First Table NZ

Goal

Query live First Table NZ restaurant and availability information through a deterministic Python CLI using public website data and unauthenticated GraphQL calls observed from the frontend.

Use this when

• A user asks which First Table restaurants are available in a NZ city or suburb
• A user wants to search First Table restaurants by cuisine, suburb, or name
• A user wants restaurant detail, ratings, session types, diner limits, or booking-fee snapshots
• A workflow needs machine-readable First Table NZ restaurant or availability data

Do not use this for

• Booking, checkout, payment, account signup, login, favourites, cancellations, or member actions
• First Table countries outside New Zealand unless the CLI is explicitly extended and verified for that host
• Claiming guaranteed table availability without rechecking live data immediately before use
• Redistributing First Table data as a bulk dataset

Preferred workflow

1. Run scripts/cli.py with the narrowest subcommand that answers the task
2. Use city to inspect city metadata, suburbs, and tags before a targeted search
3. Use search for restaurant discovery and detail when an exact First Table restaurant id is known
4. Use availability for read-only slot checks; never attempt booking mutations
5. Use --json for agent chaining, comparisons, or structured reports
6. Mention that data is a live, unofficial public snapshot from First Table NZ

CLI

Run with:

python3 skills/first-table-nz/scripts/cli.py <command> [flags]

Commands

• cities [--json] — list discoverable NZ First Table city/region pages
• city [city-slug] [--json] — inspect a city/region page, suburbs, tags, sessions, and counts
• search [query] [--city slug] [--session breakfast|lunch|dinner|dinner2|lasttable] [--date YYYY-MM-DD] [--people N] [--limit N] [--json] — find restaurants in a city
• detail <restaurant-id> [--json] — fetch restaurant detail by First Table id
• availability <id...> [--date YYYY-MM-DD] [--people N] [--available-only] [--limit N] [--json] — fetch read-only public slots for one or more restaurant ids

Examples:

python3 skills/first-table-nz/scripts/cli.py city auckland --json
python3 skills/first-table-nz/scripts/cli.py search sushi --city auckland --limit 5
python3 skills/first-table-nz/scripts/cli.py detail 1142 --json
python3 skills/first-table-nz/scripts/cli.py availability 1142,1698 --date 2026-05-25 --people 2 --available-only --json

Resources

• CLI entrypoint: scripts/cli.py
• Live smoke test: scripts/smoke_test.py
• API and stability notes: references/api-notes.md

Notes

• No API key, username, password, account cookie, or browser automation is required for the read-only commands
• The CLI uses Python stdlib only
• The upstream GraphQL and frontend SSR shapes are unofficial and can change; verify with live smoke tests before large workflows
• Availability responses can include cached or stale status fields from the upstream service; treat them as source metadata, not an agent-side guarantee