Turn technical books into AI talent
The book-to-skill project converts portable document formats (PDF) of technical books into usable skill packs (skills) for Claude Code. This tool enables technical resources to be directly referenced and applied in work processes.
Updates
- October 25, 2026: Stars 34,270 → 35,999, latest release v1.4.0 (August 10, 2026).
- October 9, 2026: Stars 32,588 → 34,270, latest release v1.4.0 (August 10, 2026).
- September 27, 2026: Stars 30,556 → 32,588, latest release v1.4.0 (August 10, 2026).
- September 14, 2026: Stars 29,048 → 30,556, latest release v1.4.0 (August 10, 2026).
What you get
- Transfers books and documents directly into your AI agent's working memory.
- It prevents unnecessary token consumption by dividing large files into sections.
- It converts many formats such as PDF, EPUB and Markdown into a structured suite of capabilities.
Installation
pip install "book-to-skill[pdf,epub,docx]" # engine + optional extractors
book-to-skill ~/path/to/book.pdf --mode text # or: python -m book_to_skill ...
book-to-skill --check # report which extractors are installedRunning it
/book-to-skill <path-to-document-folder-or-glob>... [skill-name-slug]If you don't write code
I use this technical resource as a skillset package. Please stick to only the converted sections and structured files when analyzing the content. When I ask a question, answer with reference to the relevant section and use only the technical information in the document, avoiding hallucination.
Repository: https://github.com/virgiliojr94/book-to-skill. Follow the official instructions in the README of this repository for setup and execution.
Before starting, check which OS we are on and if the necessary tools (e.g., Python, Node.js, Git, Docker) are installed. Install any missing ones step-by-step according to this system.
Create a new, empty folder to work in. Do not touch any files outside this folder and do not delete anything. Tell me what you are going to do in one sentence before running each command.
Tell me what I should see on the screen at the end of each step. If an error occurs, I will paste the error message to you exactly as it is, and we will fix it together.
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TreScout did not build this tool · we found it in GitHub trends and wrote it up. This page describes the repository as of 2026-07-29: The star count and our text belong to that day, the repository may have changed since. Check the repository link for the current state. The introductory text was prepared with AI from the repository's own documentation, and this page was machine-translated from the Turkish original · the Turkish version prevails.