pp-walkingpad

Apps & Automation

The standalone CLI for WalkingPad treadmills — drive the belt over Bluetooth LE and keep a permanent local history of every walk the belt forgets on power-cut. Trigger phrases: `start my walkingpad`, `how far have I walked today`, `what's my walking streak`, `walking trends this week`, `estimate my walking calories`, `log my walk to Apple Health`, `run the treadmill at 2 km/h`, `use walkingpad`, `run walkingpad`.

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WalkingPad — Printing Press CLI

Prerequisites: Install the CLI

This skill drives the walkingpad-pp-cli binary. You must verify the CLI is installed before invoking any command from this skill. If it is missing, install it first:

Install via the Printing Press installer. It defaults binaries to $HOME/.local/bin on macOS/Linux and %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\PrintingPress\bin on Windows:
```
npx -y @mvanhorn/printing-press-library install walkingpad --cli-only
```
Verify: walkingpad-pp-cli --version
Ensure the reported install directory is on $PATH for the agent/runtime that will invoke this skill.

If the npx install fails (no Node, offline, etc.), fall back to a direct Go install (requires Go 1.26.5 or newer):

go install github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library/library/devices/walkingpad/cmd/walkingpad-pp-cli@latest

If --version reports "command not found" after install, the runtime cannot see the binary directory on $PATH. Do not proceed with skill commands until verification succeeds.

When to Use This CLI

Reach for this CLI whenever an agent or script needs to inspect a WalkingPad's recorded walk history, compute streaks/trends/calories, or drive a physical belt from a laptop instead of the phone app. It is ideal for "how far did I walk today / this week", consecutive-day streak tracking, calorie estimates the belt won't report, exporting walks to Apple Health, and — on a live build — starting, holding, and stopping the belt over a reliable held BLE connection. The MCP surface mirrors the read and history/analytics commands so an agent can answer walking questions without the phone app.

Unique Capabilities

These capabilities aren't available in any other tool for this device.

Local history & analytics

The belt loses its run memory on power-cut. This CLI persists every recorded walk locally so the long view survives.

today — Today's recorded totals: distance, steps, active minutes, session count.
```
walkingpad-pp-cli today --json
```
streak — Current consecutive-day walking streak.
```
walkingpad-pp-cli streak --json
```
trends — Per-day distance, steps, and active minutes over a window (including zero-activity days).
```
walkingpad-pp-cli trends --days 30 --json
```
calories — Estimate calories burned from your body weight (the belt never reports them). Set weight first with profile set --weight <kg>.
```
walkingpad-pp-cli profile set --weight 80
walkingpad-pp-cli calories --days 7 --json
```
export — Write daily.json (last 60 days) and yesterday.json for an iPhone Shortcut to log Walking workouts into Apple Health.
```
walkingpad-pp-cli export --json
```

Reliable live control

run — Hold one BLE connection for the whole walk: switch to manual, start at --speed, stream live status, record the walk, and stop with the firmware's ceremony when --duration elapses or on Ctrl-C. The only reliable way to actually walk; a one-shot start does not sustain the belt.
```
walkingpad-pp-cli run --speed 2.0 --duration 30m --live --confirm-physical-effect
```
stop — Idle a running belt with the firmware's stop ceremony (speed-0 → settle → standby).
```
walkingpad-pp-cli stop --live --confirm-physical-effect
```

Device discovery

scan — Find any compatible WalkingPad by its BLE service UUID rather than its name, so renamed or family-variant belts are still discovered.
```
walkingpad-pp-cli scan --live
```

Command Reference

Live device control

walkingpad-pp-cli run — Start a guided walk: run the belt over a held connection and record it
walkingpad-pp-cli stop — Stop the belt (speed-0, settle, then switch to standby)
walkingpad-pp-cli prefs — Configure belt preferences (max-speed, start-speed, child-lock, auto-start, sensitivity, units)

Low-level single-write commands also exist — start, wake, set-speed <kmh>, and set-mode <mode> — for advanced use. They issue one BLE write and do not sustain the belt; prefer run/stop for actual walks. See walkingpad-pp-cli --help.

