Download NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day (user)
This skill downloads the latest Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) from NASA's website and saves it to your Desktop along with metadata.
When the user requests to download APOD or get today's astronomy picture:
Run the download script:
python3 ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/apod/download_apod.py
The script will:
~/Desktop/APOD/APOD_YYYY-MM-DD.{ext}~/Desktop/APOD/APOD_YYYY-MM-DD.txt with title, description, and dateReport the result to the user, including:
The following Python packages must be installed:
pip install requests beautifulsoup4
User request: "Download today's APOD" Action: Run the script and report that the image was saved to ~/Desktop/APOD/APOD_2025-12-19.png
User request: "Get the astronomy picture of the day" Action: Run the script and confirm the download with file locations
User request: "Fetch NASA's picture of the day" Action: Run the script and show the image title and save location