Agent skill

Book Sales Optimization

by hashgraph-online in hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins

Optimize useful nonfiction book sales after the book is already working, including Amazon or retailer funnels, cover thumbnail clarity, store descriptions, authentic reviews, extra formats, pricing…

MITAuto-check passedMedia & Creative

Install Book Sales Optimization

skills CLI
$ npx skills add hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins --skill book-sales-optimization -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins book-sales-optimization --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/hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/LVTD-LLC/skills/skills/book-sales-optimization .claude/skills/book-sales-optimization && 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-sales-optimization
GitHub stars
1.2k
Token cost
~856 tokens
SKILL.md length
326 words
Files
6 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
686
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Optimize useful nonfiction book sales after the book is already working, including Amazon or retailer funnels, cover thumbnail clarity, store descriptions, authentic reviews, extra formats, pricing…

  • Works in 5 steps: Confirm Optimization Is The Right Lever → Audit The Purchase Funnel → Improve Conversion Before Expanding… → …
  • Improving a book product page
  • SKILL.md covers Core Lens, Reference Routing, Workflow and Output Format, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Book Sales Optimization is an agent skill from hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins. Optimize useful nonfiction book sales after the book is already working, including Amazon or retailer funnels, cover thumbnail clarity, store descriptions, authentic reviews, extra formats, pricing, upsells, piracy hooks, and fan engagement. Use when improving a book product page, purchase funnel, format strategy, pricing, direct sales, or post-launch growth.

Its SKILL.md is about 860 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 8 other files, including reference files (for example `references/core/checklist.md`, `references/core/examples.md` and `references/core/knowledge.md`). Compatibility notes: Codex, Claude Code, and other Agent Skills-compatible clients.

It sits in Media & Creative. The repository describes itself as: A curated list of awesome OpenAI Codex / ChatGPT plugins, skills, and resources. The 1 Codex Marketplace. See live plugins at: https://hol.org/plugins/best-codex-plugins. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Improving a book product page
  • Purchase funnel
  • Format strategy
  • Post-launch growth

Example prompts

  • “/book-sales-optimization”

Requirements

  • Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Codex, Claude Code, and other Agent Skills-compatible clients.

Workflow steps

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

  1. Confirm Optimization Is The Right Lever
  2. Audit The Purchase Funnel
  3. Improve Conversion Before Expanding Distribution
  4. Consider Percentage Boosts
  5. Optimize Pricing And Relationship Value

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 78497e5. 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

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    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.

  • Compatibility

    Codex, Claude Code, and other Agent Skills-compatible clients.

    From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Book Sales Optimization loads about 856 tokens when it runs, and up to ~4k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 96 tokens; SKILL.md has 326 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~96
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~856
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~4k

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); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins at commit 78497e5, republished under its MIT licence (© hashgraph-online). 326 words, ~856 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/book-sales-optimization/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 5 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
book-sales-optimization
description
Optimize useful nonfiction book sales after the book is already working, including Amazon or retailer funnels, cover thumbnail clarity, store descriptions, authentic reviews, extra formats, pricing, upsells, piracy hooks, and fan engagement. Use when improving a book product page, purchase funnel, format strategy, pricing, direct sales, or post-launch growth.
compatibility
Codex, Claude Code, and other Agent Skills-compatible clients.
license
MIT
metadata.version
0.1.0
metadata.displayName
Book Sales Optimization
metadata.category
Writing
metadata.tags
marketing,books,nonfiction,sales,pricing

Book Sales Optimization

Core Lens

Sales optimization helps an already useful and recommendable book sell more. It should not be used to compensate for weak promise, poor reader experience, or missing seed audience.

Because retailer rules, royalty terms, advertising interfaces, and review policies change, verify current platform-specific guidance before giving precise operational instructions.

