Agent skill
books
CLI for AI agents to search and lookup books for their humans. Uses Open Library API. No auth required.
Install this agent skill to your Project
npx add-skill https://github.com/majiayu000/claude-skill-registry/tree/main/skills/other/other/books
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Additional technical details for this skill
- openclaw
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{ "tags": [ "books", "reading", "open-library", "literature", "cli" ], "emoji": "\ud83d\udcda", "requires": { "bins": [ "bash", "curl", "jq" ] } }
SKILL.md
Book Lookup
CLI for AI agents to search and lookup books for their humans. "What's that fantasy series about the magic university?" — now your agent can answer.
Uses Open Library API. No account or API key needed.
Usage
"Search for books called The Name of the Wind"
"Find books by Patrick Rothfuss"
"Tell me about work ID OL27448W"
"Who is author OL23919A?"
Commands
| Action | Command |
|---|---|
| Search | books search "query" |
| Get book details | books info <work_id> |
| Get author info | books author <author_id> |
Examples
books search "the name of the wind" # Find books by title
books search "author:brandon sanderson" # Search by author
books info OL27448W # Get full details by work ID
books author OL23919A # Get author bio and works
Output
Search output:
[OL27448W] The Name of the Wind — Patrick Rothfuss, 2007, ⭐ 4.5
Info output:
📚 The Name of the Wind
Work ID: OL27448W
First Published: March 27, 2007
Subjects: Fantasy, Magic, Coming of Age
📖 Description:
[Full description text]
🖼️ Cover: https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/12345-L.jpg
Author output:
👤 Patrick Rothfuss
Born: June 6, 1973
Author ID: OL23919A
📖 Bio:
[Author biography]
=== Works ===
[OL27448W] The Name of the Wind, 2007
[OL16313124W] The Wise Man's Fear, 2011
Notes
- Uses Open Library API (openlibrary.org)
- No authentication required
- Work IDs look like: OL27448W
- Author IDs look like: OL23919A
- Search supports
author:,title:,subject:prefixes - Cover images available in S, M, L sizes
Agent Implementation Notes
Script location: {skill_folder}/books (wrapper to scripts/books)
When user asks about books:
- Run
./books search "title or author"to find work ID - Run
./books info <work_id>for full details - Run
./books author <author_id>for author info and bibliography
Search tips:
- Use
author:nameto search specifically by author - Use
title:nameto search specifically by title - Use
subject:topicto search by genre/subject
Don't use for: E-books, audiobooks, purchasing, or reading the actual content.
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