# recommendations

This skill wires your agent to the TasteRay API and makes it gather context from the conversation before suggesting anything. Useful for movies, restaurants, products, travel and jobs.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 27
- Author: tasteray
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/tasteray/skills/tree/HEAD/recommendations/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-07-15
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/recommendations

## What it does

The skill documents the TasteRay Recommendation API: base URL `https://api.tasteray.com`, an `X-API-Key` header for auth, and three endpoints — `/v1/recommend`, `/v1/explain`, `/v1/usage`. The agent is told to pull preferences, constraints and past ratings out of the dialogue first, and only then send a request. Understanding precedes recommendation, as the skill puts it.

The flow is broken into steps: build context, call `POST /v1/recommend`, read the confidence scores, present each pick with a personal explanation, refine on feedback. Constraints differ per vertical — `max_length_minutes` and `exclude_genres` for films, cuisine and dietary needs for restaurants, price for products, budget and dates for travel, location and remote for jobs. Ratings in the history array run 1–5.

Nothing works without a TasteRay key, since every call carries `X-API-Key`; get one before you start. The skill also grades its own output on a 0–10 scale and pushes toward 10/10, which gets in the way if all you wanted was a bare list of titles.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add tasteray/skills --skill recommendations -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add tasteray/skills --skill recommendations -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add tasteray/skills --skill recommendations -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install tasteray/skills recommendations
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add tasteray/skills --skill recommendations -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/tasteray/skills --path recommendations
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add tasteray/skills --skill recommendations -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/tasteray/skills/tree/HEAD/recommendations/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- pick a film that fits the mood and what you've already seen
- find a restaurant matching cuisine, budget and dietary needs
- rank products against what a buyer can spend
- put together trip options around dates and interests
- explain why one specific option suits the user

## Example prompts
- Suggest five films for me: I like dark comedies with complicated characters, no horror
- Find Italian places nearby, gluten-free, under 3000 per person
- Use `/v1/explain` to tell me why this one fits my taste

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: recommendations
description: 'TasteRay API integration for personalized recommendations across verticals
  (movies, restaurants, products, travel, jobs). Use when you need to: (1) recommend
  movies, restaurants, products, travel, or jobs, (2) answer "what would I like" questions,
  (3) provide personalized recommendations based on preferences, (4) rank or score
  items for a user, (5) explain why something matches a user''s taste, (6) build recommendation
  context from conversation, (7) integrate psychological profiles with recommendation
  systems.'
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: tasteray
  version: "1.0"
---

# Recommendations

Personalized recommendations through the TasteRay API.

## Goal

When making recommendations or reviewing recommendation-related code—whether API integrations, context building, or presentation logic—**your goal is to achieve a 10/10 score**.

Score all work on a 0-10 scale based on adherence to the principles and techniques in this skill. Provide your assessment as **X/10** with specific feedback on what's working and what needs improvement to reach 10/10.

A 10/10 means the work:
- Embodies the core principle (understanding precedes recommendation)
- Builds rich context before calling the API
- Presents recommendations with personalized explanations
- Handles edge cases gracefully (low confidence, rate limits, errors)
- Avoids all anti-patterns

Iterate until you reach 10/10.

---

## Core Principle

**Understanding precedes recommendation.**

Great recommendations come from deep understanding of the person—their preferences, constraints, history, and context. Never call the API without first building meaningful context from the conversation.

Key insight: A recommendation is only as good as the context that informed it.

---

## API Overview

The TasteRay Recommendation API provides personalized recommendations across multiple verticals.

### Base URL

```
https://api.tasteray.com
```

### Authentication

All requests require an API key in the header:

```
X-API-Key: your-api-key
```

### Core Endpoints

| Endpoint | Method | Description |
|----------|--------|-------------|
| `/v1/recommend` | POST | Get personalized recommendations |
| `/v1/explain` | POST | Get detailed explanation for a single item |
| `/v1/usage` | GET | Check quota and usage statistics |

See: [API Reference](./references/api-reference.md)

---

## The Recommendation Flow

Every recommendation follows this pattern:

```
1. Build context from conversation
   ↓
2. Call POST /v1/recommend
   ↓
3. Interpret confidence scores
   ↓
4. Present with personalized explanations
   ↓
5. Iterate based on feedback
```

### Step 1: Build Context
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