Book-to-Skill - Setup Guide¶

Source: virgiliojr94/book-to-skill (32,760⭐, pushed Sep 27, 2026) Skill: virgiliojr94/book-to-skill (1 installable skill) Installs: 6,160 (Sep 27, 2026 snapshot) Category: Knowledge Engineering / Skill Creation Quality Tier: 🔵 Community (no skills.sh Trust Hub / Socket / Snyk verdicts published - verified Sep 27, 2026)

Book-to-Skill turns any technical book PDF into a study-ready agent skill. Feed it a PDF and it extracts the book into a structured SKILL.md plus supporting reference files, so an agent can study, reference, and use the book's knowledge inside a working session instead of holding it in context. The repo has 32.8K GitHub stars and the skills.sh listing shows 6,160 installs, making it one of the most-adopted knowledge-intake skills on the marketplace.

Installation¶

# Single skill (verified Sep 27, 2026 via skills.sh index)
npx skills add virgiliojr94/book-to-skill

The skill is agent-agnostic via the skills CLI and works with Hermes, Claude Code, and Codex.

Prerequisites¶

Requirement	Details
Book PDF	A technical book as a PDF file (DRM-free)
skills CLI	`npx skills` (Node.js 18+)

How It Works¶

Point the skill at a PDF and a target directory
It extracts the book's structure (chapters, sections)
It generates a SKILL.md with progressive-disclosure references instead of dumping full text into context
The agent can then query the skill for specific concepts while working

CorpusIQ Use Cases¶

Use Case	How
Ops playbooks	Convert books like The Goal or High Output Management into agent skills the fleet can reference on demand
Competitive reading	Turn competitor-authored books or deep industry PDFs into queryable knowledge bases
Research intake	Batch-convert technical PDFs (SEO, finance, GTM) into a reference library
Help-first content	Mined book knowledge becomes operator-help content with real citations

Integration with CorpusIQ¶

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Limitations / Verification¶

Quality depends on the PDF's text layer; scanned books without OCR will produce poor extraction
The skill is a knowledge package, not a summarizer - it preserves structure rather than condensing
Verify: npx skills add virgiliojr94/book-to-skill --list should show the skill, then run it against a test PDF

Security¶

No skills.sh security audits published (verified Sep 27, 2026). Treat as unverified until reviewed:

Audit	Verdict
Gen Agent Trust Hub	Not published
Socket	Not published
Snyk	Not published

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