finding-original-cds

Name: finding-original-cds
Author: rianvdm

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rianvdm/product-ai-public/finding-original-cds

$npx -y skills add rianvdm/product-ai-public --skill finding-original-cds

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Use when the user wants to find and add an original (non-remastered, non-deluxe, non-club-edition) CD pressing of an album to their Discogs wantlist, or decide which Discogs CD release to buy — e.g. "find an original US CD of X", "add the original pressing to my wantlist", "which

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SKILL.md

1	# Finding original CDs on Discogs
2
3	## Overview
4
5	Pick the best original or non-remastered CD pressing of an album and add it to the wantlist, balancing how common a pressing is (haves), price, and US availability. Core insight: have/want counts and price live in the public Discogs release API (`WebFetch https://api.discogs.com/releases/<id>`, no auth) — the discogs MCP tools cannot return them. That's the step that gets re-derived every session; don't.
6
7	Default target is a US CD unless the user says otherwise.
8
9	## When to use
10
11	- "Find an original / non-remastered CD of [album]" · "add the original pressing to my wantlist"
12	- "Which [album] CD should I get / buy?" · comparing pressings · avoiding remaster/deluxe/anniversary editions
13
14	Not for: vinyl-specific hunts (same method, swap the format filter), buying/checkout, or non-Discogs catalogs.
15
16	## Tool reality — what returns what
17
18	\| Need \| Tool \| Returns \| Missing \|
19	\|------\|------\|---------\|---------\|
20	\| List pressings \| `search_discogs(type="release")` \| format, label, year, ID \| country, have/want \|
21	\| Pressing details \| `get_release(<id>)` (MCP) \| country, catalog #, format, tracklist \| have/want, price \|
22	\| Have/want + price \| `WebFetch https://api.discogs.com/releases/<id>` \| `community.have`/`want`, `lowest_price`, `num_for_sale`, country, year, catalog \| — (the key source) \|
23	\| Cover/case photos \| `curl api.discogs.com/releases/<id>` → `images[].uri`, then download + `Read` \| public image URLs (no auth), then view the JPEGs \| discogs.com website blocks `WebFetch` (403); the API doesn't \|
24	\| Add \| `add_to_wantlist(release_id)` \| confirmation \| takes release_id only \|
25
26	- No marketplace tools exist. `lowest_price` is the global low, not US-seller-only. You cannot filter by seller location — hand off `https://www.discogs.com/sell/release/<id>?ships_from=United States`.
27	- The wantlist listing lags after writes. A successful `add_to_wantlist` worked even if `get_wantlist` doesn't show it yet. To confirm a removal, re-issue the DELETE — a `404 "does not exist in the user's wantlist"` proves it's gone.
28
29	## Steps
30
31	1. List pressings: `search_discogs(query="<Artist> <Album>", type="release", per_page=50)`. Note the `Format: CD` IDs. (`type="release"` = specific pressings, not the master.)
32	2. Drop remaster/deluxe/club: exclude anything whose format says `Remastered`, `Deluxe Edition`, `Box Set`, `Anniversary`, `Club Edition`, or is a much-later year. `Reissue` alone is fine. Club-edition tell: these aren't always tagged `Club Edition` — a catalog number starting with `D` (e.g. `D 110473`) instead of the label's standard catalog/barcode is a giveaway for a BMG/Columbia House club pressing. Avoid those too.
33	3. Get stats (parallel): for each surviving CD, `WebFetch https://api.discogs.com/releases/<id>` → `community.have`, `community.want`, `lowest_price`, `num_for_sale`, country. Keep Country = US.
34	4. Compare & pick by the rubric below.
35	5. Add: `add_to_wantlist(release_id=<winner>)`.
36	6. Hand off the `ships_from=United States` sell link.
37
38	## Pick by (in order)
39
40	1. Most common = highest `have` — "the obvious one." Multiple US entries can share a catalog (e.g. `CD 5013`) but be separate pressings; the highest-have one is the common one, not necessarily the literal first press.
41	2. Price sanity — if the true first pressing carries a premium, take a cheaper common non-remastered reissue. If everything's cheap (typical for 80s/90s CDs), just take the most common.
42	3. Availability = `num_for_sale` — more for sale = better odds of a US-shipping copy.
43
44	Originality preference: original-era (release year ≈ album year) > reissue > never remaster/deluxe.
45
46	## Original vs reissue vs remaster
47
48	- Original — year matches the album's first release; no "Reissue/Remastered" in the format. (Early CDs "Made in Japan for [US label]" are often the earliest US issues.)
49	- Reissue — format says `Reissue`; same master, later run. OK.
50	- Remaster / Deluxe / Anniversary — later year, extra tracks/discs, different sound. Avoid.
51	- Club Edition — BMG/Columbia House mail-order pressing. Often tagged `Club Edition`, but the tell is a catalog # starting with `D` (e.g. `D 110473`) instead of a normal barcode. Different packaging/quality (and sometimes swaps a digipak for a jewel case, or vice versa). Avoid.
52
53	## Verifying packaging from photos (jewel case vs digipak)
54
55	Discogs often leaves packaging blank, so when it matters (the user wants a jewel case, not a digipak, or

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How to install finding-original-cds?

rianvdm/product-ai-public/finding-original-cds

$npx -y skills add rianvdm/product-ai-public --skill finding-original-cds

Installs into the current project.

