Book to Skill
Converts books and documents into structured agent skills with frameworks and principles.
Install
npx skills add virgiliojr94/book-to-skill --skill book-to-skill -g -a claude-code -y- Repository
- virgiliojr94/book-to-skill36.7k
- Category
- AI and agents
- Updated
- 7d ago
- License
- MIT
- Context cost
- Mediumabout 3,000 tokens
- Runs scripts
- No, instructions only
What it does
Converts books and documents (PDF, EPUB, DOCX, HTML, Markdown, plain text, RTF, MOBI/AZW with Calibre) into structured agent skills, extracting frameworks, mental models, principles, techniques, and anti-patterns. Use when the user wants to study a document through GitHub Copilot CLI, Amp, Claude Code, Hermes Agent, OpenCode, or OpenClaw, apply an author's frameworks while working, or build a reusable knowledge base from a file.
Book-to-Skill Converter
Transform written knowledge into actionable agent skills by extracting structure, not producing summaries.
Philosophy
Books contain crystallized expertise: frameworks, principles, and techniques that took years to develop. This skill extracts that knowledge into a format GitHub Copilot CLI, Amp, Claude Code, Hermes Agent, OpenCode, OpenClaw, or another compatible agent can leverage repeatedly. Extract structure, not summaries. A skill isn't a book report. It's a toolkit of:
- Named frameworks (mental models with clear application)
- Actionable principles (rules that guide decisions)
- Techniques (step-by-step methods)
- Anti-patterns (what to avoid and why)
- Voice calibration (how the author thinks and communicates)
Preserve the author's precision. Frameworks often have specific names for reasons. "The 5 Whys" isn't interchangeable with "ask why multiple times." Capture the exact formulation.
