| name | pp-fathom | |||||||||||||||||
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| description | Sync your Fathom meetings once, then search, analyze, and act on them forever — offline, at scale, without burning API quota. Trigger phrases: `what did I promise in my calls`, `how often has pricing come up in meetings`, `brief me on my Acme calls`, `which team members are in too many meetings`, `find a meeting where we discussed X`, `search my fathom meetings`, `use fathom`, `run fathom-pp-cli`. | |||||||||||||||||
| author | Nikica Jokic | |||||||||||||||||
| license | Apache-2.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| argument-hint | <command> [args] | install cli|mcp | |||||||||||||||||
| allowed-tools | Read Bash | |||||||||||||||||
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This skill drives the fathom-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. It defaults binaries to
$HOME/.local/binon macOS/Linux and%LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\PrintingPress\binon Windows:npx -y @mvanhorn/printing-press-library install fathom --cli-only
- Verify:
fathom-pp-cli --version - Ensure the reported install directory is on
$PATHfor 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):
go install github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library/library/productivity/fathom/cmd/fathom-pp-cli@latestIf --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.
Use fathom-pp-cli when you need cross-meeting intelligence that the Fathom web UI and MCP servers cannot provide: commiment audits across all calls, topic trend analysis over weeks or months, pre-call account briefs, or pipeline cadence monitoring. Run sync once per day to keep the local store current, then all analysis commands run offline. Not a substitute for the Fathom web UI for reviewing individual recordings or managing your account.
These capabilities aren't available in any other tool for this API.
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commitments— See every open action item you promised across all calls — grouped by meeting, assignee, and date — without opening a single recording.Use when you need a weekly accountability audit of all meeting commitments before a 1:1 or team sync.
fathom-pp-cli commitments --assignee me --since 30d --agent
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topics— Find out how often 'pricing,' 'onboarding,' or any keyword has surfaced in your meetings over the past N weeks — with week-over-week trend.Use before a board meeting or quarterly review to synthesize what themes have been dominating customer calls.
fathom-pp-cli topics --terms pricing,onboarding --weeks 12 --agent
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velocity— Track whether your meeting cadence with a key account is accelerating, stable, or stalling — month by month.Use for pipeline health reviews: a stalling cadence with a key account is an early warning signal before the deal goes cold.
fathom-pp-cli velocity --domain stripe.com --months 6 --agent
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workload— See which team members are spending the most hours in meetings per week and whether the load is worsening.Use in 1:1 prep or team planning to identify who is in 'meeting hell' before assigning more collaborative work.
fathom-pp-cli workload --team Engineering --weeks 4 --threshold 15 --agent
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brief— Get a chronological history of every meeting with a specific person or company — past topics, open action items, last contact date — before you join a call.Use immediately before a customer call to surface prior commitments and context without opening multiple browser tabs.
fathom-pp-cli brief --domain acme.com --agent
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account— View a complete, domain-keyed history with any company: every meeting, topics discussed, action items, and cadence — in one structured output.Use during account reviews, renewal prep, or CRM updates to get a full picture of all interactions with a company.
fathom-pp-cli account --domain notion.so --agent
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stale— Find recordings that were captured but have no transcript, summary, or action items synced — useful for operators debugging pipeline gaps.Use on Monday morning to audit which recordings from last week are missing data before your team needs them.
fathom-pp-cli stale --since 7d --agent
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crm-gaps— Surface CRM-matched meetings where no action items were logged — calls that touched active deals but left no paper trail.Use in RevOps audits to find sales calls where reps talked to prospects but forgot to log next steps in the CRM.
fathom-pp-cli crm-gaps --since 30d --agent
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coverage— Track how reliably a recurring meeting (weekly planning, standup, 1:1) is being recorded over time.Use to verify that mandatory-record meetings are actually being captured before auditing team performance.
fathom-pp-cli coverage --pattern 'Weekly Planning' --weeks 10 --agent
meetings — Meeting recordings with transcripts, summaries, and action items
fathom-pp-cli meetings— List meetings with optional filters and included data
recordings — Individual recording data: transcripts and summaries
fathom-pp-cli recordings get-summary— Get AI-generated meeting summary in markdown formatfathom-pp-cli recordings get-transcript— Get full transcript for a recording with speaker attribution and timestamps
team-members — Members of your teams
fathom-pp-cli team-members— List team members, optionally filtered by team name
teams — Teams your account has access to
fathom-pp-cli teams— List all teams accessible to your account
webhooks — Webhooks for async meeting completion notifications
fathom-pp-cli webhooks create— Create a webhook to receive meeting data on completionfathom-pp-cli webhooks delete— Delete a webhook by ID
When you know what you want to do but not which command does it, ask the CLI directly:
fathom-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.