Summary

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SKILL.md

1	# Finding original CDs on Discogs
2
3	## Overview
4
5	Pick the best original or non-remastered CD pressing of an album and add it to the wantlist, balancing how common a pressing is (haves), price, and US availability. Core insight: have/want counts and price live in the public Discogs release API (`WebFetch https://api.discogs.com/releases/<id>`, no auth) — the discogs MCP tools cannot return them. That's the step that gets re-derived every session; don't.
6
7	Default target is a US CD unless the user says otherwise.
8
9	## When to use
10
11	- "Find an original / non-remastered CD of [album]" · "add the original pressing to my wantlist"
12	- "Which [album] CD should I get / buy?" · comparing pressings · avoiding remaster/deluxe/anniversary editions
13
14	Not for: vinyl-specific hunts (same method, swap the format filter), buying/checkout, or non-Discogs catalogs.
15
16	## Tool reality — what returns what
17
18	\| Need \| Tool \| Returns \| Missing \|
19	\|------\|------\|---------\|---------\|
20	\| List pressings \| `search_discogs(type="release")` \| format, label, year, ID \| country, have/want \|
21	\| Pressing details \| `get_release(<id>)` (MCP) \| country, catalog #, format, tracklist \| have/want, price \|
22	\| Have/want + price \| `WebFetch https://api.discogs.com/releases/<id>` \| `community.have`/`want`, `lowest_price`, `num_for_sale`, country, year, catalog \| — (the key source) \|
23	\| Cover/case photos \| `curl api.discogs.com/releases/<id>` → `images[].uri`, then download + `Read` \| public image URLs (no auth), then view the JPEGs \| discogs.com website blocks `WebFetch` (403); the API doesn't \|
24	\| Add \| `add_to_wantlist(release_id)` \| confirmation \| takes release_id only \|
25
26	- No marketplace tools exist. `lowest_price` is the global low, not US-seller-only. You cannot filter by seller location — hand off `https://www.discogs.com/sell/release/<id>?ships_from=United States`.
27	- The wantlist listing lags after writes. A successful `add_to_wantlist` worked even if `get_wantlist` doesn't show it yet. To confirm a removal, re-issue the DELETE — a `404 "does not exist in the user's wantlist"` proves it's gone.
28
29	## Steps
30
31	1. List pressings: `search_discogs(query="<Artist> <Album>", type="release", per_page=50)`. Note the `Format: CD` IDs. (`type="release"` = specific pressings, not the master.)
32	2. Drop remaster/deluxe/club: exclude anything whose format says `Remastered`, `Deluxe Edition`, `Box Set`, `Anniversary`, `Club Edition`, or is a much-later year. `Reissue` alone is fine. Club-edition tell: these aren't always tagged `Club Edition` — a catalog number starting with `D` (e.g. `D 110473`) instead of the label's standard catalog/barcode is a giveaway for a BMG/Columbia House club pressing. Avoid those too.
33	3. Get stats (parallel): for each surviving CD, `WebFetch https://api.discogs.com/releases/<id>` → `community.have`, `community.want`, `lowest_price`, `num_for_sale`, country. Keep Country = US.
34	4. Compare & pick by the rubric below.
35	5. Add: `add_to_wantlist(release_id=<winner>)`.
36	6. Hand off the `ships_from=United States` sell link.
37
38	## Pick by (in order)
39
40	1. Most common = highest `have` — "the obvious one." Multiple US entries can share a catalog (e.g. `CD 5013`) but be separate pressings; the highest-have one is the common one, not necessarily the literal first press.
41	2. Price sanity — if the true first pressing carries a premium, take a cheaper common non-remastered reissue. If everything's cheap (typical for 80s/90s CDs), just take the most common.
42	3. Availability = `num_for_sale` — more for sale = better odds of a US-shipping copy.
43
44	Originality preference: original-era (release year ≈ album year) > reissue > never remaster/deluxe.
45
46	## Original vs reissue vs remaster
47
48	- Original — year matches the album's first release; no "Reissue/Remastered" in the format. (Early CDs "Made in Japan for [US label]" are often the earliest US issues.)
49	- Reissue — format says `Reissue`; same master, later run. OK.
50	- Remaster / Deluxe / Anniversary — later year, extra tracks/discs, different sound. Avoid.
51	- Club Edition — BMG/Columbia House mail-order pressing. Often tagged `Club Edition`, but the tell is a catalog # starting with `D` (e.g. `D 110473`) instead of a normal barcode. Different packaging/quality (and sometimes swaps a digipak for a jewel case, or vice versa). Avoid.
52
53	## Verifying packaging from photos (jewel case vs digipak)
54
55	Discogs often leaves packaging blank, so when it matters (the user wants a jewel case, not a digipak, or

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