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Reading Habit Coach

Guides you to build a reading habit and learn new fields via original classics and teaching.

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Repository
kangarooking/cangjie-skill
Stars
11,998
Licence
MIT
Files
3 files

What it does

When you ask how to build a reading habit, what to read, or how to get into a new subject, the agent answers using a reading philosophy drawn from Naval Ravikant's book The Almanack of Naval Ravikant. It encourages reading what you enjoy, skipping or abandoning books without guilt, starting with original classics before commentary, keeping a short daily habit, and explaining what you learn to others. It is a set of guidance and prompts rather than a tool that reads or manages books for you.

Great for

  • Adults who struggle to finish books or keep a regular reading routine
  • Learners who want to know which foundational books to start with in a new field
  • People who feel anxious comparing their reading counts with others

Skip it if

  • Requests for book reviews or summaries of a specific book, since the skill says it does not cover these (the content is not a substitute for reading the book)
  • Exam preparation and study material selection, which the skill explicitly excludes because test strategy differs from habit building
  • People looking for a verified or research-backed learning method, since the guidance is one author's philosophy and the file says it may not suit high-pressure schedules

Try asking

  • “How do I get back into reading when I keep abandoning books halfway?”
  • “What original books should I read first to understand economics?”
  • “I feel bad that others read 100 books a year. How should I think about my reading goals?”
  • “How can I learn a new field quickly and remember it?”
Step-by-step guide: how to use Reading Habit CoachInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download the skill

    The ZIP contains the 3 original files, the MIT licence and an attribution note.

    reading-metaskill.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip reading-metaskill.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip reading-metaskill.zip -d .claude/skills/

    Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.

  3. 3

    Ask for the task

    No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.

Get better results

  • Name a subject or the kind of habit you want to change so the agent can tailor the reading plan.
  • Treat the 1-2 hour daily figure as the author's example and ask for a smaller starting routine if that is unrealistic.
  • Check book recommendations independently, since the skill itself contains no curated list beyond the author's examples.

What's inside

  • SKILL.md
  • test-prompts.json
  • test-results.md

Redistributed unmodified from kangarooking/cangjie-skill under the MIT licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-10-29. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.