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Newbook

by scunning1975 in scunning1975/MixtapeTools

Scaffold a new book project — folders, memoir-based LaTeX skeleton, custom style with voiced sidebars, bibliography stub, CLAUDE.md, README, and a chapter-per-file structure that converts cleanly to…

No licenceAuto-check passedDocuments & Office

Install Newbook

skills CLI
$ npx skills add scunning1975/MixtapeTools --skill newbook -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install scunning1975/MixtapeTools newbook --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/scunning1975/MixtapeTools.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/newbook .claude/skills/newbook && 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
newbook
GitHub stars
474
Token cost
~1.3k tokens
SKILL.md length
541 words
Files
10
Skills in repo
9
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Scaffold a new book project — folders, memoir-based LaTeX skeleton, custom style with voiced sidebars, bibliography stub, CLAUDE.md, README, and a chapter-per-file structure that converts cleanly to…

  • Works in 6 steps: Get the arguments → Confirm location → Create the directory structure → …
  • Tasks that involve LaTeX
  • SKILL.md covers When this skill is invoked, Step 1: Get the arguments, Step 2: Confirm location and Step 3: Create the directory…, plus 6 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Newbook is an agent skill from scunning1975/MixtapeTools. Scaffold a new book project — folders, memoir-based LaTeX skeleton, custom style with voiced sidebars, bibliography stub, CLAUDE.md, README, and a chapter-per-file structure that converts cleanly to HTML later. Use at the start of a book project to get a compileable skeleton in one step. Parallel to /newproject and /bibcheck.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 10 other files.

It sits in Documents & Office, covering LaTeX, Citation management and Agent instruction files. It works with LaTeX. The repository describes itself as: Tools for coding, teaching, and presentations with AI assistance.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve LaTeX
  • Tasks that involve Citation management
  • Tasks that involve Agent instruction files

Example prompts

  • “/newbook”

Requirements

  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Bash(mkdir*), Bash(cp*), Bash(ls*), Bash(pdflatex*), Bash(touch*), Read, Write, Edit

Workflow steps

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

  1. Get the arguments
  2. Confirm location
  3. Create the directory structure
  4. Write the core files
  5. Sanity compile
  6. Report

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9163a2e. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

    • Bash(mkdir*)
    • Bash(cp*)
    • Bash(ls*)
    • Bash(pdflatex*)
    • Bash(touch*)
    • Read
    • Write
    • Edit

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are bash).

    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

Newbook loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 84 tokens; SKILL.md has 541 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~84
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.3k

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

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 541 words (~1,348 tokens).

“Scaffold the standard structure Scott uses for a long-form book: memoir-based LaTeX, Palatino body, Gov-2001 palette, voiced-sidebar callouts, one chapter per file, a bibliography stub, a CLAUDE.md with voice and lineage rules, and a README.”

— opening of SKILL.md by scunning1975
name
newbook
allowed-tools
Bash(mkdir*), Bash(cp*), Bash(ls*), Bash(pdflatex*), Bash(touch*), Read, Write, Edit
argument-hint
[book-slug] [optional --title="Title"] [optional --chapters=N]

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 9 other files in .claude/skills/newbook of scunning1975/MixtapeTools.

  • SKILL.md
  • templates/00_frontmatter.tex.tmpl
  • templates/CLAUDE.md.tmpl
  • templates/README.md.tmpl
  • templates/bib.bib.tmpl
  • templates/book.tex.tmpl
  • templates/chapter.tex.tmpl
  • templates/decks_README.md.tmpl
  • templates/progress_log.md.tmpl
  • templates/style.sty.tmpl

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9163a2e

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Latex Paper Enbrycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills4.6k1 repos~2.2kAutomated safety check: PassCustom licence
Latex Paper Enbahayonghang/academic-writing-skills500—~4.9kAutomated safety check: PassNone
Paper Detailsmathbullet/skills173—~3.6kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Works with

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Questions about Newbook

What does Newbook do?

Scaffold a new book project — folders, memoir-based LaTeX skeleton, custom style with voiced sidebars, bibliography stub, CLAUDE.md, README, and a chapter-per-file structure that converts cleanly to…. Newbook is an agent skill from scunning1975/MixtapeTools.md, README, and a chapter-per-file structure that converts cleanly to HTML later.

When should I use Newbook?

Newbook fits situations like: tasks that involve LaTeX; tasks that involve Citation management; tasks that involve Agent instruction files.

How do I install Newbook in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add scunning1975/MixtapeTools --skill newbook -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/newbook in scunning1975/MixtapeTools) into .claude/skills/newbook in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Newbook in Codex?

Run `npx skills add scunning1975/MixtapeTools --skill newbook -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/newbook in scunning1975/MixtapeTools) into .agents/skills/newbook in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Newbook 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 scunning1975/MixtapeTools --skill newbook -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/newbook, .gemini/skills/newbook, .github/skills/newbook and .opencode/skills/newbook in your project.

What does Newbook need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Newbook is instructions for the agent only. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Bash(mkdir*), Bash(cp*), Bash(ls*), Bash(pdflatex*), Bash(touch*), Read, Write, Edit.

Does Newbook 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 Newbook 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 Newbook use?

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

How many tokens does Newbook use?

About 1.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.4k 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 Newbook?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Newbook: Literature Survey (ai4s-research/ai4s-skills, 237 stars), Latex To Word Workflow (hajimi-kun/latex-to-word-workflow, 128 stars), Latex Paper En (brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills, 4.6k stars) and Latex Paper En (bahayonghang/academic-writing-skills, 500 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Newbook?

scunning1975 (a GitHub user) maintains it in scunning1975/MixtapeTools, which has 474 GitHub stars. The repository holds 9 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 26, 2026.

Source: scunning1975/MixtapeTools on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.