Welcome to BookForge

BookForge turns non-fiction books into structured, executable skills for AI agents. One install command. Immediate capability.

Quick Start

Install a skill from the catalog:

npx bookforge install software-architecture/architecture-styles

That's it. Your agent now has the knowledge from that book section, packaged as a reusable skill.

What You Get

Each skill is a self-contained SKILL.md file that includes:

• Decision frameworks extracted from the source material
• Step-by-step procedures with the reasoning behind each step
• Practical examples showing when and how to apply the knowledge
• Scripts and templates for common tasks

How It Works

Books pass through a 5-stage pipeline:

1. Extract — Parse the book into structured chapters and sections
2. Decompose — Score topics for skill density and group into skill units
3. Synthesize — Generate SKILL.md with reasoning, examples, and scripts
4. Verify — Run structural checks and functional tests
5. Optimize — Tune descriptions and frontmatter for accurate triggering

Read the full breakdown in How It Works.

Next Steps

• Getting Started — Install BookForge and configure your first skill
• Skill Format — Understand the SKILL.md specification
• Contributing — Help grow the skill library