Countries

CLI for AI agents to lookup country info for their humans. Uses REST Countries API. No auth required.

Security Scan

The skill's stated purpose (country lookups via the public REST Countries API) matches the requested tools, but the runtime instructions assume a local wrapper script that is not included in the packaged skill — you would need to fetch/execute external code (GitHub) for it to work, which is an incoherence worth checking.

Purpose & Capability

Name/description (country info via REST Countries) aligns with required binaries (bash, curl, jq, bc) which are appropriate for a shell wrapper that queries a public REST API and formats JSON/numbers.

Instruction Scope

SKILL.md repeatedly instructs the agent to run a local wrapper (./countries -> scripts/countries) and shows CLI commands like `countries search ...`, but the packaged skill contains only README.md and SKILL.md — no executable or scripts are included. As packaged, the instructions reference files that don't exist, so the agent cannot follow them without fetching external code. The instructions do not ask for unrelated files, env vars, or credentials.

Install Mechanism

There is no install spec in the package (instruction-only). README suggests cloning https://github.com/jeffaf/countries-skill.git into a skills directory or symlinking a wrapper into PATH. That means to actually get a working CLI you must fetch and run code from a third-party GitHub repo — fetch execution is external to this package and should be inspected before running.

Credentials

No environment variables, credentials, or config paths are requested. This is proportional to the stated purpose (public REST API with no auth).

Persistence & Privilege

Skill is not always-enabled, and does not request persistent privileges or modify other skills. Autonomous invocation is enabled by default but not a special concern here on its own.

What to consider before installing

This package is documentation-only: it describes a CLI wrapper and shows how to use it, but does not include the wrapper script(s). To make the skill work you would need to clone or otherwise fetch the GitHub repo (https://github.com/jeffaf/countries-skill.git) and install/run its scripts. Before doing so: (1) inspect the repository contents and the specific wrapper/script files for unexpected network calls, credential access, or obfuscated code; (2) prefer running the documented curl/jq commands yourself rather than executing an unfamiliar wrapper; (3) ensure required binaries (bash, curl, jq, bc) are present; and (4) be cautious about blindly running install or setup commands from the repo. The mismatch between SKILL.md instructions and the packaged files is likely a packaging oversight, but it does require fetching external code — treat that as a security decision point.

Countries Lookup

CLI for AI agents to lookup country info for their humans. "What's the capital of Mongolia?" — now your agent can answer.

Uses REST Countries API (v3.1). No account or API key needed.

Usage

"Tell me about Japan"
"What countries are in South America?"
"Which country has Tokyo as capital?"
"Info on country code DE"

Commands

Action	Command
Search by name	countries search "query"
Get details	countries info <code>
List by region	countries region <region>
Search by capital	countries capital "city"
List all	countries all

Examples

countries search "united states"   # Find country by name
countries info US                  # Get full details by alpha-2 code
countries info USA                 # Also works with alpha-3
countries region europe            # All European countries
countries capital tokyo            # Find country by capital
countries all                      # List all countries (sorted)

Regions

Valid regions: africa, americas, asia, europe, oceania

Output

Search/list output:

[US] United States — Washington D.C., Americas, Pop: 331M, 🇺🇸

Info output:

🌍 Japan
   Official: Japan
   Code: JP / JPN / 392
   Capital: Tokyo
   Region: Asia — Eastern Asia
   Population: 125.8M
   Area: 377930 km²
   Languages: Japanese
   Currencies: Japanese yen (JPY)
   Timezones: UTC+09:00
   Borders: None (island/isolated)
   Driving: left side
   Flag: 🇯🇵

🗺️ Map: https://goo.gl/maps/...

Notes

• Uses REST Countries API v3.1 (restcountries.com)
• No authentication or rate limits
• Country codes: alpha-2 (US), alpha-3 (USA), or numeric (840)
• Population formatted with K/M/B suffixes
• All regions lowercase

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Agent Implementation Notes

Script location: {skill_folder}/countries (wrapper to scripts/countries)

When user asks about countries:

1. Run ./countries search "name" to find country code
2. Run ./countries info <code> for full details
3. Run ./countries region <region> for regional lists
4. Run ./countries capital "city" to find by capital

Common patterns:

• "What country is X in?" → search by name
• "Tell me about X" → search, then info with code
• "Countries in Europe" → region europe
• "Capital of X" → info with code, check capital field
• "What country has capital X?" → capital search

Don't use for: Historical countries, disputed territories, non-sovereign regions.