open-library-api
Search and access book metadata via the Open Library API
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill open-library-api --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Open Library API ## Overview Open Library (by the Internet Archive) catalogs every book ever published — 40M+ editions, 20M+ unique works. The API provides book search, ISBN/OCLC lookup, cover images, and reading access for 2M+ borrowable ebooks. Particularly useful for monograph discovery, edition tracking, and bibliographic verification. Free, no authentication required. ## API Endpoints ### S
What does the open-library-api skill do?
Search and access book metadata via the Open Library API
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill open-library-api --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills, a repository with 3,244 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.