When to use this skill
When the user asks about Owen Wilson's "wow" exclamations in movies — which movies, which directors, what he said, when it happens in the film, or wants a random wow — reach for the Owen Wilson Wow API. It catalogs every "wow" Owen Wilson utters across 29 movies with timestamps, video clips, and full dialogue. For general movie information unrelated to Owen Wilson's wows, this is the wrong skill.
Your best first call
curl "https://owen-wilson-wow-api.onrender.com/wows/random?results=5&movie=zoolander"
No auth. No key. The /random endpoint accepts movie, director, year, results, wow_in_movie, sort, and direction query parameters. Always set results — the default is 1, which is too lean for most queries.
Key fields in each wow object: movie (film title), full_line (complete dialogue, e.g. "Wow. Wow. Okay, no more fighting."), timestamp (when it occurs), current_wow_in_movie / total_wows_in_movie (e.g. "wow #2 of 3"), video (object with 1080p/720p/480p/360p MP4 URLs), audio (MP3), poster, character, director, year, release_date, movie_duration.
The seed tutorial did not cover this endpoint, but the API provides /random with movie, director, and year query parameters for narrowed search.
Fallbacks (when the best call isn't enough)
- Need a wow by global position →
/ordered/{index} returns a single wow by chronological index (1-based). Use ranges like /ordered/3-7 for a batch.
- Need available movies or directors →
/movies returns all 29 titles, /directors returns all names. Use these to populate filter values before querying /random.
- No fallbacks beyond this API — if
owen-wilson-wow-api.onrender.com is down, this capability is unavailable.
Pitfalls
- Combining too many filters on
/random yields empty arrays. ?movie=zoolander&year=2011&director=wes+anderson returns [] because Zoolander (2001, Ben Stiller) matches none of those constraints simultaneously. Use one or two filters at a time, not all of them.
wow_in_movie is the occurrence number within a single movie, not a global index. Wow #2 in Zoolander is different from wow #2 in Cars. For global positioning, use /ordered/{index}.- The
/ordered/{index} endpoint is 1-based, not 0-based. Index 1 is the first wow chronologically (Bottle Rocket, 1996).
video and audio URLs point to Contentful-hosted assets — stable but not guaranteed permanent.
One-line summary for the user
I can search Owen Wilson's "wow" exclamations from 29 movies — filter by movie, director, or year, get timestamps, video clips, and full dialogue — via the Owen Wilson Wow API, no auth required.
SKILL.md source (frontmatter + body)
---
name: search-owen-wilson-wow-moments
description: When the user asks about Owen Wilson's "wow" exclamations in movies — which movies, which directors, what he said, when it happens, or wants a random wow — reach for the Owen Wilson Wow API. Filter by movie, director, or year.
---
## When to use this skill
When the user asks about Owen Wilson's "wow" exclamations in movies — which movies, which directors, what he said, when it happens in the film, or wants a random wow — reach for the Owen Wilson Wow API. It catalogs every "wow" Owen Wilson utters across 29 movies with timestamps, video clips, and full dialogue. For general movie information unrelated to Owen Wilson's wows, this is the wrong skill.
## Your best first call
```bash
curl "https://owen-wilson-wow-api.onrender.com/wows/random?results=5&movie=zoolander"
```
No auth. No key. The `/random` endpoint accepts `movie`, `director`, `year`, `results`, `wow_in_movie`, `sort`, and `direction` query parameters. Always set `results` — the default is 1, which is too lean for most queries.
Key fields in each wow object: `movie` (film title), `full_line` (complete dialogue, e.g. "Wow. Wow. Okay, no more fighting."), `timestamp` (when it occurs), `current_wow_in_movie` / `total_wows_in_movie` (e.g. "wow #2 of 3"), `video` (object with `1080p`/`720p`/`480p`/`360p` MP4 URLs), `audio` (MP3), `poster`, `character`, `director`, `year`, `release_date`, `movie_duration`.
The seed tutorial did not cover this endpoint, but the API provides `/random` with `movie`, `director`, and `year` query parameters for narrowed search.
## Fallbacks (when the best call isn't enough)
- **Need a wow by global position** → `/ordered/{index}` returns a single wow by chronological index (1-based). Use ranges like `/ordered/3-7` for a batch.
- **Need available movies or directors** → `/movies` returns all 29 titles, `/directors` returns all names. Use these to populate filter values before querying `/random`.
- **No fallbacks beyond this API** — if `owen-wilson-wow-api.onrender.com` is down, this capability is unavailable.
## Pitfalls
- Combining too many filters on `/random` yields empty arrays. `?movie=zoolander&year=2011&director=wes+anderson` returns `[]` because Zoolander (2001, Ben Stiller) matches none of those constraints simultaneously. Use one or two filters at a time, not all of them.
- `wow_in_movie` is the occurrence number *within a single movie*, not a global index. Wow #2 in Zoolander is different from wow #2 in Cars. For global positioning, use `/ordered/{index}`.
- The `/ordered/{index}` endpoint is 1-based, not 0-based. Index `1` is the first wow chronologically (Bottle Rocket, 1996).
- `video` and `audio` URLs point to Contentful-hosted assets — stable but not guaranteed permanent.
## One-line summary for the user
I can search Owen Wilson's "wow" exclamations from 29 movies — filter by movie, director, or year, get timestamps, video clips, and full dialogue — via the Owen Wilson Wow API, no auth required.