Agent skill · writing content · mvanhorn
pp-passage
A contemplative daily reading practice — open book APIs as your library, real public-domain passages to sit with, and a reading journal that's yours. Trigger phrases: `what should I read today`, `find me a book`, `sit with a passage`, `add to my reading list`, `my reading journal`, `use passage`, `run passage`.
Why this skill is useful
Adds specific commands for managing a personal reading practice with public-domain texts that the AI wouldn't generate on its own.
What it needs
Requires passage-pp-cli installed locally. About 11k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-06. 1,890 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
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How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills mvanhorn/pp-passage