| name | petcentral-nz |
| description | Query Pet Central NZ public Shopify product, collection, price, and availability snapshots through a no-login read-only CLI. Use when a task needs current Pet Central catalogue lookup or structured product detail; never for cart, checkout, account, payment, prescription, or veterinary advice. |
| license | MIT |
| compatibility | Requires Python 3.10+ and network access for live data |
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Pet Central NZ
Use this skill for live public Pet Central catalogue snapshots. It uses bounded unauthenticated Shopify GET requests only.
Commands
python3 skills/petcentral-nz/scripts/cli.py search "dog food" --limit 10 --json
python3 skills/petcentral-nz/scripts/cli.py product small-animal-treat-mini-sticks-12pc --json
python3 skills/petcentral-nz/scripts/cli.py collections --json
search <query> [--page N] [--limit N] [--json] searches one bounded catalogue page locally.product <handle-or-url> [--json] fetches Shopify product detail.collections [--json] lists public Shopify collections.--timeout N defaults to 10 seconds.
Safety and limits
Prices and stock are a moment-in-time public website snapshot; cite returned source_url and retrieved_at. Do not use for cart, checkout, account, payment, prescription, delivery, or any mutation. Pet food, treatments, and health product content is source data, not veterinary or suitability advice.
Resources
- CLI:
scripts/cli.py
- Live outage-tolerant smoke test:
scripts/smoke_test.py
- Surface notes:
references/api-notes.md
