Tidal search

Skill SteveGrosbois/tidal-cli/skills/tidal-search

Search for artists, albums, or tracks on Tidal. Use when the user wants to find music, look up an artist, search for a song or album.From its SKILL.md

Install

npx -y skills add SteveGrosbois/tidal-cli --skill tidal-search

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Tidal Search

Search for artists, albums, or tracks on Tidal and display results as a formatted table.

Commands

search artist

Usage: tidal-cli --json search --type artist --query "<query>"
Output: [{id, name}]

search album

Usage: tidal-cli --json search --type album --query "<query>"
Output: [{id, name, artist, year}]

search track

Usage: tidal-cli --json search --type track --query "<query>"
Output: [{id, name, artist}]

Instructions

Parse $ARGUMENTS:
- First word: search type (artist, album, or track)
- Remaining words: the search query
- If no arguments or missing search type, show usage: /tidal-search <artist|album|track> <query>
- If no query provided after the type, ask the user to provide a search term
Run the appropriate command based on search type:
- artist: tidal-cli --json search --type artist --query "<query>"
- album: tidal-cli --json search --type album --query "<query>"
- track: tidal-cli --json search --type track --query "<query>"
Parse the JSON array output and format as a markdown table:
- artist: columns ID and Name
- album: columns ID, Name, Artist, and Year
- track: columns ID, Name, and Artist
If the result array is empty, display: "No results found for <type>: <query>."

Error Handling

If exit code is non-zero, read stderr:
- "Error: Not authenticated" → "You need to authenticate first. Run /tidal-auth to log in."
- "Error: Unable to connect to Tidal" → "Network error: unable to reach Tidal. Check your internet connection."
- Any other error → display the raw error message with label "Error:"

What ships with it

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