# cfb-data

This skill feeds your agent college football data: scores, standings, rankings, rosters, injuries and player stats. No API keys needed.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 690 installs · ★ 258
- Author: machina-sports
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/machina-sports/sports-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/cfb-data/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/cfb-data

## What it does

\`cfb-data` wires an agent into ESPN's public endpoints and NCAA's official ones. Ask it for scores, conference standings, AP Top 25 and CFP rankings, team rosters, schedules, game summaries, play-by-play, injury reports, futures markets and team or player stats. Official FCS scoreboards and a schools index come along too.

The work happens through commands like `get_scoreboard`, `get_standings`, `get_rankings` and `get_team_roster`, called from the CLI as `sports-skills cfb <command>`. Standings need a `group` parameter with the conference ID. If you only have a team name, resolve it first with `get_teams`.

Check the CLI before the first query: `which sports-skills || pip install sports-skills`. The package wants Python 3.10+, so an older interpreter will break the install and you'll need to point pip at a newer one. No credentials are involved. For the season, the skill advises deriving the year from the current date — February through July means the previous year, August onward means the current one.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add machina-sports/sports-skills --skill cfb-data -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/cfb-data/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/cfb-data/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add machina-sports/sports-skills --skill cfb-data -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/cfb-data/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add machina-sports/sports-skills --skill cfb-data -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/cfb-data/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install machina-sports/sports-skills cfb-data
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/cfb-data/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add machina-sports/sports-skills --skill cfb-data -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/machina-sports/sports-skills --path skills/cfb-data
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/cfb-data/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add machina-sports/sports-skills --skill cfb-data -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/machina-sports/sports-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/cfb-data/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- pull college football scores for a given week
- build a standings table for one conference
- check AP Top 25 and CFP rankings before a game
- list a team's roster with positions and jersey numbers
- break down a game drive by drive with win probability

## Example prompts
- Show me college football scores from this weekend
- Build the SEC standings for the current season
- Get the AP Top 25 and break down Alabama's last game

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: cfb-data
description: |
  College Football (CFB) data via ESPN public endpoints and the NCAA's official endpoints — scores, standings, rosters, schedules, game summaries, play-by-play, rankings, injuries, futures, team/player stats, and news for FBS, plus official FCS scoreboards, NCAA game detail with drive context, and the schools index. Zero config, no API keys.

  Use when: user asks about college football scores, standings, rankings, team rosters, schedules, game results, play-by-play, injuries, betting futures, team/player statistics, CFB news, or FCS games.
  Don't use when: user asks about NFL (use nfl-data), college basketball (use cbb-data), or non-sports topics.
license: MIT
# `metadata` is the only free-form field the VS Code agent-skills
# schema accepts; we nest the Machina manifest under `metadata.machina`
# so the picker (Machina Factory `/c`) and Truth Point can read it
# without breaking any other consumer of this SKILL.md. All
# `metadata.machina.*` fields are optional — older skills without
# them still parse and just render fewer chips in the picker.
metadata:
  author: machina-sports
  version: "0.1.0"
  machina:
    categories: [sports-data, college-football]
    pricing_tier: free
    # Connector slugs this skill needs at runtime. Empty = uses only
    # public/free APIs (ESPN here).
    integrations: []
    # Credential vault keys the customer must have set before invoking.
    # Empty = no auth required.
    vault_keys: []
    # Surface area for the picker + the agent's pre-flight. Keep
    # summaries under ~80 chars so the picker's expand panel stays
    # compact.
    commands:
      - name: get_scoreboard
        summary: Live or recent CFB scores. Filter by date, week, conference, or limit.
        returns: events[]
      - name: get_standings
        summary: Standings by conference. Use the `group` param for SEC, ACC, etc.
        returns: conferences[]
      - name: get_teams
        summary: All 750+ FBS teams with id, name, abbreviation, logo, location.
        returns: teams[]
      - name: get_team_roster
        summary: Full roster for a team — players, positions, jerseys, height/weight.
        returns: athletes[]
      - name: get_team_schedule
        summary: Season schedule for one team — opponent, date, score (if played), venue.
        returns: events[]
      - name: get_game_summary
        summary: Detailed box score, scoring plays, and leaders for a single game.
        returns: "{ game_info, competitors, boxscore, scoring_plays, leaders }"
      - name: get_rankings
        summary: AP Top 25, Coaches Poll, and CFP rankings — rank, previous, record, votes.
        returns: polls[]
      - name: get_news
        summary: CFB news articles, optionally filtered by team.
        returns: articles[]
```
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