metservice-nz SKILL.md skillA

metservice-nz from thecolab-ai/.skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned

mdr add thecolab-ai/.skills/metservice-nz@git:20260719.1748a98

Pins git:20260719.1748a98 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade: A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind: SKILL.md skill
Repository: thecolab-ai/.skills
Path: skills/metservice-nz/SKILL.md
Versions recorded: 5
Latest version: git:20260719.1748a98, committed Jul 19, 2026
First version recorded: Apr 10, 2026
Size: 7,693 bytes
Repository stars: 33
License: MIT

Query New Zealand weather data from the MetOcean API (MetService's data arm). Use when the task involves NZ weather forecasts, current conditions, marine/wave data, wind, rain, or atmospheric conditions for New Zealand locations. Requires METOCEAN_API_KEY.

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

# MetService NZ (MetOcean API)

## Goal

Query point forecasts from the MetOcean API for New Zealand locations — weather, marine, and atmospheric data through a CLI that is easy for agents to script and easy for humans to scan.

## Use this when

- A user asks about current or forecast weather in New Zealand
- A user wants temperature, rain, wind, or cloud data for an NZ location
- A user asks about marine conditions — wave height, swell, sea temperature
- A user wants a multi-day weather outlook for NZ
- A user asks about wind conditions for a specific NZ location

## Do not use this for

- Weather outside New Zealand (API coverage is NZ/Pacific focused)
- Historical weather data (API provides forecasts, not archives)
- Long-range forecasts beyond ~7 days

## Preferred workflow

1. Run `scripts/cli.py` with the narrowest subcommand that answers the task
2. Use default human output for direct answers
3. Use `--json` when another tool or agent needs machine-readable output
4. Use `--location lat,lon` for custom coordinates not in the named list

## Setup

Requires a MetOcean API key (free tier available).

1. Sign up at https://forecast-v2.metoceanapi.com
2. Add to your `.env`:
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Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint

mdr add thecolab-ai/.skills/metservice-nz@sha256:d3fd420d16ace142

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260719.1748a98, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.

Badge

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_hhcallh6xbru3hem.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_hhcallh6xbru3hem)

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Versions

The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Apr 10, 2026 and Jul 19, 2026, about one every 25 days.

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git:20260719.1748a98 latest	2026-07-19	1748a98	7,693 B	A	view · diff
git:20260529.2b8b7b0	2026-05-29	2b8b7b0	6,908 B	A	view · diff
git:20260411.3a6b9b6	2026-04-11	3a6b9b6	6,948 B	A	view · diff
git:20260410.52228d6	2026-04-10	52228d6	9,122 B	A	view · diff
git:20260410.c9d1889	2026-04-10	c9d1889	8,980 B	A	view

Audit of the latest version

A 17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.

pass: Frontmatter block present
pass: Frontmatter declares a name
pass: Frontmatter declares a description
pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (7693 bytes)
pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
pass: No credential-shaped string
pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
pass: No text hidden with inline styles
pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
pass: No link to a raw IP address
pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

thecolab-ai/.skills · 33 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-12 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_hhcallh6xbru3hem
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=thecolab-ai/.skills/metservice-nz
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/d3fd420d16ace1425bf2ad0dcae1571a8572d911874a179f7dfc275369eaadcd

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