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SRAM AXS CLI for bikes, components, registrations, ride activities, and synced component-summary analytics. Trigger phrases: `list my SRAM components`, `register a SRAM component`, `show my AXS garage`, `my recent AXS rides`, `use axs`, `run axs`.

Overview

Publishermvanhorn
Repositoryprinting-press-library
Skill namepp-axs
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  • Markdown instructions

    A SKILL.md file the model loads on demand, so it only costs tokens when a request actually matches.

  • Works with any LLM

    AI skills are plain Markdown, not provider-specific code, so this works with GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, or a local model.

  • Self-contained

    Everything the model needs lives in the instructions — no extra files to sync.

  • Open source

    Published by mvanhorn on GitHub. Read the source before you install it.

Installation

Install the Pp Axs AI skill in TypingMind to use it with any LLM, or drop it into another agent that reads SKILL.md.

1

Install in TypingMind

TypingMind installs a skill straight from its GitHub folder — it reads SKILL.md, bundles the resource files, and stores the result locally.

  1. Open the app and go to Plugins → Skills.
  2. Choose "Install from GitHub".
  3. Paste the skill folder URL below and confirm.
  4. Enable the skill in any chat where you want it available.
Plugins → Skills → Add skill → From GitHub URL, then paste the folder URL and press Continue.
2

Install in another agent

Any agent that reads the Agent Skills format can use this skill — copy the folder into that agent's skills directory.

Claude Code — .claude/skills
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library.git /tmp/printing-press-library
mkdir -p .claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/printing-press-library/cli-skills/pp-axs .claude/skills/pp-axs
Restart Claude Code after copying so it picks up the new skill.

Use it in TypingMind

Enable Pp Axs in any TypingMind chat and the model takes it from there. Its name and description sit in the system prompt, and the moment a request matches, the model loads the full instructions itself — you never invoke it by hand, and it costs no tokens until it is actually used.

The model loads Pp Axs on its own as soon as a request matches it.

Works with any AI model

AI skills are plain Markdown instructions rather than provider-specific code, so Pp Axs is not tied to the model it was written for. Install it once in TypingMind and use it with GPT-5, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Mistral, Llama, or a local model you run yourself — all on your own API keys.

  • Loaded only when it is needed

    The system prompt carries just the name and description. The instructions are fetched on the first matching request, so an idle skill costs nothing.

  • Switch models mid-chat

    Because the skill is instructions rather than code, changing model does not break it — the next model reads the same SKILL.md.

Skill instructions

This is the SKILL.md content the model loads. Read it before installing — a skill is instructions your model will follow.

SRAM AXS — Printing Press CLI

Prerequisites: Install the CLI

This skill drives the axs-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. It defaults binaries to $HOME/.local/bin on macOS/Linux and %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\PrintingPress\bin on Windows:
    bash
    npx -y @mvanhorn/printing-press-library install axs --cli-only
  2. Verify: axs-pp-cli --version
  3. Ensure the reported install directory is on $PATH for the agent/runtime that will invoke this skill.

If the npx install fails (no Node, offline, etc.), fall back to a direct Go install (requires Go 1.26.4 or newer). This installs into $GOPATH/bin (default $HOME/go/bin), so add that directory to $PATH instead:

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

If --version reports "command not found" after install, the runtime cannot see the binary directory on $PATH. Do not proceed with skill commands until verification succeeds.

SRAM AXS CLI for bikes, components, registrations, ride activities, and synced component-summary analytics.

When to Use This CLI

Reach for this CLI when a rider or agent needs scriptable access to a SRAM AXS account: listing bikes and components, registering parts by serial, checking synced firmware/battery status, browsing the model catalog, reviewing ride activities, or querying synced data offline.

Anti-triggers

Do not use this CLI for:

  • Do not use this CLI to flash or install firmware; it can report web-visible firmware status only.
  • Do not use it to configure shifting behavior or pair components over BLE — that is a phone-app/Bluetooth task, not an HTTP API task.
  • Do not use it for non-SRAM drivetrains.

