{"data":{"slug":"book-to-skill","name":"book-to-skill","tagline":"MIT converter from books/docs into cross-agent SKILL.md packs","category":"agents","categoryName":"AI Agents","url":"https://github.com/virgiliojr94/book-to-skill","github":"https://github.com/virgiliojr94/book-to-skill","pricing":"open-source","hook":"book-to-skill turns a PDF, folder, or source cluster into an Agent Skills SKILL.md pack that coding agents can invoke instead of guessing from memory.","whatsGood":"MIT (virgiliojr94/book-to-skill). Targets the open Agent Skills layout so Copilot CLI, Amp, Claude Code, Hermes, and OpenClaw-class hosts can share one skill tree under ~/.agents/skills (with host-specific install notes). Extraction ladder covers poppler/pypdf/docling and common ebook/office formats; update/fold-in modes keep a skill current as sources change. Trending hard as operators want grounded skills over prompt paste.","theCatch":"Vs Skillbox and Claude Code Templates: this generates content skills from documents, not a self-hosted skills registry/MCP plane and not a catalog of Claude Code agents/hooks/MCPs. Do not redistribute generated skills of copyrighted books — the README is explicit that third-party book skills should stay private; the tool does not grant you redistribution rights. Quality tracks your extractors (docling for technical PDFs) and the host's skill discovery rules.","verdict":"MIT book→skill converter. Excellent for private grounded skills; keep copyrighted sources offline and private.","addedAt":"2026-09-22","featured":false,"domain":"AI Agents","subSpecialty":"Agents","subcategory":"Memory & Evals","tags":["self-host","permissive","coding-agents","skills","active","young-repo","fast-stars"],"capabilities":[],"surfaces":["Self-host"],"ecosystem":["Multi-platform"],"licenseModel":"OSS/MIT","githubStars":35287,"starsPerWeek":1440,"access":"free","archived":false,"repo":{"createdAt":"2026-05-01","pushedAt":"2026-10-18","license":"MIT","archived":false,"checkedAt":"2026-10-19"}},"related":[{"slug":"claude-code","name":"Claude Code","tagline":"Terminal-first coding agent with deep repository context"},{"slug":"cursor","name":"Cursor","tagline":"The AI-first code editor that understands your codebase"},{"slug":"devin","name":"Devin","tagline":"Autonomous AI engineer for defined engineering tasks"},{"slug":"stagehand","name":"Stagehand","tagline":"AI-native browser automation that mixes code and natural language"},{"slug":"browser-use","name":"Browser Use","tagline":"Open-source framework for LLM-driven browser agents"}],"links":{"self":"/api/gems/book-to-skill","html":"/gems/book-to-skill","markdown":"/gems/book-to-skill.md","category":"/api/gems?category=agents","categoryPage":"/stacks/agents"}}