# Export all synced meetings to JSONL (one record per line)
fathom-pp-cli db export --format jsonl --output ~/fathom-backup.jsonl
# Export as SQLite file
fathom-pp-cli db export --format sqlite --output ~/fathom-backup.db
# Restore on another machine (no API calls, no re-sync needed)
fathom-pp-cli db restore --format jsonl --input ~/fathom-backup.jsonl
fathom-pp-cli db restore --format sqlite --input ~/fathom-backup.dbPure local operation — reads from SQLite, writes to file. Run sync --full once, then export and share. On the new machine: install fathom-pp-cli, set FATHOM_PP_CLI_API_KEY, restore from the file, and all commands work offline immediately.
fathom-pp-cli search "data pipeline clearpack" --limit 5
fathom-pp-cli search "joey action items" --json --select title,date,url,snippetFull-text search across all synced transcripts, summaries, action items, and titles. Returns ranked results with highlighted snippet showing where the term matched. Searches offline — no API quota. Run sync --full first.
fathom-pp-cli brief --domain acme.com --agent --select meetings.title,meetings.date,open_action_itemsPull all history with Acme before joining a call — past topics, open commitments, last meeting date.
fathom-pp-cli commitments --since 7d --agent --select meeting_title,description,assignee.name,completedSurface every action item from last week's calls, grouped by meeting — know what's still open before Monday standup.
fathom-pp-cli topics --terms 'pricing,churn,roadmap' --weeks 12 --agentShow week-over-week frequency of key themes across all customer calls for the past quarter.
fathom-pp-cli velocity --domain acme.com --months 6 --agentSee whether your meeting cadence with Acme has been increasing, flat, or stalling — early warning for deals going cold.
fathom-pp-cli workload --team Engineering --weeks 4 --threshold 15 --agent --select name,weekly_hours,trendFind which engineers are spending over 15h/week in meetings and whether it's getting worse.
Fathom uses an API key passed via the X-Api-Key header. Generate one at fathom.video → User Settings → API Access. Set FATHOM_PP_CLI_API_KEY in your environment, then run doctor to verify.
Run fathom-pp-cli doctor to verify setup.
Add --agent to any command. Expands to: --json --compact --no-input --no-color --yes.
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Pipeable — JSON on stdout, errors on stderr
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Filterable —
--selectkeeps a subset of fields. Dotted paths descend into nested structures; arrays traverse element-wise. Critical for keeping context small on verbose APIs:fathom-pp-cli meetings --agent --select id,name,status
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Previewable —
--dry-runshows the request without sending -
Offline-friendly — sync/search commands can use the local SQLite store when available
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Non-interactive — never prompts, every input is a flag
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Explicit retries — use
--idempotentonly when an already-existing create should count as success, and--ignore-missingonly when a missing delete target should count as success
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.
When you (or the agent) notice something off about this CLI, record it:
fathom-pp-cli feedback "the --since flag is inclusive but docs say exclusive"
fathom-pp-cli feedback --stdin < notes.txt
fathom-pp-cli feedback list --json --limit 10
Entries are stored locally at ~/.fathom-pp-cli/feedback.jsonl. They are never POSTed unless FATHOM_FEEDBACK_ENDPOINT is set AND either --send is passed or FATHOM_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.
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 |
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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.
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.
fathom-pp-cli profile save briefing --json
fathom-pp-cli --profile briefing meetings
fathom-pp-cli profile list --json
fathom-pp-cli profile show briefing
fathom-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.
| Code | Meaning |
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| 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 |
Parse $ARGUMENTS:
- Empty,
help, or--help→ showfathom-pp-cli --helpoutput - Starts with
install→ ends withmcp→ MCP installation; otherwise → see Prerequisites above - Anything else → Direct Use (execute as CLI command with
--agent)
- Install the MCP server:
go install github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library/library/productivity/fathom/cmd/fathom-pp-mcp@latest
- Register with Claude Code:
claude mcp add fathom-pp-mcp -- fathom-pp-mcp
- Verify:
claude mcp list
- Check if installed:
which fathom-pp-cliIf 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
--agentflag:fathom-pp-cli <command> [subcommand] [args] --agent
- If ambiguous, drill into subcommand help:
fathom-pp-cli <command> --help.