# Aif Distillation

Distill books, documents, folders, or URLs into compact, practical Agent Skills.

- Repository: https://github.com/lee-to/ai-factory (1156 stars)
- Category: AI and agents
- License: see repository
- Last updated: 2026-11-01
- Runs scripts: yes, review before use

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add lee-to/ai-factory --skill aif-distillation -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add lee-to/ai-factory --skill aif-distillation -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add lee-to/ai-factory --skill aif-distillation -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add lee-to/ai-factory --skill aif-distillation -g -a gemini-cli -y`

## Description

Distill books, documents, folders, or URLs into compact, practical Agent Skills. Use when source material should become either one reusable skill package or a split set of focused skills, each with a concise SKILL.md plus detailed references and examples.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Distillation

## Shared project skill-context

Before mode routing or work, read existing files relative to the current project root in this order (reuse them if already loaded):

1. `.ai-factory/skill-context/global-skill-context.md`, all bundled skills.
2. `.ai-factory/skill-context/aif-distillation/SKILL.md`, this skill.

Missing files are skipped; an existing unreadable file stops dependent work with its path.
Precedence: individual > build (when applicable) > global > skill defaults; retain non-conflicting instructions and check all outputs against the effective rules.
These layers customize workflow; they do not replace the project's rules/architecture hierarchy or relax explicit requirements, ownership, scope, safety/privacy, validation, or approval boundaries. Report conflicts with those boundaries instead of overriding them.
`global` is a project-local layer, not home-directory configuration. Custom/extension skills do not automatically use it.

Turn source material into a useful skill. The output is not a summary dump: it is an operational skill that captures the best practices, decision rules, workflows, checks, and examples from the material.

## Step 0: Load Config and Skill Context

**FIRST:** Read `.ai-factory/config.yaml` if it exists to resolve:
- `language.ui` for prompts, questions, progress updates, and final summaries
- `language.artifacts` for generated skill package content (`SKILL.md`, `references/`, `examples/`)
- `language.technical_terms` for translated artifacts; default to `keep` when absent

If config.yaml doesn't exist, use defaults:
- `language.ui`: `en`
- `language.artifacts`: same as `language.ui`
- `language.technical_terms`: `keep`

**Read `.ai-factory/skill-context/aif-distillation/SKILL.md`** - MANDATORY if the file exists.

Treat skill-context rules as project-level overrides for this skill. They apply to all generated skill files, references, examples, source-map policy, and final reports.

## Inputs

The rest: https://github.com/lee-to/ai-factory/blob/HEAD/skills/aif-distillation/SKILL.md