Agent skill

Perennial Seller Holiday

by simbajigege in simbajigege/book2skills

Apply Ryan Holiday's perennial seller framework. An agent skill from simbajigege/book2skills.

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Install Perennial Seller Holiday

skills CLI
$ npx skills add simbajigege/book2skills --skill perennial-seller-holiday -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install simbajigege/book2skills perennial-seller-holiday --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/simbajigege/book2skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/perennial-seller-holiday .claude/skills/perennial-seller-holiday && 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
perennial-seller-holiday
GitHub stars
183
Token cost
~3.2k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,778 words
Files
5
Skills in repo
37
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Apply Ryan Holiday's perennial seller framework. An agent skill from simbajigege/book2skills.

  • Works in 7 steps: Start with the right intent: You must… → Ask "What will this do in 10 years?"… → Pick a lane: "Many creators want to be… → …
  • : will this work last?
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, When to Use This Skill, Four-Part Framework and Agent Instructions, plus 8 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Perennial Seller Holiday is an agent skill from simbajigege/book2skills. Apply Ryan Holiday's perennial seller framework. Trigger on: "will this work last?", "position my book/product", "build an enduring launch".

Its SKILL.md is about 3.2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 5 other files (for example `README.md`, `quotes/creative-process-quotes.md` and `quotes/marketing-platform-quotes.md`).

The repository describes itself as: Create best skills based on best books.

When your agent uses it

  • : will this work last?
  • Position my book/product
  • Build an enduring launch

Example prompts

  • “s perennial seller framework. Trigger on:”
  • “position my book/product”
  • “build an enduring launch”
  • “/perennial-seller-holiday”

Workflow steps

7 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Start with the right intent: You must have a genuine reason to make the work — not "I want to be famous" but "there's a truth that needs…
  2. Ask "What will this do in 10 years?" Filter every decision through the question of longevity. The choices that build longevity are usually…
  3. Pick a lane: "Many creators want to be for everyone... and as a result end up being for no one." Hamilton's Lin-Manuel Miranda: "I picked…
  4. Identify the one reader/viewer/user: Stephen King has "one ideal reader" he writes for. John Steinbeck: "Your audience is one single…
  5. Test early, test often: A book should be an article before it's a book, and a dinner conversation before it's an article. Test ideas in…
  6. Revise relentlessly: Hemingway rewrote the first part of A Farewell to Arms more than fifty times. Jack Kerouac spent six years editing On…
  7. Pursue timeless themes: Great perennial sellers address universal, enduring aspects of human experience. The more perennial the problem…

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit e5ba66c. 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.

Context cost

Perennial Seller Holiday loads about 3.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 41 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,778 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~41
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~3.2k

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 1,778 words (~3,232 tokens).

“This skill encodes Ryan Holiday's framework from Perennial Seller for creating work that earns continued success over years and decades rather than fading after initial release. The book draws on Holiday's experience working with authors, businesses, and creative projects —…”

— opening of SKILL.md by simbajigege, Custom licence
name
perennial-seller-holiday
license
Skill distillation for personal/educational use. Do not reproduce source passages verbatim.

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 4 other files in skills/perennial-seller-holiday of simbajigege/book2skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • LICENSE.txt
  • README.md
  • quotes/creative-process-quotes.md
  • quotes/marketing-platform-quotes.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit e5ba66c

Compare with similar skills

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Perennial Seller Holiday this skillsimbajigege/book2skills183—~3.2kAutomated safety check: PassCustom licence
Ecommerce Seller Infobrowser-act/skills6.1k—~1.2kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Public Holidaysmohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills1.4k—~1.1kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Pp Amazon Sellermvanhorn/printing-press-library2.1k—~4kAutomated safety check: NotesApache-2.0
Etsy Star Sellernexscope-ai/eCommerce-Skills1.1k—~431Automated safety check: PassMIT
Amazon Seller Analyticsnexscope-ai/Amazon-Skills744—~3.4kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Perennial Seller Holiday

What does Perennial Seller Holiday do?

Apply Ryan Holiday's perennial seller framework. An agent skill from simbajigege/book2skills. Perennial Seller Holiday is an agent skill from simbajigege/book2skills. Apply Ryan Holiday's perennial seller framework.

When should I use Perennial Seller Holiday?

Perennial Seller Holiday fits situations like: : will this work last?; position my book/product; build an enduring launch.

How do I install Perennial Seller Holiday in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add simbajigege/book2skills --skill perennial-seller-holiday -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/perennial-seller-holiday in simbajigege/book2skills) into .claude/skills/perennial-seller-holiday in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Perennial Seller Holiday in Codex?

Run `npx skills add simbajigege/book2skills --skill perennial-seller-holiday -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/perennial-seller-holiday in simbajigege/book2skills) into .agents/skills/perennial-seller-holiday in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Perennial Seller Holiday 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 simbajigege/book2skills --skill perennial-seller-holiday -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/perennial-seller-holiday, .gemini/skills/perennial-seller-holiday, .github/skills/perennial-seller-holiday and .opencode/skills/perennial-seller-holiday in your project.

What does Perennial Seller Holiday need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Perennial Seller Holiday is instructions for the agent only.

Does Perennial Seller Holiday 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 Perennial Seller Holiday 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 Perennial Seller Holiday use?

Perennial Seller Holiday has a licence file (from the LICENSE file in the skill folder) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Perennial Seller Holiday use?

About 3.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 13k 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 Perennial Seller Holiday?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Perennial Seller Holiday: Ecommerce Seller Info (browser-act/skills, 6.1k stars), Public Holidays (mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, 1.4k stars), Pp Amazon Seller (mvanhorn/printing-press-library, 2.1k stars) and Etsy Star Seller (nexscope-ai/eCommerce-Skills, 1.1k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Perennial Seller Holiday?

simbajigege (a GitHub user) maintains it in simbajigege/book2skills, which has 183 GitHub stars. The repository holds 37 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 26, 2026.

Source: simbajigege/book2skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.