SEC EDGAR — Printing Press CLI

Prerequisites: Install the CLI

This skill drives the

sec-edgar-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:

bash

npx -y @mvanhorn/printing-press install sec-edgar --cli-only

Verify:
```
sec-edgar-pp-cli --version
```
Ensure
```
$GOPATH/bin
```
(or
```
$HOME/go/bin
```
) is on
```
$PATH
```
.

If the

npx

install fails (no Node, offline, etc.), fall back to a direct Go install (requires Go 1.26.3 or newer):

bash

go install github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library/library/developer-tools/sec-edgar/cmd/sec-edgar-pp-cli@latest

--version

reports "command not found" after install, the install step did not put the binary on

$PATH

. Do not proceed with skill commands until verification succeeds.

An agent-native CLI for the entire SEC EDGAR surface — data.sec.gov XBRL, efts.sec.gov full-text search, and the live Atom feed. The synced SQLite store enables joins no single SEC endpoint supports: insider-cluster detection across issuers, XBRL peer-group benchmarks by SIC, 13F holdings deltas across quarters, and live filing watches with multi-dimensional filters. All free — SEC provides no API key, just a mandatory User-Agent header.

When to Use This CLI

Pick this CLI when an agent needs to query SEC filings, XBRL financial facts, insider trading (Form 4), or institutional holdings (13F) across many companies or many periods — anything that benefits from a local SQLite store rather than a per-call API roundtrip. For one-off single-filing reads, the typed endpoint mirrors (filings get, facts get) work without sync. For cross-company pivots, insider clustering, peer-group benchmarks, or live filing watches, the transcendence commands turn what would be ten API calls + a Python loop into one CLI invocation.

When Not to Use This CLI

Do not activate this CLI for requests that require creating, updating, deleting, publishing, commenting, upvoting, inviting, ordering, sending messages, booking, purchasing, or changing remote state. This printed CLI exposes read-only commands for inspection, export, sync, and analysis.

Unique Capabilities

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

Local state that compounds

watchlist items
— Across a saved watchlist of CIKs, surface 8-Ks filed in the window grouped by Item code (2.05 restructuring, 5.02 exec change, 4.02 non-reliance).
Equity analysts triage filings by Item code, not by company. Pick this when an agent needs cross-company 8-K filtering by Item.
bash
```
sec-edgar-pp-cli watchlist items --since 30d --item 2.05,5.02,4.02 --cik 0000320193,0000789019,0001652044 --json
```
insider-cluster
— Flag issuers where 3+ distinct insiders filed Form 4 with the same transaction code (open-market buy or sale) within a rolling N-day window.
Clustered insider selling is a textbook forensic signal. Pick this when an agent needs derived signals over raw Form 4 data.
bash
```
sec-edgar-pp-cli insider-cluster --within 5d --min-insiders 3 --code S --since 90d --json
```
industry-bench
— Take an XBRL concept for one reporting period, group by SIC code, and emit percentile statistics (p10/p50/p90) across every public-company filer in that SIC.
Quant researchers and equity analysts need peer-group benchmarks. Pick this when an agent should answer 'how does X compare to its industry peers'.
bash
```
sec-edgar-pp-cli industry-bench --tag us-gaap:Revenues --period CY2024Q4 --sic 7372 --stat p50,p90 --json
```
cross-section
— Pivot a single XBRL concept across an explicit company list and the last N reporting periods. Output as a wide pivot table (one row per company, one column per period).
Comp-set analysis is one of the highest-frequency analyst rituals. Pick this when an agent compares fundamentals across an explicit ticker list.
bash
```
sec-edgar-pp-cli cross-section --tag us-gaap:Revenues --ticker AAPL,MSFT,GOOGL --periods last8 --json
```
holdings delta
— Diff an institutional investor's 13F holdings across two consecutive quarters. Categorize each issuer as ADD / EXIT / INCREASE / DECREASE with share-count delta.
Tracking institutional money flow is a classic factor signal. Pick this when an agent compares a fund's positioning across quarters.
bash
```
sec-edgar-pp-cli holdings delta --filer-cik 0001067983 --period 2024Q4 --vs 2024Q3 --json
```

Agent-native plumbing

watch
— Stream the SEC Atom getcurrent feed with multi-dimensional filtering: form type, 8-K item, CIK watchlist, and keyword regex. Emits one NDJSON line per match.
Agents that monitor for specific filing events should subscribe to this stream rather than polling submissions per CIK.
bash
```
sec-edgar-pp-cli watch --form 8-K --item 2.05 --cik 0000320193,0000789019 --keyword 'going concern' --one-shot --json
```

SEC-specific signals

restatements
— Surface 8-K Item 4.02 (non-reliance on prior financials) plus all 10-K/A and 10-Q/A amendments filed in the window — the textbook accounting-irregularity signal.
Forensic accounting agents look for restatements as a leading indicator of trouble. Pick this when an agent needs accounting-quality signals.
bash
```
sec-edgar-pp-cli restatements --since 90d --json
```
late-filers
— Find issuers that filed an NT 10-K, NT 10-Q, or NT 20-F in the window — the SEC's 'I'm going to miss my reporting deadline' notification.
Late filings are leading indicators of operational or accounting trouble. Pick this when an agent needs to flag at-risk companies.
bash
```
sec-edgar-pp-cli late-filers --since 90d --form 10-K --json
```

