ebook-extractor
✓Use when user wants to extract text from ebooks (EPUB, MOBI, PDF). Use for converting ebooks to plain text for analysis, processing, or reading. Handles all common ebook formats.
Installation
SKILL.md
Overview Extract plain text from EPUB, MOBI, and PDF files using Python scripts. No LLM calls - pure text extraction.
| EPUB | ebooklib + BeautifulSoup | Direct parsing, preserves structure | | MOBI | Calibre ebook-convert | Converts to EPUB first, then extracts | | PDF | PyMuPDF (fitz) | Fast, handles most PDFs well |
| Missing package | Run setup.sh or pip install -r requirements.txt | | MOBI fails | Ensure Calibre is installed: brew install calibre | | PDF garbled | Some PDFs are image-based; OCR needed (not supported) |
Use when user wants to extract text from ebooks (EPUB, MOBI, PDF). Use for converting ebooks to plain text for analysis, processing, or reading. Handles all common ebook formats. Source: ratacat/claude-skills.
Facts (cite-ready)
Stable fields and commands for AI/search citations.
- Install command
npx skills add https://github.com/ratacat/claude-skills --skill ebook-extractor- Source
- ratacat/claude-skills
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- First Seen
- 2026-02-01
- Updated
- 2026-02-18
Quick answers
What is ebook-extractor?
Use when user wants to extract text from ebooks (EPUB, MOBI, PDF). Use for converting ebooks to plain text for analysis, processing, or reading. Handles all common ebook formats. Source: ratacat/claude-skills.
How do I install ebook-extractor?
Open your terminal or command line tool (Terminal, iTerm, Windows Terminal, etc.) Copy and run this command: npx skills add https://github.com/ratacat/claude-skills --skill ebook-extractor Once installed, the skill will be automatically configured in your AI coding environment and ready to use in Claude Code or Cursor
Where is the source repository?
https://github.com/ratacat/claude-skills
Details
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- Source
- skills.sh
- First Seen
- 2026-02-01