Kdp Build — Development skill for Claude Code
Typeset the interior PDF at KDP trim, with margins cleared against the gutter minimum and an even page count.
How to install Kdp Build
Installs to ~/.claude/skills/danielrosehill-kdp-publishing-plugin-kdp-build/SKILL.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/danielrosehill-kdp-publishing-plugin-kdp-build && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/danielrosehill/KDP-Publishing-Plugin/HEAD/commands/kdp-build.md -o ~/.claude/skills/danielrosehill-kdp-publishing-plugin-kdp-build/SKILL.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What Kdp Build does
description: Typeset the interior PDF at KDP trim, with margins cleared against the gutter minimum and an even page count argument-hint: "[optional — 'proof' to skip the parity leaf]"
Typeset the interior. Scope: $ARGUMENTS
Use the `kdp-typeset-interior` skill. In short:
python3 ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/build-interior.py
Run it from inside the book project, or pass `--project`. It finds the nearest `book.toml` by walking up from the working directory.
**What it does tha
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Full documentation available on GitHub
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