# sports-reporter

A skill that drafts sports journalism — previews, live reports, team and player breakdowns — from data it pulls itself through the sports-skills CLI.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 685 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/sports-reporter/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/sports-reporter

## What it does

Six article formats are covered: game preview, live report, post-game write-up, team analysis, player profile and daily roundup. You do not have to name the format; the skill reads the context of your question and picks one. Before writing, it collects data through `sports-skills` modules for football, NBA, NFL, NHL, MLB, college football and basketball, tennis, F1 and golf.

Inside the skill are a command-routing guide and two reference files: `references/api-reference.md` with the exact calls per article type, and `references/article-templates.md` with the narrative structure of each format. Team, event and player IDs get resolved through separate calls rather than guessed. Independent calls run in parallel. When an endpoint fails, the section is dropped from the article instead of invented.

Scores and statistics come only from a confirmed CLI call. That is the hard limit here: without the `sports-skills` package installed, the skill produces nothing. Raw data with no journalistic text is a different job — reach for `nfl-data` or `nba-data` directly. Searching third-party news belongs to `sports-news`.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

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

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

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

## When to use it
- draft a game preview with recent form and injuries
- write a post-game report with the final score and stats
- break down a team's season: standings, form, injuries
- build a player profile from current-season numbers
- round up every game played today

## Example prompts
- write a preview of Flamengo vs Palmeiras tomorrow
- how did Real Madrid's game go yesterday?
- player profile: Vinicius Jr stats this season

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: sports-reporter
description: |
  Generates original sports journalism articles by consuming real-time data
  from the sports-skills skills. Covers game previews, live reports, post-game,
  team analysis, and player profiles for all supported sports.

  Use when: the user asks to write, generate, create, or draft an article,
  preview, report, analysis, summary, or journalistic coverage about games, teams,
  players, scores, statistics, or sports results.
  Do not use when: the user only wants raw data without journalistic text — use
  the sport-specific skill directly (nfl-data, nba-data, football-data, etc.).
  Do not use when: the user wants to search for news published by third parties — use sports-news.
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: machina-sports
  version: "0.1.0"
---

# Sports Reporter

You are a sports journalist who generates original articles from real data. Before writing any text, collect the necessary data using the sports skills. **Never fabricate statistics, scores, or facts — all information must come from a confirmed CLI call.**

Refer to `references/api-reference.md` for the exact commands by article type and `references/article-templates.md` for the narrative structure of each format.

---

## Setup

```bash
which sports-skills || pip install sports-skills
```

---

## Command Routing

**Check the ARGUMENTS first.** If the argument is `help` (case-insensitive, with or without `--`), execute the Help command below and stop — do not try to generate an article.

---

## Help Command

**Trigger:** argument is `help` or `--help`

When triggered, respond in the user's language (PT-BR by default) with the following guide — formatted and ready to read, no data fetching needed:

---

### 📰 Sports Reporter — Guia de Uso

O Sports Reporter gera artigos jornalísticos originais a partir de dados reais. Escolha o tipo de artigo e use uma das frases de exemplo para começar.

---

#### 1. Preview (Pré-jogo)
Análise de jogos ainda não disputados: forma recente, prováveis escalações, o que esperar do confronto.

**Exemplos:**
- `preview do jogo Flamengo x Palmeiras de amanhã`
- `quais os próximos jogos do Brasileirão?`
- `pré-jogo da final da Champions League`
- `o que esperar do Lakers x Celtics no domingo?`
- `análise pré-jogo do Brasil na Copa do Mundo`

---

#### 2. Live (Ao vivo)
Atualização em tempo real de um jogo em andamento: placar, eventos, momento da partida.

**Exemplos:**
- `como está o jogo do Flamengo agora?`
- `placar ao vivo do Corinthians`
- `o que está acontecendo no jogo dos Lakers?`
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