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# Pax8 - Printing Press CLI
## Prerequisites: Install the CLI
This skill drives the `pax8-cli` binary. **You must verify the CLI is installed before invoking any command from this skill.** If it is missing, install it first:
1. Install via the Printing Press installer. It defaults binaries to `$HOME/.local/bin` on macOS/Linux and `%LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\PrintingPress\bin` on Windows:
```bash
npx -y @mvanhorn/printing-press-library install pax8 --cli-only
```
2. Verify: `pax8-cli --version`
3. Ensure the reported install directory is on `$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 1.26.4 or newer). This installs into `$GOPATH/bin` (default `$HOME/go/bin`), so add that directory to `$PATH` instead:
```bash
go install github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library/library/commerce/pax8/cmd/pax8-cli@latest
```
If `--version` reports "command not found" after install, the runtime cannot see the binary directory on `$PATH`. Do not proceed with skill commands until verification succeeds.
pax8-cli mirrors the full Pax8 Partner API as typed, agent-native commands, then extends it with a local SQLite store. Reconcile invoices against subscriptions, compute MRR and margin, catch metered overages before they bill, and pull a true customer-360 - the reports the portal makes you build by hand.
## When to Use This CLI
Use pax8-cli when an MSP needs to do anythi