How do I install the Book Fetch skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add modbender/book-fetch in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

Is Book Fetch safe to use?

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Which AI agents work with Book Fetch?

This skill is tagged as working with Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex. SKILL.md is an open format, so most agents that read a skills directory can load it too.

Is Book Fetch free to use?

Yes. Installing skills from SkillMD is free, and the skill stays under its author's original license.

Who published Book Fetch?

modbender (@modbender) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Book Fetch by modbender — Agent Skill

Name: Book Fetch
Rating: 4.666666666666667 (3 reviews)
Author: modbender

Book Fetch

Download ebooks (epub/pdf) from Anna's Archive and upload them to MEGA automatically. Use when the user asks to download a book, find an ebook, search for a title on Anna's Archive/libgen, or add a book to their MEGA library.

modbender Updated Sep 9, 2026 12 repo stars

File contents

book-fetch

Search Anna's Archive, download epub/pdf, upload to mega:/Books/.

Setup (one-time)

Anna's Archive is DNS-blocked on the VPS. The /etc/hosts override is already in place:

186.2.165.77 annas-archive.li

MEGA is configured via rclone (rclone ls mega:/ to verify).

Usage

cd ~/clawd
.venv-books/bin/python3 skills/book-fetch/scripts/book_fetch.py "TITLE AUTHOR"

Options:

--format pdf — prefer PDF over epub
--dry-run — search only, no download
--pick -1 — interactive result picker
--pick N — pick result index N (default: 0)

Download Pipeline

Search annas-archive.li → parse data-content attributes for title/author/md5
Fetch annas-archive.li/md5/<md5> → find libgen.li/ads.php link
Fetch libgen.li/ads.php → extract get.php?md5=...&key=... direct link
Download file with progress bar
Upload via rclone copy ... mega:/Books/

Fallback: If no libgen.li mirror exists (newer books), tries Anna's Archive fast/slow download links.

Notes

New books (2023+) may lack libgen mirrors; fast_download requires AA membership; slow_download is rate-limited
venv: ~/clawd/.venv-books/ (requests, beautifulsoup4, lxml)
Files cached at /tmp/books/ after download
GitHub: https://github.com/zerone0x/book-fetch

Frequently asked questions