How do I install the Reading Lens Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/reading-lens/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at https://claudskills.com/install/.

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

ClaudSkills / General / knowledge-mgmt

Reading Lens

Category: General · Sub-category: knowledge-mgmt

tool:obsidian type:generator

Active-reading scaffolding for nonfiction books (EPUB). Parses an EPUB, generates a structured book analysis in the user's Obsidian vault at Read/{Book Name} ({Author})/, with 0. General.md as the book-level overview and one numbered markdown file per chapter containing pre-read brief, the user's own notes section, and post-read synthesis — all through configurable role lenses (e.g. PM, CEO, Entrepreneur). Six sub-skills — `reading-lens:setup` loads an EPUB with lens selection, `reading-lens:brief` generates a pre-read brief for a chapter, `reading-lens:synthesize` generates a post-read synthesis, `reading-lens:overview-redo` regenerates 0. General.md, `reading-lens:lenses` manages global lens presets, `reading-lens:to-notion` mirrors the book to Notion via MCP. Use whenever the user wants deep, structured book analysis, says "analyze this book", "read this book", "reading lens", "book analysis", "pre-read brief", "chapter synthesis", or references an EPUB path. Prefer this skill for any book-study workflow — even when the user doesn't say its name.

What this skill does

Reading Lens is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the knowledge-mgmt sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/reading-lens/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use whenever the user wants deep, structured book analysis, says "analyze this book", "read this book", "reading lens", "book analysis", "pre-read brief", "chapter synthesis", or references an EPUB path. Prefer this skill for any book-study workflow — even when the user doesn't say its name.

Who uses this skill

The Reading Lens skill is built for Claude Code users and developers across all disciplines looking for general-purpose AI assistance. It is part of the open ClaudSkills registry, a community-curated catalog of 56,000+ capabilities you can install for Claude Code — the Claude CLI agent.

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/reading-lens
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/reading-lens/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/reading-lens/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/reading-lens/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/reading-lens/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\reading-lens\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.

Pro

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