions operation of ICSGOTournaments_730

idota2-match-570 — Manage idota2 match 570

steam-web-pp-cli idota2-match-570 get-live-league-games — GetLiveLeagueGames operation of IDOTA2Match_570
steam-web-pp-cli idota2-match-570 get-match-details — GetMatchDetails operation of IDOTA2Match_570
steam-web-pp-cli idota2-match-570 get-match-history — GetMatchHistory operation of IDOTA2Match_570
steam-web-pp-cli idota2-match-570 get-match-history-by-sequence-num — GetMatchHistoryBySequenceNum operation of IDOTA2Match_570
steam-web-pp-cli idota2-match-570 get-team-info-by-team-id — GetTeamInfoByTeamID operation of IDOTA2Match_570
steam-web-pp-cli idota2-match-570 get-top-live-event-game — GetTopLiveEventGame operation of IDOTA2Match_570
steam-web-pp-cli idota2-match-570 get-top-live-game — GetTopLiveGame operation of IDOTA2Match_570
steam-web-pp-cli idota2-match-570 get-top-weekend-tourney-games — GetTopWeekendTourneyGames operation of IDOTA2Match_570
steam-web-pp-cli idota2-match-570 get-tournament-player-stats — GetTournamentPlayerStats operation of IDOTA2Match_570
steam-web-pp-cli idota2-match-570 get-tournament-player-stats-idota2match570 — GetTournamentPlayerStats operation of IDOTA2Match_570

idota2-match-stats-570 — Manage idota2 match stats 570

steam-web-pp-cli idota2-match-stats-570 — GetRealtimeStats operation of IDOTA2MatchStats_570

idota2-stream-system-570 — Manage idota2 stream system 570

steam-web-pp-cli idota2-stream-system-570 — GetBroadcasterInfo operation of IDOTA2StreamSystem_570

idota2-ticket-570 — Manage idota2 ticket 570

steam-web-pp-cli idota2-ticket-570 get-steam-idfor-badge-id — GetSteamIDForBadgeID operation of IDOTA2Ticket_570
steam-web-pp-cli idota2-ticket-570 set-steam-account-purchased — SetSteamAccountPurchased operation of IDOTA2Ticket_570
steam-web-pp-cli idota2-ticket-570 steam-account-valid-for-badge-type — SteamAccountValidForBadgeType operation of IDOTA2Ticket_570

iecon-dota2-570 — Manage iecon dota2 570

steam-web-pp-cli iecon-dota2-570 get-event-stats-for-account — GetEventStatsForAccount operation of IEconDOTA2_570
steam-web-pp-cli iecon-dota2-570 get-heroes — GetHeroes operation of IEconDOTA2_570
steam-web-pp-cli iecon-dota2-570 get-item-creators — GetItemCreators operation of IEconDOTA2_570
steam-web-pp-cli iecon-dota2-570 get-item-workshop-published-file-ids — GetItemWorkshopPublishedFileIDs operation of IEconDOTA2_570
steam-web-pp-cli iecon-dota2-570 get-rarities — GetRarities operation of IEconDOTA2_570
steam-web-pp-cli iecon-dota2-570 get-tournament-prize-pool — GetTournamentPrizePool operation of IEconDOTA2_570

iecon-items-1046930 — Manage iecon items 1046930

steam-web-pp-cli iecon-items-1046930 — GetPlayerItems operation of IEconItems_1046930

iecon-items-1269260 — Manage iecon items 1269260

steam-web-pp-cli iecon-items-1269260 — GetEquippedPlayerItems operation of IEconItems_1269260

iecon-items-440 — Manage iecon items 440

steam-web-pp-cli iecon-items-440 get-player-items — GetPlayerItems operation of IEconItems_440
steam-web-pp-cli iecon-items-440 get-schema — GetSchema operation of IEconItems_440
steam-web-pp-cli iecon-items-440 get-schema-items — GetSchemaItems operation of IEconItems_440
steam-web-pp-cli iecon-items-440 get-schema-overview — GetSchemaOverview operation of IEconItems_440
steam-web-pp-cli iecon-items-440 get-schema-url — GetSchemaURL operation of IEconItems_440
steam-web-pp-cli iecon-items-440 get-store-meta-data — GetStoreMetaData operation of IEconItems_440
steam-web-pp-cli iecon-items-440 get-store-status — GetStoreStatus operation of IEconItems_440

iecon-items-570 — Manage iecon items 570

steam-web-pp-cli iecon-items-570 get-player-items — GetPlayerItems operation of IEconItems_570
steam-web-pp-cli iecon-items-570 get-store-meta-data — GetStoreMetaData operation of IEconItems_570