Reference Routing

NeedRead
Core funnel and optimization conceptsreferences/core/knowledge.md
Optimization rules and current-info caveatsreferences/core/rules.md
Example audits and positioning patternsreferences/core/examples.md
Fast audit checklistreferences/core/checklist.md
Audit a retailer funnelworkflows/audit-retailer-funnel.md

Workflow

1. Confirm Optimization Is The Right Lever

Check whether the book already has:

  • A specific reader promise.
  • Evidence of reader value.
  • Some traffic, search, audience, or word of mouth.
  • A retailer page, direct-sales page, or purchase path to improve.

If the book is not yet working, route to planning, reader experience, beta reading, or seed marketing first.

2. Audit The Purchase Funnel

Evaluate:

  • Thumbnail cover clarity.
  • Title and subtitle promise.
  • Review count and rating quality.
  • Store description.
  • Editorial review or endorsement fields.
  • Look-inside/sample pages.
  • Product images and author profile.
3. Improve Conversion Before Expanding Distribution

Start with the biggest controllable bottlenecks:

  • Make the promise legible at thumbnail size.
  • Rewrite the description around reader outcomes.
  • Use reader language from conversations and beta feedback.
  • Encourage authentic reviews without gaming policies.
4. Consider Percentage Boosts

Evaluate extra formats, platforms, partnerships, and support offers by:

text
Increased reach + increased profit
vs.
Time cost + financial cost + stress cost
5. Optimize Pricing And Relationship Value

Consider:

  • Standard ebook and paperback pricing norms.
  • Direct-sales bundles.
  • Complementary upsells.
  • The long-term value of a reader relationship.
  • Whether the book supports consulting, teaching, software, or services.

Output Format

Return:

  1. Main sales bottleneck.
  2. Funnel audit table.
  3. Highest-leverage changes, ordered by expected impact.
  4. Current-info checks needed for platform-specific details.
  5. Pricing, format, or upsell recommendations when relevant.
  6. Fan and reader-relationship opportunities.

Quality Bar

Recommendations should improve honest conversion and reader fit. Do not suggest fake reviews, misleading positioning, fake scarcity, policy violations, or tactics that reduce the book's standalone value.

© hashgraph-online, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 5 other files (references) in plugins/LVTD-LLC/skills/skills/book-sales-optimization of hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/core/checklist.md
  • references/core/examples.md
  • references/core/knowledge.md
  • references/core/rules.md
  • workflows/audit-retailer-funnel.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 78497e5

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Questions about Book Sales Optimization

What does Book Sales Optimization do?

Optimize useful nonfiction book sales after the book is already working, including Amazon or retailer funnels, cover thumbnail clarity, store descriptions, authentic reviews, extra formats, pricing…. Book Sales Optimization is an agent skill from hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins. Optimize useful nonfiction book sales after the book is already working, including Amazon or retailer funnels, cover thumbnail clarity, store descriptions, authentic reviews, extra formats, pricing, upsells, piracy hooks, and fan engagement.

When should I use Book Sales Optimization?

Book Sales Optimization fits situations like: improving a book product page; purchase funnel; format strategy; post-launch growth.

How do I install Book Sales Optimization in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins --skill book-sales-optimization -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/LVTD-LLC/skills/skills/book-sales-optimization in hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins) into .claude/skills/book-sales-optimization in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Book Sales Optimization in Codex?

Run `npx skills add hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins --skill book-sales-optimization -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/LVTD-LLC/skills/skills/book-sales-optimization in hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins) into .agents/skills/book-sales-optimization in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Book Sales Optimization 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 hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins --skill book-sales-optimization -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-sales-optimization, .gemini/skills/book-sales-optimization, .github/skills/book-sales-optimization and .opencode/skills/book-sales-optimization in your project.

What does Book Sales Optimization need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Book Sales Optimization is instructions for the agent only. Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Codex, Claude Code, and other Agent Skills-compatible clients..

Does Book Sales Optimization 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 Sales Optimization 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. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Book Sales Optimization use?

Book Sales Optimization is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Book Sales Optimization use?

About 856 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.4k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 3.1k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Book Sales Optimization?

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Who maintains Book Sales Optimization?

hashgraph-online (a GitHub organization) maintains it in hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins, which has 1,242 GitHub stars. The repository holds 686 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

Source: hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.