tenderned

Tenderned CLI

Every Dutch public tender, with the sub-threshold long tail that EU TED never sees, in a local-first CLI you can pipe.

TenderNed is the Dutch national public procurement platform run by PIANOo / Ministerie van EZK. Every Dutch contracting authority must publish above- and below-threshold tender notices here. Above-threshold notices are forwarded to EU TED; the sub-threshold long tail (€40k–€220k) is TenderNed-only.

This CLI covers the unauthenticated TNS publication webservice (search/list/filter publications, document download, contracting-authority directory, RSS feed) and the Basic-auth eForms XML endpoint. Data is CC-0 public domain.

Created by @markvandeven (markvandeven).

Install

The recommended path installs both the tenderned-pp-cli binary and the pp-tenderned agent skill (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, and other agents supported by the upstream skills CLI) in one shot:

npx -y @mvanhorn/printing-press-library install tenderned

For CLI only (no skill):

npx -y @mvanhorn/printing-press-library install tenderned --cli-only

For skill only — installs the skill into the same agents as the default command above, but skips the CLI binary (use this to update or reinstall just the skill):

npx -y @mvanhorn/printing-press-library install tenderned --skill-only

To constrain the skill install to one or more specific agents (repeatable — agent names match the skills CLI):

npx -y @mvanhorn/printing-press-library install tenderned --agent claude-code
npx -y @mvanhorn/printing-press-library install tenderned --agent claude-code --agent codex

Without Node (Go fallback)

If npx isn't available (no Node, offline), install the CLI directly via Go (requires Go 1.26.3 or newer):

go install github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library/library/sales-and-crm/tenderned/cmd/tenderned-pp-cli@latest

This installs the CLI only — no skill.

Pre-built binary

Download a pre-built binary for your platform from the latest release. On macOS, clear the Gatekeeper quarantine: xattr -d com.apple.quarantine <binary>. On Unix, mark it executable: chmod +x <binary>.

Install for Hermes

Install the CLI binary first. The installer writes binaries to a per-user managed bin directory by default: $HOME/.local/bin on macOS/Linux and %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\PrintingPress\bin on Windows.

npx -y @mvanhorn/printing-press-library install tenderned --cli-only

Then install the focused Hermes skill.

From the Hermes CLI:

hermes skills install mvanhorn/printing-press-library/cli-skills/pp-tenderned --force

Inside a Hermes chat session:

/skills install mvanhorn/printing-press-library/cli-skills/pp-tenderned --force

Restart the Hermes session or gateway if the newly installed skill is not visible immediately.

Install for OpenClaw

Install both the CLI binary and the focused OpenClaw skill. The installer defaults binaries to a per-user bin directory ($HOME/.local/bin on macOS/Linux, %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\PrintingPress\bin on Windows):

npx -y @mvanhorn/printing-press-library install tenderned --agent openclaw

Restart the OpenClaw session or gateway if the newly installed skill is not visible immediately.

Use with Claude Desktop

This CLI ships an MCPB bundle — Claude Desktop's standard format for one-click MCP extension installs (no JSON config required).

To install:

1. Download the .mcpb for your platform from the latest release.
2. Double-click the .mcpb file. Claude Desktop opens and walks you through the install.

Requires Claude Desktop 1.0.0 or later. Pre-built bundles ship for macOS Apple Silicon (darwin-arm64) and Windows (amd64, arm64); for other platforms, use the manual config below.

Manual JSON config (advanced)

If you can't use the MCPB bundle (older Claude Desktop, unsupported platform), install the MCP binary and configure it manually.

Install the MCP binary from this CLI's published public-library entry or pre-built release.

Add to your Claude Desktop config (~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tenderned": {
      "command": "tenderned-pp-mcp"
    }
  }
}

Quick Start

1. Install

See Install above.

2. Verify Setup

tenderned-pp-cli doctor

This checks your configuration.

3. Try Your First Command

tenderned-pp-cli buyers list

Usage

Run tenderned-pp-cli --help for the full command reference and flag list.

Commands

buyers

Browse contracting authorities (aanbestedende diensten) — Dutch public buyers

• tenderned-pp-cli buyers get - Fetch one contracting authority by ID
• tenderned-pp-cli buyers list - List Dutch contracting authorities (paginated)

docs

List and download tender documents (bestek, PvE, evaluation criteria, Q&A)

• tenderned-pp-cli docs download - Download all documents for one publication as a zip archive
• tenderned-pp-cli docs get - Download a single document's binary content (PDF/Word/etc.)
• tenderned-pp-cli docs list - List attached documents for one publication

notices

Search, list and fetch tender notices (aankondigingen) from TenderNed — mirrors 'eu-tenders notices' for the Dutch market

• tenderned-pp-cli notices get - Fetch full structured metadata for one publication
• tenderned-pp-cli notices list - Search and list tender publications with rich filters (CPV, dates, buyer, procedure, scope)

Output Formats

# Human-readable table (default in terminal, JSON when piped)
tenderned-pp-cli buyers list

# JSON for scripting and agents
tenderned-pp-cli buyers list --json

# Filter to specific fields
tenderned-pp-cli buyers list --json --select id,name,status

# Dry run — show the request without sending
tenderned-pp-cli buyers list --dry-run

# Agent mode — JSON + compact + no prompts in one flag
tenderned-pp-cli buyers list --agent

Agent Usage

This CLI is designed for AI agent consumption:

• Non-interactive - never prompts, every input is a flag
• Pipeable - --json output to stdout, errors to stderr
• Filterable - --select id,name returns only fields you need
• Previewable - --dry-run shows the request without sending
• Read-only by default - this CLI does not create, update, delete, publish, send, or mutate remote resources
• Offline-friendly - sync/search commands can use the local SQLite store when available
• Agent-safe by default - no colors or formatting unless --human-friendly is set

Exit codes: 0 success, 2 usage error, 3 not found, 5 API error, 7 rate limited, 10 config error.

Health Check

tenderned-pp-cli doctor

Verifies configuration and connectivity to the API.

Configuration

Config file: ~/.config/tenderned-pp-cli/config.toml

Static request headers can be configured under headers; per-command header overrides take precedence.

Troubleshooting

Not found errors (exit code 3)

• Check the resource ID is correct
• Run the list command to see available items

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