Bring! Shopping Lists

Manage Bring! shopping lists via the unofficial REST API. Requires curl and jq.

Why this is the best all-round Bring! skill

• Complete item lifecycle: view, add, batch-add, check off, restore, permanently remove, and perform multi-item operations.
• Private onboarding: neither the Bring! email nor password is stored; password entry happens only in the user's terminal, never in agent chat or command arguments.
• Catalog-aware without npm: smart-add preserves native Bring! icons, while normal output and follow-up commands translate internal catalog IDs back to localized names.
• Safe and automation-ready: every modifying command supports --dry-run; batch input also works through stdin, and read commands support JSON.
• Small auditable runtime: one Bash script, only curl and jq, no package-manager install, hidden dependency chain, third-party service, or telemetry.
• Agent-friendly defaults: guided first setup, automatic token refresh, default lists, and partial case-insensitive list matching.

Security & data handling

Be upfront with the user about what this skill accesses and stores:

• Network: talks only to Bring!'s official services: api.getbring.com for account/list operations and web.getbring.com for public catalog matching/display names. No third-party services or telemetry.
• Files written locally:
  • ~/.config/bring/credentials.json — optional default-list and country preferences; no login credentials.
  • ~/.cache/bring/token.json — cached access/refresh token. This remains a secret and is stored owner-only.
• Password handling: the password is entered only in the user's own terminal for scripts/bring.sh setup, used for that login, and never written to disk or accepted in chat. If the refresh token eventually expires, the user runs setup again.
• Destructive actions: remove / remove-multi permanently delete items, and every change syncs instantly to everyone on a shared list. Confirm with the user before removing items, especially on shared lists.

Agent Setup Guide

When a user asks you to set up or use Bring for the first time, follow these steps. Never request, receive, or write a Bring! password in chat.

Step 1: Check if already configured

Run scripts/bring.sh lists first. If it works, setup is already done — skip to usage.

Step 2: Private terminal setup

Bring! requires an email + password. If the user doesn't have an account yet, they can create one for free at getbring.com or in the Bring! app.

If they signed up via Google/Apple: They need to set a direct password first in the Bring! app (Settings → Account → Change Password) before the API works.

Tell the user to run this in their own terminal:

scripts/bring.sh setup

The script reads the email and password without echoing the password, uses both for one login, stores neither, caches only a protected refresh token, then asks for a default list. The password must not be pasted into this conversation.

After it completes, ask the user to return here; then run the normal list commands.

Step 3: Show existing lists

scripts/bring.sh lists

This shows all the user's Bring! lists. The user may have multiple lists, e.g.:

• Einkaufsliste (main grocery list)
• Drogerie (drugstore items)
• Baumarkt (hardware store)
• A shared list with a partner/family

If the user has NO lists: Tell them to create one in the Bring! app first. The API does not support creating or deleting lists — this must be done in the app. Once they've created a list, continue with setup.

Ask the user which list should be the default. This lets them skip typing the list name every time.

If they have only ONE list: set it as default automatically and inform them. If they have MULTIPLE lists: show the list names and ask which one to use as default. Explain they can still target other lists by name (e.g., "Put nails on the Baumarkt list").

Step 4: Confirm setup

Show the user their current list content to confirm everything works:

scripts/bring.sh show

Tell them: "All set! You can now say things like 'Put milk on the list' or 'What's on the shopping list?'"

Important: Lists can only be managed in the app

The Bring! API does not support creating or deleting lists. If the user asks to create a new list or delete one, tell them: "Lists can only be created and deleted in the Bring! app. Once you've made the change there, I can immediately work with the new list."

Handling shared lists

Bring! lists are often shared between family members or partners. Changes made by the agent sync instantly to all devices sharing that list. Inform the user:

• "Any items I add will show up immediately on all phones that share this list."
• This is usually desired (e.g., partner sees the updated grocery list), but worth mentioning.

Setup (manual / reference)

For non-interactive login, provide BRING_EMAIL + BRING_PASSWORD as temporary environment variables. Optional preferences live in ~/.config/bring/credentials.json:

{"default_list": "Einkaufsliste", "country": "DE", "locale": "de-DE"}

Interactive setup (TTY required): scripts/bring.sh setup. It never writes the email or password to disk. Existing legacy email and password profile fields are removed automatically.

Commands

All commands accept a list name (partial match) or UUID. If default_list is configured, the list argument can be omitted.

# List all shopping lists
scripts/bring.sh lists

# Show items on a list (or default list)
scripts/bring.sh show
scripts/bring.sh show "Einkaufsliste"

# Add item (with optional specification/quantity)
scripts/bring.sh add "Milch" "fettarm, 1L"
scripts/bring.sh add "Einkaufsliste" "Milch" "fettarm, 1L"

# Preview any modifying command without changing the list
scripts/bring.sh add --dry-run "Milch" "fettarm, 1L"

# Match Bring's public catalog and use its internal item ID for reliable icons
scripts/bring.sh smart-add "Paprika" "2 Stück"

# Add multiple items at once (use "item|spec" for specifications)
scripts/bring.sh add-multi "Brot" "Käse|Gouda" "Butter|irische"

# Add newline-separated items from stdin (same item|spec format)
printf '%s\n' "Milch|1L" "Brot" | scripts/bring.sh add-multi -

# Complete/check off item (moves to recently purchased)
scripts/bring.sh complete "Milch"

# Complete multiple items at once
scripts/bring.sh complete-multi "Milch" "Brot" "Käse"

# Move item back from recently to purchase list
scripts/bring.sh uncomplete "Milch"

# Remove item entirely
scripts/bring.sh remove "Milch"

# Remove multiple items at once
scripts/bring.sh remove-multi "Milch" "Brot" "Käse"

Targeting specific lists

When the user has multiple lists, they can target a specific one by name:

• "Put nails on the Baumarkt list" → scripts/bring.sh add "Baumarkt" "Nails"
• "What's on the Drogerie list?" → scripts/bring.sh show "Drogerie"

List names support partial case-insensitive matching, so "einkauf" matches "Einkaufsliste".

If no list is specified, the default_list from the config is used.

JSON Output

Append --json to lists and show for raw JSON:

scripts/bring.sh lists --json
scripts/bring.sh show --json
scripts/bring.sh show "Einkaufsliste" --json

Notes

• Specifications are the small description text under an item (e.g., quantity, brand)
• complete moves items to "recently purchased" (like checking off in the app)
• remove deletes items entirely from the list
• Token is cached at ~/.cache/bring/token.json and auto-refreshed
• Changes sync instantly to all devices sharing the list
• Item names with special characters (quotes, umlauts, emoji) are fully supported
• Bring! requires a direct account password — Google/Apple SSO logins don't work with the API
• country in credentials.json controls the item catalog language (default: DE)
• locale optionally overrides the catalog locale used by smart-add (for example de-DE); otherwise it is derived from country
• smart-add keeps ordinary add unchanged: use it when matching Bring's catalog/icon matters, and use add for custom item names
• Human-readable show output translates catalog IDs back to localized display names; show --json remains the untouched API response
• --dry-run is accepted by every modifying command; it may perform read-only validation but never submits a list change
• add-multi - reads one item per line from stdin; append |specification when needed
• When showing items to the user, consider only showing the "TO BUY" section unless they specifically ask for recently completed items — the recently list can be very long
• If remove fails with "not found", suggest the user check the exact item name with show
• Creating/deleting lists is not supported by the Bring! API — users must manage lists in the Bring! app