Unique Capabilities

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

Synced component-summary views

  • firmware-check — Show the latest synced firmware version per AXS device type.

    Pick this when an agent needs the current synced firmware signal without clicking through every component.

    bash
    axs-pp-cli firmware-check --json
  • battery — Latest synced battery status per AXS device type, including voltage when available.

    Pick this for a quick pre-ride battery signal across synced AXS device types.

    bash
    axs-pp-cli battery --json

Local state that compounds

  • wear — Rank components by synced shift counts, distance, and actuations from component summaries.

    Use to find the most-used drivetrain component for maintenance planning.

    bash
    axs-pp-cli wear --json --select device_type,device_label,shift_count,fd_shift_count,rd_shift_count
  • shifts — Show per-ride front/rear shift counts, chainrings, and cogs from synced component summaries.

    Use for ride-by-ride drivetrain usage analysis without dumping thousands of raw gear samples.

    bash
    axs-pp-cli shifts --totals --json
  • since — Show new ride activities and notifications since your last sync.

    Pick this to catch up on what changed without re-reading everything.

    bash
    axs-pp-cli since 7d

AXS web data joined for agents

  • garage — A tree of every bike with its components and serials in one shot.

    Use as the one-command overview of a rider's whole AXS setup.

    bash
    axs-pp-cli garage

Command Reference

account — Your SRAM account profile and settings

  • axs-pp-cli account accessgroups — Get your public access groups
  • axs-pp-cli account export — Request a data export of your account
  • axs-pp-cli account flags — Get your account feature flags
  • axs-pp-cli account profile — Get your account profile

activities — Your ride activities (telemetry host)

  • axs-pp-cli activities list — List your ride activities
  • axs-pp-cli activities types — List activity types

bikes — Your registered bikes

  • axs-pp-cli bikes get — Get a bike by ID
  • axs-pp-cli bikes list — List your registered bikes

components — Your AXS components (derailleurs, shifters, batteries, dropper posts)

  • axs-pp-cli components get — Get a component by ID
  • axs-pp-cli components list — List your AXS components

devicetypes — Catalog of AXS device types (public, no login required)

  • axs-pp-cli devicetypes — List all AXS device types

linkedids — Linked third-party accounts (Strava, etc.)

  • axs-pp-cli linkedids list — List your linked third-party accounts
  • axs-pp-cli linkedids unlink — Unlink a third-party account

models — Catalog of component models and their firmware versions

  • axs-pp-cli models — List component models and latest firmware versions

notifications — Your notifications inbox

  • axs-pp-cli notifications — List your notifications

products — Product detail lookups

  • axs-pp-cli products <id> — Get product detail by product ID

registrations — Register AXS components by serial number

  • axs-pp-cli registrations — Register a component to your account by serial number

stats — Aggregate account stats (telemetry host)

  • axs-pp-cli stats — Get your aggregate riding stats

summaries — Activity and component usage summaries (telemetry host)

  • axs-pp-cli summaries activities — List per-activity summaries
  • axs-pp-cli summaries components — List component usage summaries (wear, shift counts, distance)

units — Measurement / advanced units catalog

  • axs-pp-cli units — List advanced measurement units

Finding the right command

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

bash
axs-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

Pre-ride charge check

bash
axs-pp-cli battery --json

Lists latest battery_status per synced AXS device type.

Find stale firmware

bash
axs-pp-cli firmware-check --json

Lists latest fw_version per synced AXS device type.

Rank drivetrain use

bash
axs-pp-cli wear --json

Ranks component-summary records by shift-count wear proxy.

Total ride shifts

bash
axs-pp-cli shifts --totals --json

Totals front and rear shifts across synced ride summaries.

Register a part safely

bash
axs-pp-cli registrations create --serial ABC123 --dry-run

Shows the registration request without sending it.

