Updated 3mo ago
by vitalysim
the-knowledge-guy
Turn any PDF or EPUB into a structured Claude Code skill - then ask your whole bookshelf a single question.
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- 2 skills (2 skills found in its SKILL.md files)
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- 3mo ago last update (Last updated 3mo ago)
Install
Skills CLI
npx skills add vitalysim/the-knowledge-guy
Asks which skills and agents to install. Just one: npx skills add vitalysim/the-knowledge-guy --skill book-to-skill — add -g for every project.
Claude Code
git clone https://github.com/vitalysim/the-knowledge-guycp -r "the-knowledge-guy/.claude/skills/book-to-skill" ~/.claude/skills/
Copies the book-to-skill skill into ~/.claude/skills/ for every project (use .claude/skills/ for one project). Repeat for the other skills listed below.
Plugin
/plugin marketplace add vitalysim/the-knowledge-guy
Run inside Claude Code if the repository ships a plugin marketplace, then pick plugins from /plugin.
Skills can run code on your machine — read the SKILL.md first.
What it does
In the author's own words, from each skill's SKILL.md.
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book-to-skill
Converts a technical or non-fiction book (PDF or EPUB) into a structured, two-tier Claude Code skill — extracting the author's named frameworks, techniques, anti-patterns, figures, and concept relationships into a knowledge base that loads cheaply and deepens on demand. Handles embedded images and scanned pages via native image understanding. Use this whenever the user wants to turn a book into a…
.claude/skills/book-to-skill/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
the-knowledge-guy
Knowledge router AND interactive teacher across every book-derived skill in this project. Two modes — (1) **ask**: auto-discovers all domain skills (finance, vuln hunting, AI security, red-teaming, personal growth, ...), picks the relevant ones, invokes them in parallel as focused subagents, and synthesises one comprehensive cross-domain answer; (2) **walk**: proposes a curriculum and walks the u…
.claude/skills/the-knowledge-guy/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)
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Review before you install
A skill is a set of instructions and scripts your agent will follow, and it can run code on your machine. Read the SKILL.md and any scripts first — this listing is not a security review.