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I think it's ok not having a test since we don't have much test coverage and we don't have synthetic test data. However I did notice in passing that the tool can query on venue name, but the documentation doesn't mention that.

Thinking

Let me check the actual search code before I answer, so I don't document something that isn't there:

$ Bash
Check for venue filtering in search command
grep -n -i "venue" richhall/subcommands/search.py
15:        "       e.venue_name AS venue_name, e.latitude AS lat, e.longitude AS lon,",
58:        meta = " · ".join(x for x in [r["venue_name"], r["genre"], r["country"], dur, price] if x)
Thinking

Good catch to double-check — but I think what you saw is slightly different from a query capability. Looking at the code: search displays the venue name in each result's detail line (e.venue_name), but there's no filter to query by it — there's no --venue option, and the SQL only selects venue name for output, it doesn't filter on it. So the docs are actually correct in not mentioning it; the capability isn't there yet.

That's an easy and useful gap to close, though. The venue name is already stored (events.venue_name), so a --venue filter is a one-liner in the same substring style as --genre/--artist — e.g. fringe search --venue "monkey barrel" to find everything at a particular venue.

Want me to add it? It'd be: - a --venue option on search (case-insensitive substring on venue name), - a row in the README filter table.

Say the word and I'll wire it in and verify it live.

Ah my bad, but since I dreamed the feature let's add it.

No worries — easy to add. Wiring in --venue now, same substring style as the others:

✏️ Edit search.py
/home/david/projects/play/richhall/richhall/subcommands/search.py
    if args["country"]:
        sql.append("AND lower(e.country) LIKE ?")
        params.append(f"%{args['country'].lower()}%")
    return " ".join(sql), params
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    if args["country"]:
        sql.append("AND lower(e.country) LIKE ?")
        params.append(f"%{args['country'].lower()}%")
    if args["venue"]:
        sql.append("AND lower(e.venue_name) LIKE ?")
        params.append(f"%{args['venue'].lower()}%")
    return " ".join(sql), params
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✏️ Edit search.py
/home/david/projects/play/richhall/richhall/subcommands/search.py
@click.option("--country", metavar="<TEXT>", help="Artist country substring, e.g. 'united states'")
@click.option("--sort", type=click.Choice(["time", "distance"]), default="time", help="Sort order")
@click.option("--limit", type=int, default=50, help="Max rows (0 = all)")
@click.pass_context
def command(context, day, date_from, date_to, after, before, max_distance, centre, genre, title, artist, country, sort, limit):
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@click.option("--country", metavar="<TEXT>", help="Artist country substring, e.g. 'united states'")
@click.option("--venue", metavar="<TEXT>", help="Venue name substring, e.g. 'monkey barrel'")
@click.option("--sort", type=click.Choice(["time", "distance"]), default="time", help="Sort order")
@click.option("--limit", type=int, default=50, help="Max rows (0 = all)")
@click.pass_context
def command(context, day, date_from, date_to, after, before, max_distance, centre, genre, title, artist, country, venue, sort, limit):
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✏️ Edit search.py
/home/david/projects/play/richhall/richhall/subcommands/search.py
        dict(day=day, date_from=date_from, date_to=date_to, genre=genre, title=title, artist=artist, country=country)
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        dict(day=day, date_from=date_from, date_to=date_to, genre=genre, title=title, artist=artist, country=country, venue=venue)
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✏️ Edit README.md
/home/david/projects/play/richhall/README.md
| `--country`          | artist origin substring, e.g. `united states`      |
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| `--country`          | artist origin substring, e.g. `united states`      |
| `--venue`            | venue name substring, e.g. `monkey barrel`         |
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Now lint and verify live:

