recreation.gov availability search

v1.0.0

Check campsite availability on recreation.gov for federal campgrounds (National Parks, USFS, BLM). Requires campground ID(s) — get from ridb-search or recreation.gov URLs.

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Purpose & Capability
Name and description match the included code and SKILL.md. The script only calls recreation.gov public API endpoints and optionally references a local ridb-search helper; there are no unrelated services, credentials, or binaries requested.
Instruction Scope
SKILL.md instructs running the included scripts/check.py and optionally using ../ridb-search for campsite discovery. The runtime instructions do not ask the agent to read arbitrary files, export secrets, or contact endpoints other than recreation.gov (and local helper scripts).
Install Mechanism
No install spec is provided; this is an instruction-only skill with a single Python script that uses only the standard library. Nothing is downloaded or written to disk by an installer.
Credentials
The skill declares no environment variables, credentials, or config paths and the code does not attempt to access secrets. It uses a custom User-Agent header for HTTP requests to recreation.gov (expected).
Persistence & Privilege
The skill does not request permanent presence (always:false) and does not modify other skills or system-wide configuration. disable-model-invocation is default (false) which is normal for skills and not by itself a concern.
Assessment
This appears to be a straightforward, self-contained CLI that queries public recreation.gov APIs and requires no credentials. Before installing, you may want to: (1) skim scripts/check.py yourself to confirm it only calls recreation.gov (it does), (2) be mindful that amenity filters can cause additional per-site API calls and bulk queries should include delays to avoid hitting server limits, and (3) avoid running the script as a highly privileged system user (no sudo needed). If you rely on another local skill (ridb-search), verify that script's source before running combined workflows.

Like a lobster shell, security has layers — review code before you run it.

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MIT-0
Free to use, modify, and redistribute. No attribution required.

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