Cove Book Forge MCP — AI skill for Claude Code

cove-book-forge-mcp

**Turn a PDF, EPUB, or TXT into reusable knowledge—not another one-off chat.**

`cove-book-forge-mcp` is a local-first, open-source MCP server that transforms books into structured AI analysis, Obsidian notes, chapter-level Skills, or one complete installable Agent Skill. Analyze a chapter once, reuse the result across outputs, and bring the finished knowledge into Codex, Claude Code, or another MCP-capable reading system.

What you can do

• Forge an entire book into one Agent Skill. Import a PDF, EPUB, or TXT, analyze every chapter through a resumable job, and publish a progressively disclosed Skill that an agent can use without loading the whole book into every prompt.
• Choose the right output for each chapter. Send the same analyzed chapter to a guarded Obsidian knowledge base or turn it into a reusable chapter Skill.
• Analyze once instead of paying twice. Stable fingerprints cache validated chapter analysis, so Obsidian, chapter-Skill, and whole-book workflows reuse matching results with zero additional model calls.
• Install Skills where you already work. Generated Skills can be installed for Codex, Claude Code, or a conventional generic Agent Skills directory.
• Use your preferred model. Built-in adapters cover OpenAI, DeepSeek and other OpenAI-compatible endpoints, and Anthropic; applications can inject a custom provider without changing the forge.
• Keep or skip the built-in library. Store managed copies locally, retain verified references, or let an existing reading system remain authoritative and send complete chapter snapshots through the public boundary.
• Build any reading experience around it. The MCP exposes books, chapters, analysis, outputs, complete-book jobs, controls, status, and generated Skills over stdio or loopback-only Streamable HTTP.

From book to reusable intelligence

PDF / EPUB / TXT / existing reading system
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