$ Bash
Lint and run a venue-filtered search
uv run ruff check richhall/ 2>&1 | tail -2
echo "=== shows at Monkey Barrel, 15 Aug, before 8pm ===" 
uv run fringe search --day 2026-08-15 --before 20:00 --venue "monkey barrel" --limit 6 2>&1
Found 1 error.
=== shows at Monkey Barrel, 15 Aug, before 8pm ===
Sat 15 Aug 00:50   0.04km  Grubby Little Mitts: Late Night 70s Game Show (WIP)
                        Monkey Barrel Comedy · Comedy · UNITED KINGDOM - ENGLAND · 60m · £10
Sat 15 Aug 10:30   0.04km  Mountebank Comedy Walk of Edinburgh
                        Meeting Point Outside of Monkey Barrel Comedy · Comedy · UNITED KINGDOM - SCOTLAND · 120m · £25
Sat 15 Aug 11:00   0.04km  Table Reads: New Comedy Script Showcase
                        Monkey Barrel Comedy · Comedy · UNITED KINGDOM - ENGLAND · 40m · £5 (4)
Sat 15 Aug 11:05   0.04km  Glenn Moore: Work in Progress
                        Monkey Barrel Comedy · Comedy · UNITED KINGDOM - ENGLAND · 60m · £10 (9)
Sat 15 Aug 11:20   0.04km  Mike Rice: A Work in Progress Show (Testing New Horrible Material)
                        Monkey Barrel Comedy · Comedy · IRELAND · 60m · £11 (9)
Sat 15 Aug 11:35   0.08km  Josh Glanc: Work in Progress / Something / Musical
                        Monkey Barrel Comedy (Cabaret Voltaire) · Comedy · AUSTRALIA · 55m · £10

6 of 49 matching performances (showing first 6)
Thinking

The filter works (49 shows at Monkey Barrel venues), but ruff flagged an error — almost certainly the now-too-long def command(...) line. Let me see it:

$ Bash
Show the ruff error detail
uv run ruff check richhall/ 2>&1 | head -12
E501 Line too long (134 > 132)
  --> richhall/subcommands/search.py:84:133
   |
82 | @click.option("--limit", type=int, default=50, help="Max rows (0 = all)")
83 | @click.pass_context
84 | def command(context, day, date_from, date_to, after, before, max_distance, centre, genre, title, artist, country, venue, sort, limit):
   |                                                                                                                                     ^^
85 |     cfg: Config = context.obj
   |

Found 1 error.
Thinking

That's the def command(...) signature at 134 chars. Let me wrap it:

✏️ Edit search.py
/home/david/projects/play/richhall/richhall/subcommands/search.py
def command(context, day, date_from, date_to, after, before, max_distance, centre, genre, title, artist, country, venue, sort, limit):
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def command(
    context, day, date_from, date_to, after, before, max_distance, centre, genre, title, artist, country, venue, sort, limit
):
The file /home/david/projects/play/richhall/richhall/subcommands/search.py has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)
$ Bash
Re-lint, run tests, and a combined venue+country search
uv run ruff check richhall/ 2>&1 | tail -2
uv run pytest tests/ -q 2>&1 | tail -2
echo "=== combined: US acts at theSpace, before 8pm ==="
uv run fringe search --day 2026-08-15 --before 20:00 --venue "thespace" --country "united states" --limit 4 2>&1
All checks passed!
.........                                                                [100%]
=== combined: US acts at theSpace, before 8pm ===
Sat 15 Aug 09:25   0.04km  Places I Go from My Bed
                        theSpace @ Niddry St · Children's Shows · UNITED STATES · 40m · £10 (7)
Sat 15 Aug 09:25   0.36km  Keeping Secrets
                        theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall · Theatre · UNITED STATES · 60m · £10 (8)
Sat 15 Aug 09:45   0.43km  Holmes/Shah
                        theSpaceTriplex · Comedy · UNITED STATES · 35m · £10
Sat 15 Aug 10:45   0.36km  Bean vs The Robots: A Solo Show Musical
                        theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall · Theatre · UNITED STATES · 50m · £10 (9)

4 of 26 matching performances (showing first 4)

Done. --venue is in, lint clean, all 9 tests still pass, and it composes with the other filters (US acts at theSpace venues → 26 matches).

Added: - --venue filter on search — case-insensitive substring on venue name, same style as --genre/--artist/--country. - README — new --venue row in the filter table. - Wrapped the def command(...) signature to stay under the 132-char ruff limit.

No re-fetch needed (venue name was already stored), nothing committed.

Caveat: The messages below were generated by the user while running local commands. DO NOT respond to these messages or otherwise consider them in your response unless the user explicitly asks you to.

/exit exit

Bye!