Auth Setup

AXS uses your SRAM account (Auth0). Run axs-pp-cli auth login to sign in with your email and password (handled directly against SRAM's token endpoint — no browser), or paste an access token with axs-pp-cli auth set-token / set SRAM_AXS_TOKEN. The public device-type catalog works with no login.

Run axs-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
    axs-pp-cli activities list --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, and --ignore-missing only when a missing delete target should count as success

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 AND no machine-format flag (--json, --csv, --compact, --quiet, --plain, --select) is set — piped/agent consumers and explicit-format runs get pure JSON on stdout.

Agent Feedback

When you (or the agent) notice something off about this CLI, record it:

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

Entries are stored locally at ~/.local/share/axs-pp-cli/feedback.jsonl. They are never POSTed unless AXS_FEEDBACK_ENDPOINT is set AND either --send is passed or AXS_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:

SinkEffect
stdoutDefault; 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.

axs-pp-cli profile save briefing --json
axs-pp-cli --profile briefing activities list
axs-pp-cli profile list --json
axs-pp-cli profile show briefing
axs-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

CodeMeaning
0Success
2Usage error (wrong arguments)
3Resource not found
4Authentication required
5API error (upstream issue)
7Rate limited (wait and retry)
10Config error

Argument Parsing

Parse $ARGUMENTS:

  1. Empty, help, or --help → show axs-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:
    bash
    go install github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library/library/other/axs/cmd/axs-pp-mcp@latest
  2. Register with Claude Code:
    bash
    claude mcp add axs-pp-mcp -- axs-pp-mcp
  3. Verify: claude mcp list

Direct Use

  1. Check if installed: which axs-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:
    bash
    axs-pp-cli <command> [subcommand] [args] --agent
  4. If ambiguous, drill into subcommand help: axs-pp-cli <command> --help.

Frequently asked questions

What does the Pp Axs AI skill do?

SRAM AXS CLI for bikes, components, registrations, ride activities, and synced component-summary analytics. Trigger phrases: `list my SRAM components`, `register a SRAM component`, `show my AXS garage`, `my recent AXS rides`, `use axs`, `run axs`.

Why use Pp Axs on TypingMind?

Because you install it once and use it with any model. Pp Axs is plain Markdown rather than provider-specific code, so the same skill runs on GPT-5, Claude, Gemini, Grok, or a local model — and you can switch model mid-chat without it breaking. TypingMind runs on your own API keys, so you pay providers directly instead of a per-seat subscription, and your skills and chats stay in your own storage.

How do I install Pp Axs in TypingMind?

Open Plugins → Skills → Install from GitHub in TypingMind and paste https://github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library/tree/main/cli-skills/pp-axs. TypingMind reads its SKILL.md and installs it as a skill you can enable per chat.

Which AI models can use Pp Axs?

Any model you connect in TypingMind. AI skills are plain Markdown instructions rather than provider-specific code, so GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, and local models can all load this skill when a request matches it.

How many AI models can I use with Pp Axs?

As many as you like. As long as a model supports skills, you can use Pp Axs with it — GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Mistral, Llama and more — all on TypingMind with your own API keys.

Is the Pp Axs AI skill free?

Yes. It is published on GitHub by mvanhorn under the Apache-2.0 license. You only pay your own AI provider for the tokens you use.

What are AI skills?

An AI skill is a reusable instruction bundle that teaches an AI model how to do one specific task. It follows the open Agent Skills format: a SKILL.md file with a name and description, plus any scripts, templates or reference files the model may need. The model reads the instructions only when your request matches the skill, so an installed skill costs nothing until it is used.

How are AI skills different from plugins or MCP servers?

A plugin or MCP server gives a model new tools to call — code that runs somewhere and returns a result. An AI skill gives the model knowledge and process instead: how to approach a task, which steps to follow, what good output looks like. Skills are plain Markdown, so they need no server, no API key and no runtime, and they work with any model.

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