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book-ideation — Claude Code skill: book concepts and setup

Develop a nonfiction book idea into a structured concept, clarifying its reader, central claim, and promise. Use it before validating the idea or planning the book.

Install into Claude Code · Skills CLI (Vercel) All methods and platforms ↓ 
npx skills add robertguss/claude-code-toolkit --skill book-ideation -a claude-code
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What book-ideation does

The skill guides a conversation about the book’s reader, the change the reader should experience, the author’s reason for writing it, and the main claim. It also helps shape the stakes, supporting ideas, opposing position, and reader-facing promise. The result is a Book Concept Document for later validation and book planning.

Start from a rough idea, notes, or a partly developed concept. The process can span multiple sessions: each one sets a goal, explores selected elements, and ends with a new document version. A shorter capture mode covers the reader, transformation, thesis, and promise. This is for nonfiction; its framework is not meant for fiction projects.

What it helps with

  • turn a rough idea into a book concept
  • define the reader’s starting point and desired change
  • state a defensible central claim
  • prioritize ideas that support the thesis
  • prepare a concept for validation and market research

Example prompts for the agent

  • Help me develop this rough idea into a nonfiction book concept.
  • Review these notes and clarify the intended reader and central claim.
  • Continue from this Book Concept Document and create the next version.

How to install book-ideation

1Skills CLI (Vercel)

npx skills add robertguss/claude-code-toolkit --skill book-ideation -a claude-code

2Manually: put the files in place

~/.claude/skills/book-ideation/SKILL.md

Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/book-ideation/

Step by step, with commands for each platform: How to install skills in Claude Code: five ways

Questions about book-ideation

How do I install book-ideation in Claude Code?

Run npx skills add robertguss/claude-code-toolkit --skill book-ideation -a claude-code. The skill file is at ~/.claude/skills/book-ideation/SKILL.md.

What does book-ideation do?

It develops nonfiction book ideas into structured concepts, covering the reader, intended transformation, thesis, supporting ideas, and promise.

Can I use book-ideation for fiction?

No. The skill is designed for nonfiction book concepts.

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