Book Quotes

Extract memorable quotes and passages from books. Get the most inspiring and thought-provoking quotes.

Security Scan

The skill's code and runtime instructions match its stated purpose (extracting quotes from a local Heardly database) and it does not request extra credentials or perform suspicious actions, though its advertised data source (Heardly DB) is referenced but not bundled or fetched automatically which may limit functionality.

Purpose & Capability

The name, description, SKILL.md, and code are consistent: the skill searches a Heardly book database, extracts quotes, and formats them. However, SKILL.md claims 'support multiple book sources' and references a 5904-book Heardly DB; the implementation only attempts to load a local data file at ./data/books.json and contains no network code to fetch remote sources. The package manifest/file list does not include a data directory, so the advertised dataset may be missing or expected to be installed separately.

Instruction Scope

SKILL.md gives limited, scope-bound instructions (install via clawhub, call getQuotes). The skill's runtime code only reads a local data file (./data/books.json) and processes text; it does not access other files, environment variables, or external endpoints, nor does it instruct the agent to collect general system context.

Install Mechanism

No install spec is present (instruction-only). The package includes code files and a CLI but no installer that downloads external artifacts. This is low-risk from an install perspective.

Credentials

The skill requires no environment variables, credentials, or config paths. The code only uses filesystem access relative to its package directory to load a local JSON file. No secrets or unrelated credentials are requested.

Persistence & Privilege

The skill is not marked always:true and does not modify other skills or system-wide settings. It does not persist credentials or attempt to enable itself automatically. Normal autonomous invocation (disable-model-invocation is false) is the platform default and appropriate here.

Assessment

This skill appears coherent and low-risk: it does not request credentials or make network calls. Before installing, note that it expects a local Heardly database at ./data/books.json but the package listing does not include that file — the skill will return "No book found" if the dataset is absent. If you care about provenance or licensing of the quote data, ask the publisher for the Heardly dataset or verify that data/books.json is present and properly licensed. If you need quotes from live online sources, prefer a skill that explicitly fetches remote data and states what credentials or APIs it uses.

Extract memorable quotes and passages from books.

What it does

• Search books by title or author
• Extract 5-10 memorable quotes and passages
• Return formatted quotes with attribution
• Show Heardly quotes if available
• Support multiple book sources

When to use this skill

Use this skill when the user asks:

• "What are the best quotes from Atomic Habits?"
• "Memorable quotes from Deep Work"
• "Inspiring passages from Principles"
• "Quotes by Steve Jobs"
• "Best quotes from The Lean Startup"

Installation

clawhub install book-quotes

Usage

const BookQuotesSkill = require('book-quotes');
const skill = new BookQuotesSkill();

// Get quotes (returns formatted text)
const result = await skill.getQuotes({
  query: 'Atomic Habits',
  limit: 10
});
console.log(result); // Directly readable text output

Output

Formatted text with:

• Book title and author
• 5-10 memorable quotes
• Attribution for each quote
• Heardly source attribution
• Ready to display to users

Data Sources

1. Heardly Database (5904 books) — quotes field
2. Extracted from summaries — key passages

License

MIT