Requirements
- Target platform
- OpenClaw
- Install method
- Manual import
- Extraction
- Extract archive
- Prerequisites
- OpenClaw
- Primary doc
- SKILL.md
Read EPUB, PDF, or TXT books from multiple sources with progress tracking, smart chunking, and summary extraction for efficient learning.
Read EPUB, PDF, or TXT books from multiple sources with progress tracking, smart chunking, and summary extraction for efficient learning.
Hand the extracted package to your coding agent with a concrete install brief instead of figuring it out manually.
I downloaded a skill package from Yavira. Read SKILL.md from the extracted folder and install it by following the included instructions. Then review README.md for any prerequisites, environment setup, or post-install checks. Tell me what you changed and call out any manual steps you could not complete.
I downloaded an updated skill package from Yavira. Read SKILL.md from the extracted folder, compare it with my current installation, and upgrade it while preserving any custom configuration unless the package docs explicitly say otherwise. Then review README.md for any prerequisites, environment setup, or post-install checks. Summarize what changed and any follow-up checks I should run.
Read books (epub, pdf, txt) from various sources with progress tracking.
Enable AI agents to read full-length books for learning, summarization, and knowledge extraction.
Multiple sources: Anna's Archive, Project Gutenberg, local files Format support: EPUB, PDF, TXT Progress tracking: Remember where you left off Smart chunking: Read books in digestible sections Summary generation: Extract key insights as you read
curl or wget - Download books pandoc - Convert EPUB to text (optional, fallback to python) pdftotext (poppler-utils) - Extract PDF text Python 3 with ebooklib and beautifulsoup4 (for EPUB parsing)
./book-reader.sh search "Thinking Fast and Slow"
./book-reader.sh download <book-id> [output-file]
./book-reader.sh read <file> [--from-page N] [--pages N]
./book-reader.sh status
# Install dependencies sudo apt-get install poppler-utils pandoc # Linux # brew install poppler pandoc # macOS pip3 install ebooklib beautifulsoup4 lxml # Make executable chmod +x book-reader.sh
Project Gutenberg (70k+ public domain books) API: https://gutendex.com Free, legal, no DRM Anna's Archive (shadow library) Millions of books, papers, comics Legal gray area depending on jurisdiction Use responsibly Local files (your own epub/pdf collection)
Progress tracked in ~/.openclaw/workspace/memory/reading-state.json: { "currentBook": "Thinking, Fast and Slow", "file": "/path/to/book.epub", "totalPages": 499, "pagesRead": 127, "lastRead": 1770957900, "bookmarks": [50, 200], "notes": "Interesting insight about System 1 vs System 2..." }
# Find the book ./book-reader.sh search "Daniel Kahneman Thinking" # Download it ./book-reader.sh download 12345 ~/books/thinking-fast-slow.epub # Start reading ./book-reader.sh read ~/books/thinking-fast-slow.epub --pages 50 # Continue later ./book-reader.sh read ~/books/thinking-fast-slow.epub --pages 50 # Check progress ./book-reader.sh status
Public domain books (Gutenberg): Fully legal Copyrighted books: Check your local laws Consider buying books you find valuable to support authors Use for personal learning, not redistribution
PDF OCR quality varies DRM-protected books not supported (by design) Large PDFs may be slow to parse EPUB formatting may be imperfect in plain text Use responsibly. Support authors when possible.
Writing, remixing, publishing, visual generation, and marketing content production.
Largest current source with strong distribution and engagement signals.