iecon-items-583950 — Manage iecon items 583950

steam-web-pp-cli iecon-items-583950 — GetEquippedPlayerItems operation of IEconItems_583950

iecon-items-620 — Manage iecon items 620

steam-web-pp-cli iecon-items-620 get-player-items — GetPlayerItems operation of IEconItems_620
steam-web-pp-cli iecon-items-620 get-schema — GetSchema operation of IEconItems_620

iecon-items-730 — Manage iecon items 730

steam-web-pp-cli iecon-items-730 get-player-items — GetPlayerItems operation of IEconItems_730
steam-web-pp-cli iecon-items-730 get-schema — GetSchema operation of IEconItems_730
steam-web-pp-cli iecon-items-730 get-schema-url — GetSchemaURL operation of IEconItems_730
steam-web-pp-cli iecon-items-730 get-store-meta-data — GetStoreMetaData operation of IEconItems_730

iecon-service — Manage iecon service

steam-web-pp-cli iecon-service get-trade-history — GetTradeHistory operation of IEconService
steam-web-pp-cli iecon-service get-trade-hold-durations — GetTradeHoldDurations operation of IEconService
steam-web-pp-cli iecon-service get-trade-offer — GetTradeOffer operation of IEconService
steam-web-pp-cli iecon-service get-trade-offers — GetTradeOffers operation of IEconService
steam-web-pp-cli iecon-service get-trade-offers-summary — GetTradeOffersSummary operation of IEconService
steam-web-pp-cli iecon-service get-trade-status — GetTradeStatus operation of IEconService

igame-notifications-service — Manage igame notifications service

steam-web-pp-cli igame-notifications-service user-create-session — UserCreateSession operation of IGameNotificationsService
steam-web-pp-cli igame-notifications-service user-delete-session — UserDeleteSession operation of IGameNotificationsService
steam-web-pp-cli igame-notifications-service user-update-session — UserUpdateSession operation of IGameNotificationsService

igame-servers-service — Manage igame servers service

steam-web-pp-cli igame-servers-service create-account — CreateAccount operation of IGameServersService
steam-web-pp-cli igame-servers-service delete-account — DeleteAccount operation of IGameServersService
steam-web-pp-cli igame-servers-service get-account-list — GetAccountList operation of IGameServersService
steam-web-pp-cli igame-servers-service get-account-public-info — GetAccountPublicInfo operation of IGameServersService
steam-web-pp-cli igame-servers-service get-server-ips-by-steam-id — GetServerIPsBySteamID operation of IGameServersService
steam-web-pp-cli igame-servers-service get-server-steam-ids-by-ip — GetServerSteamIDsByIP operation of IGameServersService
steam-web-pp-cli igame-servers-service query-by-fake-ip — QueryByFakeIP operation of IGameServersService
steam-web-pp-cli igame-servers-service query-login-token — QueryLoginToken operation of IGameServersService
steam-web-pp-cli igame-servers-service reset-login-token — ResetLoginToken operation of IGameServersService
steam-web-pp-cli igame-servers-service set-memo — SetMemo operation of IGameServersService

igcversion-1046930 — Manage igcversion 1046930

steam-web-pp-cli igcversion-1046930 get-client-version — GetClientVersion operation of IGCVersion_1046930
steam-web-pp-cli igcversion-1046930 get-server-version — GetServerVersion operation of IGCVersion_1046930

igcversion-1269260 — Manage igcversion 1269260

steam-web-pp-cli igcversion-1269260 get-client-version — GetClientVersion operation of IGCVersion_1269260
steam-web-pp-cli igcversion-1269260 get-server-version — GetServerVersion operation of IGCVersion_1269260

igcversion-1422450 — Manage igcversion 1422450

steam-web-pp-cli igcversion-1422450 get-client-version — GetClientVersion operation of IGCVersion_1422450
steam-web-pp-cli igcversion-1422450 get-server-version — GetServerVersion operation of IGCVersion_1422450

igcversion-440 — Manage igcversion 440

steam-web-pp-cli igcversion-440 get-client-version — GetClientVersion operation of IGCVersion_440
steam-web-pp-cli igcversion-440 get-server-version — GetServerVersion operation of IGCVersion_440

igcversion-570 — Manage igcversion 570

steam-web-pp-cli igcversion-570 get-client-version — GetClientVersion operation of IGCVersion_570
steam-web-pp-cli igcversion-570 get-server-version — GetServerVersion operation of IGCVersion_570

