Agent skill

Book Scaffolding

by aiskillstore in aiskillstore/marketplace

Plan, structure, and scaffold large educational books using cognitive load management, just-in-time specification, and pedagogical best practices.

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Install Book Scaffolding

skills CLI
$ npx skills add aiskillstore/marketplace --skill book-scaffolding -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install aiskillstore/marketplace book-scaffolding --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/aiskillstore/marketplace.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/92bilal26/book-scaffolding .claude/skills/book-scaffolding && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
book-scaffolding
GitHub stars
433
Token cost
~4.9k tokens
SKILL.md length
2,034 words
Files
10 (incl. scripts)
Skills in repo
1,044
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Plan, structure, and scaffold large educational books using cognitive load management, just-in-time specification, and pedagogical best practices.

  • Works in 12 steps: Just-In-Time Specification ("Specs Are… → Minimal MVP Approach → Narrative Continuity → …
  • Planning multi-part
  • SKILL.md covers Core Principles (9 Learnings…, The Book Scaffolding Workflow, Quality Standards Checklist and Acceptance Checks, plus 4 more sections
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder

What it does

Book Scaffolding is an agent skill from aiskillstore/marketplace. Plan, structure, and scaffold large educational books using cognitive load management, just-in-time specification, and pedagogical best practices. Use this skill when planning multi-part, multi-chapter educational works that require narrative continuity, progressive complexity, and hands-on exercises. This skill helps create cohesive learning journeys that balance foundational scaffolding with advanced independence. Activate when tasks involve structuring books, managing cognitive load across chapters, defining…

Its SKILL.md is about 4.9k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 12 other files, including scripts (for example `reference/chapter-dependencies.md`, `reference/chapter-flow-patterns.md` and `reference/content-organization.md`).

It sits in Development, covering Project scaffolding. The repository describes itself as: Security-audited skills for Claude, Codex & Claude Code. One-click install, quality verified.

When your agent uses it

  • Planning multi-part
  • Multi-chapter educational works that require narrative continuity
  • Progressive complexity
  • Hands-on exercises

Example prompts

  • “/book-scaffolding”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

12 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Just-In-Time Specification ("Specs Are the New Syntax")
  2. Minimal MVP Approach
  3. Narrative Continuity
  4. Cognitive Load Management (CRITICAL)
  5. Show-Then-Explain Pedagogy
  6. Zero Gatekeeping Language
  7. Connection Mapping (Part-to-Part)
  8. Success Criteria Definition
  9. Hands-On Exercises (Practical Chapters)
  10. Nine Pillars Alignment (NEW - Constitution v3.1.2)
  11. LLM to LAM Evolution Scaffolding (NEW - Constitution v3.1.2)
  12. Co-Learning Partnership Scaffolding (NEW - Constitution v3.1.2)

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 44923f3. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Ships 2 files in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Book Scaffolding loads about 4.9k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 154 tokens; SKILL.md has 2,034 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~154
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~4.9k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 2,034 words (~4,861 tokens).

“Purpose: Plan, structure, and scaffold large educational books using cognitive load management, just-in-time specification, and pedagogical best practices.”

— opening of SKILL.md by aiskillstore
name
book-scaffolding
version
2.1.0
constitution_alignment
v4.0.1

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 9 other files (scripts) in skills/92bilal26/book-scaffolding of aiskillstore/marketplace.

  • SKILL.md
  • reference/chapter-dependencies.md
  • reference/chapter-flow-patterns.md
  • reference/content-organization.md
  • reference/structural-patterns.md
  • scripts/analyze-flow.py
  • scripts/validate-structure.py
  • skill-report.json
  • templates/book-outline-template.yml
  • templates/chapter-structure-template.yml

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 44923f3

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Questions about Book Scaffolding

What does Book Scaffolding do?

Plan, structure, and scaffold large educational books using cognitive load management, just-in-time specification, and pedagogical best practices. Book Scaffolding is an agent skill from aiskillstore/marketplace. Plan, structure, and scaffold large educational books using cognitive load management, just-in-time specification, and pedagogical best practices.

When should I use Book Scaffolding?

Book Scaffolding fits situations like: planning multi-part; multi-chapter educational works that require narrative continuity; progressive complexity; hands-on exercises.

How do I install Book Scaffolding in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add aiskillstore/marketplace --skill book-scaffolding -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/92bilal26/book-scaffolding in aiskillstore/marketplace) into .claude/skills/book-scaffolding in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Book Scaffolding in Codex?

Run `npx skills add aiskillstore/marketplace --skill book-scaffolding -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/92bilal26/book-scaffolding in aiskillstore/marketplace) into .agents/skills/book-scaffolding in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Book Scaffolding in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add aiskillstore/marketplace --skill book-scaffolding -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/book-scaffolding, .gemini/skills/book-scaffolding, .github/skills/book-scaffolding and .opencode/skills/book-scaffolding in your project.

What does Book Scaffolding need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Book Scaffolding needs Python for the scripts in its folder. Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Book Scaffolding access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Book Scaffolding safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Book Scaffolding use?

No licence was found for Book Scaffolding or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Book Scaffolding use?

About 4.9k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 19k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Book Scaffolding?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Book Scaffolding: Nx Generate (nomcopter/react-mosaic, 4.8k stars), Ponytail (DavidObando/gsharp, 565 stars), Run Nx Generator (nrwl/nx, 29k stars) and Conductor Setup (gemini-cli-extensions/conductor, 3.8k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Book Scaffolding?

aiskillstore (a GitHub organization) maintains it in aiskillstore/marketplace, which has 433 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,044 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 10, 2026.

Source: aiskillstore/marketplace on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.