Skill Seekers Documentation

May 30, 2026 · View on GitHub

Complete documentation for Skill Seekers v3.6.0

Welcome!

This is the official documentation for Skill Seekers - the universal tool for converting 18 source types (documentation sites, GitHub repos, PDFs, videos, Word docs, EPUB books, Jupyter notebooks, local HTML, OpenAPI specs, AsciiDoc, PowerPoint, RSS/Atom feeds, man pages, Confluence, Notion, Slack/Discord, and local codebases) into AI-ready skills for 21+ platforms.

Where Should I Start?

🚀 I'm New Here

Start with our Getting Started guides:

Installation - Install Skill Seekers
Quick Start - Create your first skill in 3 commands
Your First Skill - Complete walkthrough
Next Steps - Where to go from here

📖 I Want to Learn

Explore our User Guides:

Core Concepts - How Skill Seekers works
Scraping Guide - All scraping options
Enhancement Guide - AI enhancement explained
Packaging Guide - Export to platforms
Workflows Guide - Enhancement workflows
Troubleshooting - Common issues

📚 I Need Reference

Look up specific information:

CLI Reference - All 19 commands
MCP Reference - 40 MCP tools
Config Format - JSON specification
Environment Variables - All env vars

🚀 I'm Ready for Advanced Topics

Power user features:

MCP Server Setup - MCP integration
MCP Tools Deep Dive - Advanced MCP usage
Custom Workflows - Create workflows
Multi-Source Scraping - Combine sources

Quick Reference

The 3 Commands

# 1. Install
pip install skill-seekers

# 2. Create skill
skill-seekers create https://docs.django.com/

# 3. Package for Claude
skill-seekers package output/django --target claude

Common Commands

# Create from any source (auto-detects type)
skill-seekers create https://docs.django.com/
skill-seekers create facebook/react
skill-seekers create manual.pdf
skill-seekers create notebook.ipynb

# Scan a project for tech stack — emits one config per framework
skill-seekers scan ./my-react-app --out ./configs/scanned/

# Enhance skill
skill-seekers enhance output/my-skill/

# Package for platform
skill-seekers package output/my-skill/ --target claude

# Upload
skill-seekers upload output/my-skill-claude.zip

# Install complete workflow
skill-seekers install --config react --target claude

# Doctor / diagnostics
skill-seekers doctor

Documentation Structure

docs/
├── README.md                 # This file - start here
├── ARCHITECTURE.md          # How docs are organized
│
├── getting-started/         # For new users
│   ├── 01-installation.md
│   ├── 02-quick-start.md
│   ├── 03-your-first-skill.md
│   └── 04-next-steps.md
│
├── user-guide/              # Common tasks
│   ├── 01-core-concepts.md
│   ├── 02-scraping.md
│   ├── 03-enhancement.md
│   ├── 04-packaging.md
│   ├── 05-workflows.md
│   └── 06-troubleshooting.md
│
├── guides/                  # How-to guides
│   ├── MCP_SETUP.md
│   ├── MIGRATION_GUIDE.md
│   ├── TESTING_GUIDE.md
│   └── UPLOAD_GUIDE.md
│
├── integrations/            # Platform integrations
│   ├── LANGCHAIN.md
│   ├── LLAMA_INDEX.md
│   ├── CURSOR.md
│   └── ...
│
├── features/                # Feature deep-dives
│   ├── BOOTSTRAP_SKILL.md
│   ├── UNIFIED_SCRAPING.md
│   └── ENHANCEMENT.md
│
├── reference/               # Technical reference
│   ├── CLI_REFERENCE.md     # 19 commands
│   ├── MCP_REFERENCE.md     # 40 MCP tools
│   ├── CONFIG_FORMAT.md     # JSON spec
│   └── ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLES.md
│
├── advanced/                # Power user topics
│   ├── mcp-server.md
│   ├── custom-workflows.md
│   └── multi-source.md
│
├── archive/                 # Legacy docs
├── blog/                    # Blog posts
├── case-studies/            # Case studies
├── plans/                   # Feature plans
├── roadmap/                 # Roadmap
├── strategy/                # Strategy docs
└── zh-CN/                   # Chinese translations