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Turn a technical book into a skill your agent can use
Install the skill and point it at a PDF to generate a reusable skill.
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Using book-to-skill, convert <book.pdf> into a skill and then ask it to explain <topic> citing chapter sections. Confirm the generated skill folder exists.
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Combine a folder of docs into one agent skill
Feed a document folder or collection of sources instead of a single book.
- REPO
virgiliojr94/book-to-skill - Research
- Beginner
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Run book-to-skill on <docs folder> and list the sections in the generated skill. Confirm each source document is represented.
- REPO
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Prepare a scanned PDF before converting it
Run OCR on scanned books so the extractor can read the text.
- REPO
virgiliojr94/book-to-skill - Research
- Intermediate
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OCR <scan.pdf> with ocrmypdf, convert the result with book-to-skill, and report the number of chapters extracted.
- REPO
Quick start with Book to Skill
- Check you have what it needs: An agent that supports skills; OCR (ocrmypdf) for scanned PDFs.
- Open virgiliojr94/book-to-skill on GitHub and read the README and license.
- Install with
npx skills add virgiliojr94/book-to-skill - Start a new agent session
- Run /book-to-skill on your PDF
- Use the generated skill in later sessions
These steps come from our top use case, Turn a technical book into a skill your agent can use, which also has a copy-paste agent prompt.
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- Who it is forDevelopers who want their coding agent to study and reference a technical book while they work.
- Why it is hot35k stars
- LanguagePython
- Sourcegithub.com/virgiliojr94/book-to-skill · Back to Hot repos
Requirements
- An agent that supports skills
- OCR (ocrmypdf) for scanned PDFs
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Questions about Book to Skill
What is Book to Skill?
book-to-skill is an agent skill that turns a technical book PDF, a document folder or a set of sources into a unified skill for Claude Code, Codex, Copilot CLI, Amp, OpenCode and other agents. It is an open-source project on GitHub: https://github.com/virgiliojr94/book-to-skill.
Who is Book to Skill for?
Developers who want their coding agent to study and reference a technical book while they work.
What can I do with Book to Skill?
3 use cases so far, for example: Turn a technical book into a skill your agent can use; Combine a folder of docs into one agent skill; Prepare a scanned PDF before converting it. Each has steps and a copy-paste agent prompt.
What do I need to run Book to Skill?
An agent that supports skills; OCR (ocrmypdf) for scanned PDFs.
What are alternatives to Book to Skill?
Other hot AI repos in Research: Scientific Agent Skills, Trustworthy Agent Simulation, Kaas, By2 KB, Lecture to Notes.
Is Book to Skill safe to run?
Deduped does not own, audit or vouch for it. Read the README and license, run it on your own systems first and review every command before you run it.