bookcraft

Write a whole book from a one-line description of what the book should be. Plans a chapter outline, then narrates every chapter into its own markdown file, named so that a plain filename sort is the reading order. The finished folder is ready for /makebook. Use when asked to "write a book on X", "create a book about X", or to turn a subject into a multi-chapter set of narrations.

Bind a folder of markdown files into an ebook-style PDF and a matching EPUB, with a cover, a contents page, one chapter per file in filename sort order, hand-authored SVG figures placed where a concept needs one, and a back-of-book index. Takes a quoted book title and a folder; the PDF is set in 14pt unless another paragraph size from 11.8 to 17 is asked for. Use when asked to turn a set of notes, lessons, or narrations into a single readable book, PDF, large-print PDF, compact PDF, or Kindle-ready ebook.

Revise a book /createbook already wrote, in place. Edits only the chapters an instruction reaches, carries the outline and the glossary along with it, and leaves every other chapter byte-identical so the paragraph tags other files cite keep pointing where they did. Takes the book folder and the update instructions. Use when asked to correct, amend, extend or add to an existing book rather than write a new one.