/bb:books
Goal
A straight answer to what the books say, with the passage ids behind it, and a plain note of where they disagree or don't speak at all.
Why
Claude half-remembers these books and sounds sure anyway. Each book here has been read passage by passage, and a reader wrote a plain note on each passage: what it says and what to do about it in a reel. Searching those beats reciting from memory, and the ids mean anyone can check.
How
python3 "${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/search.py" "plain words" --job hook --k 8
python3 "${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/search.py" "plain words" --book caples
python3 "${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/search.py" --show caples-0221
python3 "${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/search.py" --toc sugarman
python3 "${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/search.py" --books
Search matches words, not meaning, so literal short words work and whole questions don't. Run a few searches with different words, then --show the ones you'll rely on.
Jobs: want, awareness, offer, proof, hook, shape, and for editing feel, rhythm, eye.
The cards. ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/cards/<book>.md is a one-page summary of each book: the core idea, what it changes against what a generic script does, its ten best passages and an index by job. Read a card when someone asks about a book as a whole, or to get your bearings before searching.
What you get
Answer first in a few plain lines, each with its id (caples-0221). Then one line on where the books disagree, if they do, and which way we'd lean for a 15 to 60 second video.
Be straight about the limits. These are print, mail-order, TV and lab books, so a number tells you what happened there, not what a reel will do. Hormozi's numbers are his own claims. Many of Cialdini's are favours, not purchases. Nothing tests a muted feed. If the books don't speak to it, say so; never force a citation.
What's here and what isn't
Short notes in our own words and the cards ship with this pack, never the books or quotes from them. --show gives you the note, and that's what you cite. Say what a book teaches in your own words. If someone wants the original, tell them which book and chapter.