Live telemetry

walkingpad-pp-cli status — Read device status (replay-backed by default; live with --live)
walkingpad-pp-cli monitor — Stream live belt telemetry until stopped
walkingpad-pp-cli last-record — Read the belt's last stored run (time, distance, steps)
walkingpad-pp-cli record — Record a live walk into the local history store

Local history & analytics

walkingpad-pp-cli today — Show today's recorded walking totals
walkingpad-pp-cli sessions — List recorded sessions for a date (default today)
walkingpad-pp-cli trends — Show per-day walking totals over a window
walkingpad-pp-cli streak — Show the current consecutive-day walking streak
walkingpad-pp-cli calories — Estimate calories burned (the belt never reports them)
walkingpad-pp-cli export — Export daily totals as JSON (e.g. for an Apple Health Shortcut)

Profile

walkingpad-pp-cli profile set — Set your body weight (kg) for calorie estimates
walkingpad-pp-cli profile show — Show your saved body profile

Diagnostics & discovery

walkingpad-pp-cli doctor — Check BLE readiness, build, and (with --live) device reachability
walkingpad-pp-cli capabilities — Show generated BLE capability and safety metadata
walkingpad-pp-cli scan — Discover nearby devices by their BLE service (requires --live)
walkingpad-pp-cli session — Manage the replay-backed local BLE session runtime

Live Device Control (BLE)

By default the CLI is replay-backed and never opens a connection — safe to run anywhere. To actuate a real belt:

Build with the BLE backend: go build -tags ble_live ./... (CoreBluetooth/CGO on macOS, D-Bus on Linux, WinRT on Windows).
Pass --live to contact the device, with optional --address and --timeout.
Safety classes: physical-effect commands (run, stop, start, wake, set-speed) move the belt; configuration-risk commands (set-mode, every prefs write) change persistent settings. Both require --confirm-physical-effect (or --dry-run to preview first).
One client at a time: most belts accept a single BLE connection — close the official WalkingPad app before connecting.
run, not start: a one-shot start write does not keep the belt going; run holds the connection for the whole walk. Use run to actually walk.

Inspect the full callable/withheld surface and safety metadata with walkingpad-pp-cli capabilities --json, and check live readiness with walkingpad-pp-cli doctor.

Recipes

How far have I walked today

walkingpad-pp-cli today --json

Today's distance, steps, active minutes, and session count from the local history store.

Walking streak and weekly trend

walkingpad-pp-cli streak --json
walkingpad-pp-cli trends --days 7 --json

Consecutive-day streak plus per-day totals for the last week.

Calorie estimate (set weight once)

walkingpad-pp-cli profile set --weight 80
walkingpad-pp-cli calories --days 7 --json

MET-method estimate from recorded sessions and body weight — the number the belt refuses to report.

Drive a real belt and record the walk (live build)

walkingpad-pp-cli run --speed 2.0 --duration 30m --live --confirm-physical-effect

Holds the BLE connection, runs the belt at 2 km/h for 30 minutes, records the walk, then stops it.

Preview a device write without sending it

walkingpad-pp-cli run --speed 2.0 --dry-run --json

--dry-run shows the planned write and safety class without contacting the belt.

Agent Mode

Add --agent (equivalent to --json) to any command for machine-readable JSON on stdout, errors on stderr.

Pipeable — JSON on stdout, errors on stderr
Previewable — --dry-run shows a device write without sending it
Non-interactive — never prompts; every input is a flag or positional argument
Safe by default — replay-backed unless --live is passed against a -tags ble_live build; physical-effect and configuration-risk commands require --confirm-physical-effect

Exit Codes

Code	Meaning
0	Success
1	Error

Argument Parsing

Parse $ARGUMENTS:

Empty, help, or --help → show walkingpad-pp-cli --help output
Starts with install → ends with mcp → MCP installation; otherwise → see Prerequisites above
Anything else → Direct Use (execute as CLI command with --agent)

MCP Server Installation

walkingpad-pp-mcp is a stdio MCP server that mirrors the read and history/analytics commands as agent tools (held-connection control commands are hidden). Install the MCP binary from this CLI's published public-library entry or pre-built release, then register it:

claude mcp add walkingpad-pp-mcp -- walkingpad-pp-mcp

Verify: claude mcp list

Direct Use

Check if installed: which walkingpad-pp-cli If not found, offer to install (see Prerequisites at the top of this skill).
Match the user query to the best command from the Unique Capabilities and Command Reference above.

Execute with the --agent flag:

walkingpad-pp-cli <command> [subcommand] [args] --agent

If ambiguous, drill into subcommand help: walkingpad-pp-cli <command> --help.
For any command that contacts a real belt (--live), confirm the user wants physical actuation before running it, and pass --confirm-physical-effect only with that confirmation.