# metadata

Pulls team logos, player photos and stadium details from the free TheSportsDB API. Handy when an answer needs a badge or a visual identifier attached.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 490 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/metadata/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/metadata

## What it does

The skill wraps the free TheSportsDB API and exposes five commands: `get_team_logo`, `get_team_info`, `get_player_photo`, `search_teams`, `search_players`. No key, no signup. Coverage spans 100+ soccer leagues plus NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, F1 and cricket, with tennis and golf on the player side. MMA, rugby, boxing and esports are out.

Watch the defaults. `get_team_logo` sets `sport` to `"Soccer"`, so pass `sport="Basketball"` or `"Ice Hockey"` for anything else — otherwise the lookup falls back to a close name match in any sport. NBA teams need full official names: `"Los Angeles Lakers"`, not `"Lakers"`. When nothing is close to the query, the command returns an error listing what TheSportsDB offered.

The free key answers HTTP 429 from the 31st request in a minute and locks out for about two minutes. The client paces itself below that — bursts of 5, then roughly one request every 2.4 s — so a 429 means a long batch, not a one-off hiccup. Stadium info lives inside `get_team_info`; there is no separate command for it.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

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

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add machina-sports/sports-skills --skill metadata -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/metadata/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- attach a badge to a standings table
- find a player photo by name
- build a club page with stadium and description
- disambiguate a partial team name
- add crest and banner to another skill's output

## Example prompts
- get the Los Angeles Lakers logo, sport Basketball
- find a photo of Messi
- which teams match "Manchester"

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: metadata
description: |
  Sports metadata via TheSportsDB free API (key=3). Team logos and badges, player photos, stadium info, league info, and biographical data across 100+ leagues. No API key required, zero config.

  Use when: user asks for a team logo, crest, badge, banner, jersey, kit, player photo or headshot, stadium info, club description, or wants to search for teams or players by name across sports. Good for enriching responses from other skills with images and visual identifiers.
  Don't use when: user asks for scores, standings, fixtures, stats, or odds — use the sport-specific skill instead: football-data (soccer), nfl-data (NFL), nba-data (NBA), wnba-data (WNBA), nhl-data (NHL), mlb-data (MLB), tennis-data (tennis), golf-data (golf), cricket-data (cricket), cfb-data (college football), cbb-data (college basketball), fastf1 (F1), volleyball-data (Dutch volleyball), xctf-data (NCAA XC/TF). Don't use for prediction markets — use polymarket or kalshi.
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: machina-sports
  version: "0.1.0"
---

# Sports Metadata

Wraps the free [TheSportsDB](https://www.thesportsdb.com) API for team logos, player photos, and stadium info. No API key, no signup.

## Quick Start

```bash
sports-skills metadata get_team_logo --team_name="Arsenal"
sports-skills metadata get_team_info --team_name="Real Madrid"
sports-skills metadata get_player_photo --player_name="Messi"
sports-skills metadata search_teams --query="Manchester"
sports-skills metadata search_players --query="LeBron"
```

Python SDK:

```python
from sports_skills import metadata

metadata.get_team_logo(team_name="Arsenal")
metadata.get_team_info(team_name="Real Madrid")
metadata.get_player_photo(player_name="Messi")
metadata.search_teams(query="Manchester")
metadata.search_players(query="LeBron")
```

## CRITICAL: Before Any Query

CRITICAL: Before calling any metadata command, verify:
- Team names use the **full official name** — especially for NBA (e.g., `"Los Angeles Lakers"`, **not** `"Lakers"`).
- For `get_team_logo`, the `sport` parameter defaults to `"Soccer"`. Pass `sport="Basketball"`, `"American Football"`, `"Baseball"`, `"Ice Hockey"`, `"Motorsport"`, or `"Cricket"` when the team is not a soccer team — otherwise the lookup falls back to a close name match in any sport. If no result is close to the requested name, it returns an error listing what TheSportsDB offered.
- Player searches use just the player name (e.g., `"Messi"`, `"LeBron James"`, `"Tiger Woods"`).

## Coverage

**Teams (logos, banners, stadium info):**
- Soccer: 100+ leagues worldwide (Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A, MLS, and many more)
- NFL (American Football)
- NBA (Basketball) — requires full team names
- MLB (Baseball)
- NHL (Ice Hockey)
- F1 (Motorsport)
- Cricket (IPL, international)

**Players (photos, bios):**
- All team sports above
- Tennis (ATP/WTA players)
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