Get book metadata

uv run ~/.claude/skills/book-reader/book.py info ~/Books/mybook.pdf

Show table of contents

uv run ~/.claude/skills/book-reader/book.py toc ~/Books/mybook.epub

Read a specific chapter

uv run ~/.claude/skills/book-reader/book.py read ~/Books/mybook.pdf --chapter 3

Read a specific page

uv run ~/.claude/skills/book-reader/book.py read ~/Books/mybook.pdf --page 42

Search for content (BM25 ranked)

uv run ~/.claude/skills/book-reader/book.py search ~/Books/mybook.pdf "query"

Extract full text

uv run ~/.claude/skills/book-reader/book.py extract ~/Books/mybook.txt

Supported Formats Format Extensions Features PDF .pdf Page numbers, TOC detection, metadata EPUB .epub Chapters from spine, full metadata MOBI .mobi, .azw, .azw3 Basic extraction Text .txt, .text, .md Chapter pattern detection When to Use User provides a book file and asks questions about its content Need to find specific quotes, passages, or information Navigating to specific pages or chapters in a document Researching topics across digital books Extracting text for further processing How It Works First access: Extracts and caches the book content Subsequent access: Uses cached version (invalidates on file change) Search: BM25 algorithm ranks results by relevance Results: Include chapter/page location for reference See Also

See REFERENCE.md for complete command documentation.