| name | pp-fireflies | |||||||||||||||||
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| description | Every Fireflies meeting feature, plus offline search, cross-meeting intelligence, and a local database no other tool... Trigger phrases: `find stale action items from meetings`, `search my meeting transcripts for`, `who talked most in recent meetings`, `sync fireflies meetings`, `use fireflies-pp-cli`, `run fireflies`, `what did we discuss with`. | |||||||||||||||||
| 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 fireflies-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 fireflies --cli-only
- Verify:
fireflies-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/fireflies/cmd/fireflies-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 fireflies-pp-cli when you need to mine your meeting history at scale: finding dropped action items, preparing for calls with full relationship context, tracking sentiment or topic trends over weeks, or searching across thousands of meeting sentences offline. Not a substitute for the Fireflies dashboard for day-to-day recording configuration or notetaking.
These capabilities aren't available in any other tool for this API.
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transcripts search— Full-text search across all synced meeting transcripts without consuming any API quota.Use to find every time a specific topic was mentioned across all meetings without burning rate-limited API calls.
fireflies-pp-cli transcripts search "pricing objection" --agent --select id,title,dateString -
action-items list— Aggregate action items from all meetings in a date range — weekly commitment audit in one command.Use at the end of the week to harvest all commitments made in meetings and push to a TODO file.
fireflies-pp-cli action-items list --from 7 --agent
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transcripts find— Find meetings by participant email, channel name, keyword, or date range — all client-side, no broken API date filters.Use when you need meetings with a specific person or channel — the API's title-based search fails when meeting names don't contain participant names.
fireflies-pp-cli transcripts find --participant danijel.latin@verybigthings.com --from 30 --processed-only --agent
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transcripts status— Show PROCESSED / PROCESSING / FAILED status for recent meetings upfront — know before you fetch.Use when fetching same-day or next-morning meetings — avoids the loop of 'meeting not ready yet' failures.
fireflies-pp-cli transcripts status --since 48h --agent
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topics list— Most frequent topics across all meetings in a date range — what is actually consuming meeting time.Use during quarterly planning to identify recurring themes before deciding where to invest time.
fireflies-pp-cli topics list --from 30 --top 15 --agent
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digest— Aggregate view of all recent meetings: titles, gists, topics, and action items in one structured output.Use at session start or in a morning cron to orient on what happened yesterday before taking action.
fireflies-pp-cli digest --since 24h --agent
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transcripts export— Export a transcript as markdown to a vault directory with auto-generated YYYY-MM-DD_title.md filename.Use after a client meeting to save the formatted transcript directly to the right project folder.
fireflies-pp-cli transcripts export abc123 --vault ~/vaults/VBT/Projects/1_Active/Ryder/transcripts/ --agent
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person timeline— Chronological meeting history with a specific person — topics, action items, and talk ratio per meeting.Use before a QBR or renewal call to reconstruct the full relationship history without reading every transcript.
fireflies-pp-cli person timeline danijel.latin@verybigthings.com --from 90 --agent
sync — Sync API data to local SQLite
fireflies-pp-cli sync— Sync transcripts, channels, and users to local SQLitefireflies-pp-cli sync --full— Full resync from scratchfireflies-pp-cli sync --resources transcripts,channels— Sync specific resources
transcripts — List, search, and manage meeting transcripts
fireflies-pp-cli transcripts list— List transcripts from local storefireflies-pp-cli transcripts get <id>— Get a transcript from local store (or API with --live)fireflies-pp-cli transcripts find— Find by participant, channel, keyword, or datefireflies-pp-cli transcripts search <query>— Offline full-text searchfireflies-pp-cli transcripts recent— Show recently processed transcriptsfireflies-pp-cli transcripts status— Show PROCESSED / PROCESSING / FAILED statusfireflies-pp-cli transcripts pull <id>— Fetch full transcript from API and store locallyfireflies-pp-cli transcripts export <id>— Export as markdown to file or vault pathfireflies-pp-cli transcripts update <id>— Update title or privacyfireflies-pp-cli transcripts share <id>— Share with external email addressesfireflies-pp-cli transcripts delete <id>— Delete a transcript
summary — AI-generated meeting summary
fireflies-pp-cli summary <id>— Get summary (formats: overview, bullets, gist, topics, keywords, actions)
action-items — Extract action items
fireflies-pp-cli action-items get <id>— Action items from a specific transcriptfireflies-pp-cli action-items list— Aggregate action items across a date range
topics — Extract and analyze topics
fireflies-pp-cli topics get <id>— Topics from a specific transcriptfireflies-pp-cli topics list— Most frequent topics across all transcripts
keywords — AI-extracted keywords
fireflies-pp-cli keywords <id>— Keywords for a transcript
speakers — Per-speaker analytics
fireflies-pp-cli speakers <id>— Talk time, word count, filler words, questions per speaker
analytics — Meeting analytics
fireflies-pp-cli analytics team— Team-wide analytics (requires Business+ plan)fireflies-pp-cli analytics meeting <id>— Per-meeting speaker analytics
person — Person-centric views
fireflies-pp-cli person timeline <email-or-name>— Chronological meeting history with a personfireflies-pp-cli person complaints <email-or-name>— Negative-sentiment mentions across meetings
digest — Aggregate meeting briefing
fireflies-pp-cli digest— Summary of all recent meetings in one view
channels — Channel management
fireflies-pp-cli channels <id>— Get a single channel
users — User management
fireflies-pp-cli users— Get user information
When you know what you want to do but not which command does it, ask the CLI directly:
fireflies-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.
fireflies-pp-cli transcripts list --from 24h --agent --select id,title,dateString,duration,summary.gistList yesterday's meetings with one-line AI summaries — no API calls if already synced.
fireflies-pp-cli search "pricing" --from 90d --agent --select id,title,speaker_name,textFull-text search across synced sentences. The --select dotted path drills into nested fields.
fireflies-pp-cli person timeline "Acme" --from 180 --agentChronological view of every meeting where 'Acme' appeared — topics, action items, talk ratios.
fireflies-pp-cli action-items list --from 7 --append ~/vaults/VBT/TODO.mdAggregate action items from all meetings in the last 7 days and append to a markdown TODO file.
fireflies-pp-cli topics list --from 30 --top 15 --agentMost frequent topics across all meetings in the last 30 days — what is actually consuming meeting time.
Requires a Fireflies API key set as FIREFLIES_API_KEY. API access requires a Business plan or higher. Get your key at app.fireflies.ai → Settings → Developer.
Run fireflies-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:fireflies-pp-cli transcripts list --agent --select id,title,dateString,summary.gist
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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:
fireflies-pp-cli feedback "the --since flag is inclusive but docs say exclusive"
fireflies-pp-cli feedback --stdin < notes.txt
fireflies-pp-cli feedback list --json --limit 10
Entries are stored locally at ~/.fireflies-pp-cli/feedback.jsonl. They are never POSTed unless FIREFLIES_FEEDBACK_ENDPOINT is set AND either --send is passed or FIREFLIES_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.
fireflies-pp-cli profile save briefing --json
fireflies-pp-cli --profile briefing transcripts list
fireflies-pp-cli profile list --json
fireflies-pp-cli profile show briefing
fireflies-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→ showfireflies-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/fireflies/cmd/fireflies-pp-mcp@latest
- Register with Claude Code:
claude mcp add fireflies-pp-mcp -- fireflies-pp-mcp
- Verify:
claude mcp list
- Check if installed:
which fireflies-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:fireflies-pp-cli <command> [subcommand] [args] --agent
- If ambiguous, drill into subcommand help:
fireflies-pp-cli <command> --help.