Skill comparison
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Decision summary
Strongest overall
read-book
Use this as a leading candidate, then validate the README and install path in your own agent stack.
Fastest prototype
read-book
Best first install candidate based on install readiness and adoption.
Freshest repo
read-book
Most recent maintenance signal among this shortlist.
| Signal | read-book When you want to read and extract structured notes from a book — PDF, EPUB, MOBI, markdown, .txt, pasted text, or URL to a public-domain work. Reads in chunks (by chapter when a TOC exists, by 50-page blocks otherwise), extracts per-chapter TL;DR + key concepts + quotes + action items + frameworks, and offers to capture to second-brain raw/ as a highlights- file. Four modes — notes (default, chapter-by-chapter), summary (whole-book TL;DR + 3–5 takeaways), quotes (pull-quote highlights only), study (notes + Q&A spaced-rep prep). Triggers on "/read-book," "read this book," "extract notes from this PDF," "what's in this book," "summarize this ebook," "pull quotes from this." Sibling to watch-video (same content-consumption pattern, different medium). |
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| Quality | 76/100 Strong |
| Decision verdict | 87/100 Production-ready Use this as a leading candidate, then validate the README and install path in your own agent stack. |
| Adoption | 772 stars Verified outcomes are shown on each skill page |
| Freshness | Sep 4, 2026 |
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| Platform hints | Claude Code |
| Warnings | No critical security risks found. The skill writes to local book-note directories and only writes to the second-brain vault after explicit user confirmation. · No OpenAgentSkill engagement data yet |
| Best for | Document processing workflows · Claude Code teams · teams that value GitHub adoption signals |
| Not ideal for | teams that need a vendor-supported SLA · production agents without a repository review |
| OpenAgentSkill engagement | 0 views 0 install copies |
| Install | $ npx skills add coreyhaines31/makerskills --skill read-book |