bia

name	bia
description	Use when searching or reading works by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu (พุทธทาสภิกขุ). Triggers on mentions of Buddhadasa, พุทธทาส, อินทปัญโญ, สวนโมกข์, ธรรมโฆษณ์, BIA archive, BIA reference codes (BIA-...), or requests to search the Buddhadasa Indapanno Archives.

BIA Archive

Buddhadasa Indapanno Archives (หอจดหมายเหตุพุทธทาส อินทปัญโญ) — publications and manuscripts by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu, accessed via a Cloudflare proxy at https://bia-proxy.korakot.workers.dev.

Running queries

Use bia.py via bash for all queries. The script handles proxy routing, UUID resolution, and response cleaning.

python3 /mnt/skills/user/bia/bia.py search "อตัมม"
python3 /mnt/skills/user/bia/bia.py search "นิพพาน" --type publications --limit 12
python3 /mnt/skills/user/bia/bia.py read BIA-P02010000-0360-000-0_0000-00
python3 /mnt/skills/user/bia/bia.py read d2beb4c9-520c-4d9b-9f5e-864d98e767d2

search options:

• --type publications|manuscripts (default: both)
• --limit N (default: 12, max: 100)
• --page N (default: 1)
• --year-start N / --year-end N (Buddhist Era; default 0–2600)

read ID: accepts either a UUID or a referenceCode (auto-detected).

Script output

Both subcommands return clean JSON. Always render as a widget afterward.

search JSON

{
  "query": "อตัมม",
  "total": 23, "page": 1, "totalPages": 2,
  "results": [
    {
      "title": "อตัมมยตาประยุกต์",
      "type": "publications",
      "dateDisplay": "พ.ศ. 2533",
      "pages": 350,
      "referenceCode": "BIA-P02010000-0360-000-0_0000-00",
      "url": "https://bia-archive.psu.ac.th/printed/BIA-P02010000-0360-000-0_0000-00"
    }
  ]
}

read JSON

{
  "title": "อตัมมยตาประยุกต์",
  "type": "publications",
  "dateDisplay": "พ.ศ. 2533 / ค.ศ. 1990",
  "pages": 350,
  "extent": "สิ่งพิมพ์บนกระดาษ ปกแข็ง จำนวน 350 หน้า",
  "description": "...",
  "referenceCode": "BIA-P02010000-0360-000-0_0000-00",
  "url": "https://bia-archive.psu.ac.th/printed/BIA-P02010000-0360-000-0_0000-00"
}

Widget rendering

After running the script, render results as an inline widget using CSS variables for theming.

Search widget

Responsive card grid: repeat(auto-fill, minmax(180px, 1fr)), gap 8px. Header shows query + total. Each card is an <a href=url>:

• Title: 14px/500, 2-line clamp
• Meta row: type icon (ti-book for publications, ti-pencil for manuscripts) + date at left; pages at right — both 12px secondary color
• RefCode: 10px tertiary mono, bottom of card

Detail widget

Single full-width card:

• Title: 18px/500
• Meta strip (date · type · pages), bordered top/bottom, 13px secondary
• Extent row (if non-empty)
• Description: cleaned HTML, preserve <p> / <ol> / <ul> / <li> structure
• Footer: refCode (11px mono tertiary, left) + "Read on BIA" link (right)

Notes

• Date display: 0000-00-00 → ไม่ระบุปี. Same start/end → พ.ศ. YYYY. Different → พ.ศ. YYYY–YYYY. Detail view adds / ค.ศ. YYYY.
• Types: only publications (2,993 items) and manuscripts (1,408 items) exist in the archive.
• scopeAndContent is rich for publications; often empty for manuscripts. If empty in a read result, note this to the user and suggest clicking through to the scan.
• Page images: scanned only, no OCR. Not fetched in v1.