Book to Skill

What it is

This skill reads a book or a folder of documents and extracts its frameworks, principles, techniques, and pitfalls into a structured skill your AI assistant can use again and again. Instead of a book summary, you get chapter notes, a glossary, a patterns file, and a cheat sheet the assistant draws on when you ask for help. It suits anyone who wants to work with a favorite business or productivity book's ideas close at hand.

What it does

• Reads PDF, EPUB, Word, HTML, Markdown, plain text, and other document formats
• Extracts named frameworks, mental models, principles, and anti-patterns in the author's own terms
• Creates chapter-by-chapter notes plus a glossary, patterns guide, and cheat sheet
• Offers an analyze-only mode so you can review findings before anything is generated
• Updates an existing book skill when you add new chapters or sources

Use it when

• You want your AI assistant to apply a book's frameworks while you work
• You're building a reusable knowledge base from a stack of documents or reports
• You need quick lookups of key concepts from a long book without rereading it