lenny-skill

CLI + agent skill for searching Lenny Rachitsky's Newsletter & Podcast archive (638 items, 5.4M words) via the lennysdata MCP server.

Install the Agent Skill

Works with Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and 40+ other agents:

npx skills add mslavov/lenny-skill

Or via the CLI itself:

npx lenny-cli --skill export lenny | npx skillflag install

Install the CLI

npm install -g lenny-cli

Or use without installing:

npx lenny-cli search "pricing" --limit 3

Setup

Get a token from lennysdata.com, then:

export LENNY_TOKEN=your_token_here

Or save it permanently:

lenny config your_token_here

Usage

# Search the archive
lenny search "pricing strategy" --limit 5
lenny search "growth|activation|retention" --type podcast

# Browse content
lenny list --type newsletter --limit 10

# Read full content
lenny read "podcasts/madhavan-ramanujam.md"

# Read a focused excerpt
lenny excerpt "podcasts/madhavan-ramanujam.md" --query "pricing"

# Archive stats
lenny stats

# JSON output (for scripting or agents)
lenny search "hiring" --json

Agent Usage

Once the skill is installed, just ask your agent naturally:

• "What does Lenny say about pricing?"
• "Find podcast episodes about hiring"
• "Summarize Lenny's advice on product-market fit"

License

MIT