- name
- countries
- version
- 1.0.0
- description
- CLI for AI agents to lookup country info for their humans. Uses REST Countries API. No auth required.
- homepage
- https://restcountries.com
- metadata
- openclaw
- emoji
- 🌍
- requires
- bins
- ["bash", "curl", "jq", "bc"]
- tags
- ["countries", "geography", "reference", "api", "cli"]
Countries Lookup
CLI for AI agents to lookup country info for their humans. "What's the capital of Mongolia?" — now your agent can answer.
Uses REST Countries API (v3.1). No account or API key needed.
Usage
"Tell me about Japan"
"What countries are in South America?"
"Which country has Tokyo as capital?"
"Info on country code DE"Commands
| Action | Command |
|---|---|
| Search by name | countries search "query" |
| Get details | countries info <code> |
| List by region | countries region <region> |
| Search by capital | countries capital "city" |
| List all | countries all |
Examples
countries search "united states" # Find country by name
countries info US # Get full details by alpha-2 code
countries info USA # Also works with alpha-3
countries region europe # All European countries
countries capital tokyo # Find country by capital
countries all # List all countries (sorted)Regions
Valid regions: africa, americas, asia, europe, oceania
Output
Search/list output:
[US] United States — Washington D.C., Americas, Pop: 331M, 🇺🇸Info output:
🌍 Japan
Official: Japan
Code: JP / JPN / 392
Capital: Tokyo
Region: Asia — Eastern Asia
Population: 125.8M
Area: 377930 km²
Languages: Japanese
Currencies: Japanese yen (JPY)
Timezones: UTC+09:00
Borders: None (island/isolated)
Driving: left side
Flag: 🇯🇵
🗺️ Map: https://goo.gl/maps/...Notes
- Uses REST Countries API v3.1 (restcountries.com)
- No authentication or rate limits
- Country codes: alpha-2 (US), alpha-3 (USA), or numeric (840)
- Population formatted with K/M/B suffixes
- All regions lowercase
Agent Implementation Notes
Script location: {skill_folder}/countries (wrapper to scripts/countries)
When user asks about countries:
- Run
./countries search "name"to find country code - Run
./countries info <code>for full details - Run
./countries region <region>for regional lists - Run
./countries capital "city"to find by capital
Common patterns:
- "What country is X in?" → search by name
- "Tell me about X" → search, then info with code
- "Countries in Europe" → region europe
- "Capital of X" → info with code, check capital field
- "What country has capital X?" → capital search
Don't use for: Historical countries, disputed territories, non-sovereign regions.