book.gather_info

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Gather information about books

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

No other account needed.

Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.

Then ask your AI: use the book.gather_info skill

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by causify-ai/helpers in .claude/skills/book.gather_info/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Given information about books (either a partially complete table or a list of books), find the following information:
- Title
- Authors
  - Use the format from .claude/skills/references.rules.md and ## Format of Authors
- Publisher
- Year
- Technical: Yes if it's a technical book, otherwise no
- Goodreads (1-10): Goodreads rating x 2
- Reviews (1-10): Relative volume (10 = 1500+ reviews, 1 = <10 reviews)
- Academic (1-10): Theoretical depth and scientific rigor
- Practical (1-10): Industry applicability and hands-on utility
- Clarity (1-10): Accessibility and pedagogical quality
- Average: Simple mean of the previous values
Do not print any information on the screen, but only save a file
Output files:
- book_info.md: Markdown table
- book_info.tsv: Tab-separated values
- Make sure that there is no file already, otherwise use a file like book_info.<comment>.{md,tsv}

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