igcversion-583950 — Manage igcversion 583950

steam-web-pp-cli igcversion-583950 get-client-version — GetClientVersion operation of IGCVersion_583950
steam-web-pp-cli igcversion-583950 get-server-version — GetServerVersion operation of IGCVersion_583950

igcversion-730 — Manage igcversion 730

steam-web-pp-cli igcversion-730 — GetServerVersion operation of IGCVersion_730

ihelp-request-logs-service — Manage ihelp request logs service

steam-web-pp-cli ihelp-request-logs-service get-application-log-demand — GetApplicationLogDemand operation of IHelpRequestLogsService
steam-web-pp-cli ihelp-request-logs-service upload-user-application-log — UploadUserApplicationLog operation of IHelpRequestLogsService

iinventory-service — Manage iinventory service

steam-web-pp-cli iinventory-service combine-item-stacks — CombineItemStacks operation of IInventoryService
steam-web-pp-cli iinventory-service get-price-sheet — GetPriceSheet operation of IInventoryService
steam-web-pp-cli iinventory-service split-item-stack — SplitItemStack operation of IInventoryService

iplayer-service — Manage iplayer service

steam-web-pp-cli iplayer-service get-badges — GetBadges operation of IPlayerService
steam-web-pp-cli iplayer-service get-community-badge-progress — GetCommunityBadgeProgress operation of IPlayerService
steam-web-pp-cli iplayer-service get-owned-games — GetOwnedGames operation of IPlayerService
steam-web-pp-cli iplayer-service get-recently-played-games — GetRecentlyPlayedGames operation of IPlayerService
steam-web-pp-cli iplayer-service get-steam-level — GetSteamLevel operation of IPlayerService
steam-web-pp-cli iplayer-service is-playing-shared-game — IsPlayingSharedGame operation of IPlayerService
steam-web-pp-cli iplayer-service record-offline-playtime — RecordOfflinePlaytime operation of IPlayerService

iportal2-leaderboards-620 — Manage iportal2 leaderboards 620

steam-web-pp-cli iportal2-leaderboards-620 — GetBucketizedData operation of IPortal2Leaderboards_620

ipublished-file-service — Manage ipublished file service

steam-web-pp-cli ipublished-file-service get-details — GetDetails operation of IPublishedFileService
steam-web-pp-cli ipublished-file-service get-sub-section-data — GetSubSectionData operation of IPublishedFileService
steam-web-pp-cli ipublished-file-service get-user-file-count — GetUserFileCount operation of IPublishedFileService
steam-web-pp-cli ipublished-file-service get-user-files — GetUserFiles operation of IPublishedFileService
steam-web-pp-cli ipublished-file-service get-user-vote-summary — GetUserVoteSummary operation of IPublishedFileService
steam-web-pp-cli ipublished-file-service query-files — QueryFiles operation of IPublishedFileService

isteam-apps — Manage isteam apps

steam-web-pp-cli isteam-apps get-sdrconfig — GetSDRConfig operation of ISteamApps
steam-web-pp-cli isteam-apps get-servers-at-address — GetServersAtAddress operation of ISteamApps
steam-web-pp-cli isteam-apps up-to-date-check — UpToDateCheck operation of ISteamApps

isteam-broadcast — Manage isteam broadcast

steam-web-pp-cli isteam-broadcast player-stats — PlayerStats operation of ISteamBroadcast
steam-web-pp-cli isteam-broadcast viewer-heartbeat — ViewerHeartbeat operation of ISteamBroadcast

isteam-cdn — Manage isteam cdn

steam-web-pp-cli isteam-cdn set-client-filters — SetClientFilters operation of ISteamCDN
steam-web-pp-cli isteam-cdn set-performance-stats — SetPerformanceStats operation of ISteamCDN

isteam-directory — Manage isteam directory

steam-web-pp-cli isteam-directory get-cmlist — GetCMList operation of ISteamDirectory
steam-web-pp-cli isteam-directory get-cmlist-for-connect — GetCMListForConnect operation of ISteamDirectory
steam-web-pp-cli isteam-directory get-steam-pipe-domains — GetSteamPipeDomains operation of ISteamDirectory

isteam-economy — Manage isteam economy

steam-web-pp-cli isteam-economy get-asset-class-info — GetAssetClassInfo operation of ISteamEconomy
steam-web-pp-cli isteam-economy get-asset-prices — GetAssetPrices operation of ISteamEconomy