Command Reference

companies — Company directory (ticker → CIK → name)

```
sec-edgar-pp-cli companies tickers
```
— Full ticker-to-CIK map for every public-equity issuer with a listed ticker (~10k entries)
```
sec-edgar-pp-cli companies tickers_exchange
```
— Ticker-to-CIK map keyed by exchange (Nasdaq, NYSE, etc.)
```
sec-edgar-pp-cli companies tickers_mf
```
— Mutual fund ticker-to-CIK map (one row per share class)

facts — XBRL financial facts (data.sec.gov)

```
sec-edgar-pp-cli facts company
```
— Get all XBRL facts for a company across every reporting period
```
sec-edgar-pp-cli facts frame
```
— Get one XBRL concept value reported by every public filer for one period (cross-company slice)
```
sec-edgar-pp-cli facts get
```
— Get a single XBRL concept time series for one company (one tag across all of its filings)

submissions — Filer (company) filing history

```
sec-edgar-pp-cli submissions <cik>
```
— Get full submissions history for a filer by 10-digit zero-padded CIK

Finding the right command

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

bash

sec-edgar-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

means at least one match; exit code

means no confident match — fall back to

--help

or use a narrower query.

Recipes

Apple income-statement trend, agent-friendly

bash

sec-edgar-pp-cli facts statement --cik 0000320193 --kind income --periods last8 --agent --select 'facts.us-gaap.Revenues,facts.us-gaap.OperatingIncomeLoss,facts.us-gaap.NetIncomeLoss'

XBRL responses are deeply nested; --select with dotted paths picks only the three concepts the agent needs across the last 8 periods.

Cluster-buying watchlist scan

bash

sec-edgar-pp-cli insider-cluster --within 14d --min-insiders 3 --code P --since 90d --json

Open-market insider buying (Form 4 code P) clustered across 3+ insiders in 14 days, last 90 days. The store-backed JOIN is what makes this one command.

Quarterly comp-set revenue pivot

bash

sec-edgar-pp-cli cross-section --tag us-gaap:Revenues --cik 0000320193,0000789019,0001652044 --periods last8 --json

Apple vs Microsoft vs Alphabet revenue, last 8 quarters, as a single pivot. Both axes constrained — neither edgartools nor the frames endpoint covers this shape.

Watchlist Monday triage

bash

sec-edgar-pp-cli watchlist items --since 30d --item 2.05,5.02,4.02 --cik 0000320193,0000789019,0001652044 --json --agent

Cross-CIK 8-K Item pivot — Maya's exact Monday ritual. The watchlist file is one CIK per line.

Late-filer compliance scan

bash

sec-edgar-pp-cli late-filers --since 60d --form 10-K --json

Surfaces NT 10-K filings (companies that warned they'd miss their reporting deadline). Single SELECT against the local filings table.

Auth Setup

SEC EDGAR requires no API key. Every request must include a User-Agent header naming a human and contact email (e.g. 'Alex Researcher alex@example.com'). Set SEC_EDGAR_USER_AGENT in your environment; the CLI refuses to run without it. The SEC enforces a 10-req/sec rate cap per host; this CLI caps itself at 8 req/sec with jitter.

Run

sec-edgar-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
```
sec-edgar-pp-cli facts get --cik example-value --taxonomy example-value --tag example-value --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
Read-only — do not use this CLI for create, update, delete, publish, comment, upvote, invite, order, send, or other mutating requests

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 — piped/agent consumers get pure JSON on stdout.

Agent Feedback

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

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

Entries are stored locally at

~/.sec-edgar-pp-cli/feedback.jsonl

. They are never POSTed unless

SEC_EDGAR_FEEDBACK_ENDPOINT

is set AND either

--send

is passed or

SEC_EDGAR_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:

Sink	Effect
`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.

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.

sec-edgar-pp-cli profile save briefing --json
sec-edgar-pp-cli --profile briefing facts get --cik example-value --taxonomy example-value --tag example-value
sec-edgar-pp-cli profile list --json
sec-edgar-pp-cli profile show briefing
sec-edgar-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

Code	Meaning
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

Argument Parsing

Parse

$ARGUMENTS

Empty,
help
, or
--help
→ show
```
sec-edgar-pp-cli --help
```
output
Starts with
install
→ ends with
```
mcp
```
→ MCP installation; otherwise → see Prerequisites above
Anything else → Direct Use (execute as CLI command with
```
--agent
```
)

MCP Server Installation

Install the MCP server:

bash

go install github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library/library/developer-tools/sec-edgar/cmd/sec-edgar-pp-mcp@latest

bash

claude mcp add sec-edgar-pp-mcp -- sec-edgar-pp-mcp

Verify:
```
claude mcp list
```

Direct Use

Check if installed:
```
which sec-edgar-pp-cli
```
If 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

--agent

flag:

bash

sec-edgar-pp-cli <command> [subcommand] [args] --agent

If ambiguous, drill into subcommand help:
```
sec-edgar-pp-cli <command> --help
```
.

pp-sec-edgar

NPX Install

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SKILL.md Content

SEC EDGAR — Printing Press CLI

Prerequisites: Install the CLI

When to Use This CLI

When Not to Use This CLI

Unique Capabilities

Local state that compounds

Agent-native plumbing

SEC-specific signals

Command Reference

Finding the right command

Recipes

Apple income-statement trend, agent-friendly

Cluster-buying watchlist scan

Quarterly comp-set revenue pivot

Watchlist Monday triage

Late-filer compliance scan

Auth Setup

Agent Mode

Response envelope

Agent Feedback

Output Delivery

Named Profiles

Exit Codes

Argument Parsing

MCP Server Installation

Direct Use