BookStack – Self-Hosted Wiki

SkillDocs & knowledge

Self-hosted wiki and documentation with BookStack

Instructions available. Your AI can read the instructions. Execution depends on the setup they require.

Add ahel to your AI once: Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code or Codex. Then ask it to use this.

Then ask your AI: use the BookStack skill

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by bidewio/better-openclaw in skills/bookstack-wiki/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

BookStack organises knowledge into shelves, books, chapters, and pages for intuitive team documentation.

  • GitHub: github.com/BookStackApp/BookStack (16 000+ ⭐)
  • License: MIT
  • Security: LDAP/SAML/OIDC auth support. No malware.

Environment Variables

VariableDescription
{{BOOKSTACK_URL}}Base URL of BookStack
{{BOOKSTACK_TOKEN_ID}}API token ID
{{BOOKSTACK_TOKEN_SECRET}}API token secret

Usage Examples

List books

curl -s "{{BOOKSTACK_URL}}/api/books" \
  -H "Authorization: Token {{BOOKSTACK_TOKEN_ID}}:{{BOOKSTACK_TOKEN_SECRET}}"

Create a page

curl -s -X POST "{{BOOKSTACK_URL}}/api/pages" \
  -H "Authorization: Token {{BOOKSTACK_TOKEN_ID}}:{{BOOKSTACK_TOKEN_SECRET}}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"book_id": 1, "name": "New Page", "html": "<p>Content</p>"}'

AI Agent Tips

  • Hierarchical structure: Shelves → Books → Chapters → Pages.
  • Full REST API for CRUD on all content types.
  • WYSIWYG and Markdown editors built-in.
  • Role-based permissions and LDAP/SAML authentication.

Signals

GitHub stars
58
Forks
6
Last commit
Aug 2026
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Item type
skill
Key
bookstack-wiki
Source
github.com/bidewio/better-openclaw