isteam-news — Manage isteam news

steam-web-pp-cli isteam-news get-news-for-app — GetNewsForApp operation of ISteamNews
steam-web-pp-cli isteam-news get-news-for-app-isteamnews — GetNewsForApp operation of ISteamNews

isteam-remote-storage — Manage isteam remote storage

steam-web-pp-cli isteam-remote-storage get-collection-details — GetCollectionDetails operation of ISteamRemoteStorage
steam-web-pp-cli isteam-remote-storage get-published-file-details — GetPublishedFileDetails operation of ISteamRemoteStorage
steam-web-pp-cli isteam-remote-storage get-ugcfile-details — GetUGCFileDetails operation of ISteamRemoteStorage

isteam-user — Manage isteam user

steam-web-pp-cli isteam-user get-friend-list — GetFriendList operation of ISteamUser
steam-web-pp-cli isteam-user get-player-bans — GetPlayerBans operation of ISteamUser
steam-web-pp-cli isteam-user get-player-summaries — GetPlayerSummaries operation of ISteamUser
steam-web-pp-cli isteam-user get-player-summaries-isteamuser — GetPlayerSummaries operation of ISteamUser
steam-web-pp-cli isteam-user get-user-group-list — GetUserGroupList operation of ISteamUser
steam-web-pp-cli isteam-user resolve-vanity-url — ResolveVanityURL operation of ISteamUser

isteam-user-auth — Manage isteam user auth

steam-web-pp-cli isteam-user-auth — AuthenticateUserTicket operation of ISteamUserAuth

isteam-user-oauth — Manage isteam user oauth

steam-web-pp-cli isteam-user-oauth — GetTokenDetails operation of ISteamUserOAuth

isteam-user-stats — Manage isteam user stats

steam-web-pp-cli isteam-user-stats get-global-achievement-percentages-for-app — GetGlobalAchievementPercentagesForApp operation of ISteamUserStats
steam-web-pp-cli isteam-user-stats get-global-achievement-percentages-for-app-isteamuserstats — GetGlobalAchievementPercentagesForApp operation of ISteamUserStats
steam-web-pp-cli isteam-user-stats get-global-stats-for-game — GetGlobalStatsForGame operation of ISteamUserStats
steam-web-pp-cli isteam-user-stats get-number-of-current-players — GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers operation of ISteamUserStats
steam-web-pp-cli isteam-user-stats get-player-achievements — GetPlayerAchievements operation of ISteamUserStats
steam-web-pp-cli isteam-user-stats get-schema-for-game — GetSchemaForGame operation of ISteamUserStats
steam-web-pp-cli isteam-user-stats get-schema-for-game-isteamuserstats — GetSchemaForGame operation of ISteamUserStats
steam-web-pp-cli isteam-user-stats get-user-stats-for-game — GetUserStatsForGame operation of ISteamUserStats
steam-web-pp-cli isteam-user-stats get-user-stats-for-game-isteamuserstats — GetUserStatsForGame operation of ISteamUserStats

isteam-web-apiutil — Manage isteam web apiutil

steam-web-pp-cli isteam-web-apiutil get-server-info — GetServerInfo operation of ISteamWebAPIUtil
steam-web-pp-cli isteam-web-apiutil get-supported-apilist — GetSupportedAPIList operation of ISteamWebAPIUtil

istore-service — Manage istore service

steam-web-pp-cli istore-service get-app-list — Gets a list of all apps available on the Steam Store
steam-web-pp-cli istore-service get-games-followed — GetGamesFollowed operation of IStoreService
steam-web-pp-cli istore-service get-games-followed-count — GetGamesFollowedCount operation of IStoreService
steam-web-pp-cli istore-service get-recommended-tags-for-user — GetRecommendedTagsForUser operation of IStoreService

itfitems-440 — Manage itfitems 440

steam-web-pp-cli itfitems-440 get-golden-wrenches — GetGoldenWrenches operation of ITFItems_440
steam-web-pp-cli itfitems-440 get-golden-wrenches-itfitems440 — GetGoldenWrenches operation of ITFItems_440

itfpromos-440 — Manage itfpromos 440

steam-web-pp-cli itfpromos-440 get-item-id — GetItemID operation of ITFPromos_440
steam-web-pp-cli itfpromos-440 grant-item — GrantItem operation of ITFPromos_440

itfpromos-620 — Manage itfpromos 620

steam-web-pp-cli itfpromos-620 get-item-id — GetItemID operation of ITFPromos_620
steam-web-pp-cli itfpromos-620 grant-item — GrantItem operation of ITFPromos_620

itfsystem-440 — Manage itfsystem 440

steam-web-pp-cli itfsystem-440 — GetWorldStatus operation of ITFSystem_440

iwishlist-service — Manage iwishlist service

steam-web-pp-cli iwishlist-service get-wishlist — GetWishlist operation of IWishlistService
steam-web-pp-cli iwishlist-service get-wishlist-item-count — GetWishlistItemCount operation of IWishlistService
steam-web-pp-cli iwishlist-service get-wishlist-sorted-filtered — GetWishlistSortedFiltered operation of IWishlistService

Finding the right command

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

steam-web-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 0 means at least one match; exit code 2 means no confident match — fall back to --help or use a narrower query.

