Pp Ufo Goat — Workflow

Overview

How the pp-ufo-goat skill works, step by step.

Source Workflow

Codex skill workflow.

Step-by-step Workflow

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:

1. Install via the Printing Press installer:

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

2. Verify: ufo-goat-pp-cli --version
3. 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+):

go install github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library/library/other/ufo-goat/cmd/ufo-goat-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.

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

  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

  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

  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

  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'

  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

  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

  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:

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

Recipes

Find all Moon incidents

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

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

Batch download with resume support for the 56 FBI contributions

Cross-agency timeline for the 1960s

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

See incidents across all agencies during the peak UFO era

Find video-document pairs

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

Discover which videos have accompanying PDF reports

Track new releases

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:

  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:

{
  "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:

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

Argument Parsing

Parse $ARGUMENTS:

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

MCP Server Installation

1. Install the MCP server:

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

2. Register with Claude Code:

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

3. Verify: claude mcp list

Direct Use

1. Check if installed: which ufo-goat-pp-cli If not found, offer to install (see Prerequisites at the top of this skill).
2. Match the user query to the best command from the Unique Capabilities and Command Reference above.
3. Execute with the --agent flag:

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

4. If ambiguous, drill into subcommand help: ufo-goat-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-ufo-goat".
• 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 Ufo Goat/workflow.md.
• Obsidian — file rendered with frontmatter + tags.

Usage Examples

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

Source: (none)