Book New — Development skill for Claude Code
Create a new book project — scaffold, research, and outline.
How to install Book New
Installs to ~/.claude/skills/jayping23-book-forge-book-new/SKILL.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/jayping23-book-forge-book-new && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JayPing23/book-forge/HEAD/commands/book-new.md -o ~/.claude/skills/jayping23-book-forge-book-new/SKILL.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What Book New does
description: Create a new book project — scaffold, research, and outline argument-hint:
book-new
If the author doesn't have a concept yet (no title, genre, or protagonist idea in mind), point them to `/book-forge:book-idea` first rather than pushing through this command's questions on a blank slate — that command converges fragments (or nothing at all) into a structured premise this command can then consume directly.
Given a project name as `$ARGUMENTS`:
- If `$ARGU
Alternatives in Development
- Book To Skill — Turn any technical book PDF into a Claude Code skill — ready to study, reference, and use while you work 25.9k ★
- Ars Outline — ARS academic-paper outline-only mode — detailed outline + evidence map 4.5k ★
- Analyze Codebase To Book — Prompt: Turn Any Codebase Into a Technical Book 1.7k ★
Full documentation available on GitHub
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