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Matt Van Horn · 6K installs

Printing Press Reprint skill
Runs by itself, Printing Press upgrade lands.

Regenerate CLIs after machine upgrades.

Install the Printing Press Reprint skill and make it a habit: follow https://gethabit.dev/skills/mvanhorn/printing-press-reprint.md

  1. 1Copy
  2. 2Paste into Claude Code, Codex or Cursor
  3. 3It runs by itself

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Printing Press Reprint

by Matt Van Horn · 6K installs

The skill

The printing press reprint skill regenerates an existing printed CLI under the current Printing Press, carrying prior research, novel features and patches into the new run.

Only when you ask.

The habit

Regenerate CLIs after machine upgrades.

↻ Runs by itselfPrinting Press upgrade lands

How the habit works.
You don't have to.

Three questionsWhen does it start? How does it check its work? What does it remember?

01

It starts by itself

Printing Press upgrade lands. Runs in Claude Code routine.

  • ↻ Printing Press upgrade lands
  • new cli-printing-press version, or /printing-press-reprint <cli>

02

It checks its work

your choices, clean handoff. If a check fails, it stops.

  • ✓stops if the local copy has newer unpublished work
  • ✓patch count is read from both patch index shapes
  • ✓handoff names research mode reuse or redo

03

It remembers

prior research and patches. The next run reads it first: prior research.json age and recorded patches.

$PRESS_LIBRARY/<slug>/.printing-press-patches/

One run, step by step.
Then it stops.

Stop ruleStops after one CLI handoff per run.

  1. 01

    Resolve presence

    Your agent matches the CLI in registry.json and compares local and public run_id and generated_at.

  2. 02

    Import if needed

    If only the public copy exists, it runs /printing-press-import first.

  3. 03

    Gather prior context

    It finds research.json and fetches patches in either index shape.

  4. 04

    Recommend research

    It shows research age and machine version and asks reuse, redo or show first.

  5. 05

    Offer enrichment

    It reads the prior scorecard and asks about MCP or auth enrichment for weak dimensions.

  6. 06

    Hand off

    It invokes /printing-press with the reason, research mode, enrichment and prior patches.

What it may do.
Nothing more.

Safe by defaultIt writes only in its own folder and asks you before anything goes out.

Is it for you?
Use it when it fits.

Quick checkRead both lists. If the left one sounds like you, the Printing Press Reprint skill helps.

Use it when

  • ✓ A Printing Press upgrade would help a CLI
  • ✓ A published CLI has a known gap
  • ✓ You want prior features re-evaluated

Skip it when

  • – You only need a small code fix
  • – Local work is not yet published

Questions

Printing Press Reprint skill, answered.

When should I polish instead?

For one-off code fixes. Reprint redoes research and the manuscript.

Are prior patches kept?

They are carried into the brief as a watch-list, and regen fails if a recorded file is gone.

How do I install the Printing Press Reprint skill?

Copy the prompt at the top into your agent. It installs the skill from mvanhorn/cli-printing-press and sets up the habit. Or run npx skills add mvanhorn/cli-printing-press --skill printing-press-reprint.

Is the Printing Press Reprint skill free?

Yes. It is published under MIT. Habit is free too.

Printing Press Reprint. Now as a habit.

Install the Printing Press Reprint skill and make it a habit: follow https://gethabit.dev/skills/mvanhorn/printing-press-reprint.md

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Works in

  • Claude Code
  • Codex
  • Cursor
  • ChatGPT
  • Claude app

Made by Matt Van Horn, published under MIT. Habit links to the original and never changes it. Is this your skill?

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