Recipes

Find friends who own a game but never played it

steam-web-pp-cli friends compare 1245620 --my-steamid 76561197960287930 --filter owns-zero-hours --agent --select results.persona_name,results.steamid

Throttled fan-out to identify dormant owners — the people most likely to actually play if invited.

Plan a completion run on one game

steam-web-pp-cli achievement-hunt 1245620 --steamid 76561197960287930 --locked --agent --select achievements.display_name,achievements.global_pct

Surfaces every locked achievement plus its global rarity so you can rank effort vs. reward.

Find low-hanging fruit across your whole library

steam-web-pp-cli next-achievement --steamid 76561197960287930 --limit 10 --json

Cross-library SQL — the ten achievements with the highest global unlock rate that you still don't have.

Audit your backlog after a sale

steam-web-pp-cli library audit 76561197960287930 --never-launched --json

Reveals what you bought and didn't open; pairs well with library audit --bounce for the under-2h paid set.

Search your synced news feed for a topic

steam-web-pp-cli news search 'mod support' --since 2026-04-01 --json

FTS5 search over every news post you've synced — useful for tracking when devs ship features you care about across all your owned games.

Auth Setup

Standard Steam Web API key auth: get one at https://steamcommunity.com/dev/apikey and set STEAM_WEB_API_KEY in your environment. The key is sent as a ?key= query parameter on every request. Some endpoints (server time, app list, news) require no auth at all and work without a key. The IAuthenticationService endpoints in the spec are NOT for Web API auth — they implement Steam's interactive QR-code login flow. They remain reachable via the CLI subcommand and the MCP code-orchestration pair for completeness but should not be used as part of normal Web API workflows.

Run steam-web-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:
```
steam-web-pp-cli iauthentication-service begin-auth-session-via-credentials --account-name example-resource --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
Explicit retries — use --idempotent only when an already-existing create should count as success

Response envelope

Commands that read from the local store or the API wrap output in a provenance envelope:

{
  "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:

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

Entries are stored locally at ~/.steam-web-pp-cli/feedback.jsonl. They are never POSTed unless STEAM_WEB_FEEDBACK_ENDPOINT is set AND either --send is passed or STEAM_WEB_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.

steam-web-pp-cli profile save briefing --json
steam-web-pp-cli --profile briefing iauthentication-service begin-auth-session-via-credentials --account-name example-resource
steam-web-pp-cli profile list --json
steam-web-pp-cli profile show briefing
steam-web-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
4	Authentication required
5	API error (upstream issue)
7	Rate limited (wait and retry)
10	Config error

Argument Parsing

Parse $ARGUMENTS:

Empty, help, or --help → show steam-web-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:

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

claude mcp add steam-web-pp-mcp -- steam-web-pp-mcp

Verify: claude mcp list

Direct Use

Check if installed: which steam-web-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:

steam-web-pp-cli <command> [subcommand] [args] --agent

If ambiguous, drill into subcommand help: steam-web-pp-cli <command> --help.

Execution Logic

The skill executes when its trigger fires (slash command, natural-language match, or direct invocation). It reads its references, applies its rules, and produces the documented outputs.

Edge Cases

See the source skill's references/ and scripts/ folders for edge-case handling.

Failure Handling

A skill failure surfaces as a tool error or a partial output; never a silent skip. Re-run with --verbose (where applicable) for diagnostics.

Integration Notes

Claude — invoked via the Skill tool with skill: "pp-steam-web".
Codex — referenced from AGENTS.md if mirrored.
Antigravity — referenced from the workspace agent rules if mirrored.
HQ Project — listed on the landing page Skills section + post-login sidebar.
MD Project (md.sgnk.ai) — file rendered from Skills/Pp Steam Web/workflow.md.
Obsidian — file rendered with frontmatter + tags.

Usage Examples

Invoke via slash command or natural language matching the skill description.

Source: (none)