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Aa Book

  • 3 installs
  • 2 repo stars
  • Updated July 13, 2026
  • joelhooks/aa-download

Searches and downloads books from Anna's Archive with browser auth, converts epub/mobi to PDF, and transfers to NAS.

About

Wraps an aa-book CLI to search Anna's Archive, download via authenticated partner pages, convert formats, and copy to NAS. A developer uses it to find and stage a book file.

  • Search, authenticated download, format conversion, and NAS transfer workflow
  • Daily 25-download quota tracking and progress monitoring

Aa Book by the numbers

  • 3 all-time installs (skills.sh)
  • Ranked #435 of 550 CLI & Terminal skills by installs in the Skillselion catalog
  • Data as of Aug 2, 2026 (Skillselion catalog sync)
npx skills add https://github.com/joelhooks/aa-download --skill aa-book

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Last updatedJuly 13, 2026
Repositoryjoelhooks/aa-download

What it does

Searches and downloads books from Anna's Archive with browser auth, converts epub/mobi to PDF, and transfers to NAS.

Files

SKILL.mdMarkdownGitHub ↗

aa-book: Anna's Archive → NAS Acquisition

Workflow: search → authenticated download → optional convert → NAS transfer.

Quick Reference

# Search
aa-book search "designing data intensive applications"
aa-book search "clean architecture" pdf    # PDFs only

# Download
aa-book download <md5>
aa-book download <md5> /Users/joel/clawd/data/pdf-brain/incoming

# Check status & quota
aa-book status
aa-book login

Commands

search

aa-book search "query terms" [format]
  • Shows MD5 + format + size + title
  • Optional format filter: pdf, epub, mobi

download

aa-book download <md5> [output_dir]

Steps: 1. Ensure browser login/session 2. Resolve partner download URL 3. Download file (retry) 4. Convert epub/mobi to PDF if possible 5. Copy to NAS (/volume1/home/joel/books/YYYY/)

status

aa-book status

Shows current progress + daily count.

Daily Limits

  • 25 fast downloads per day (tracked automatically)
  • Check quota with aa-book status
  • Resets at midnight

Progress Monitoring

Monitor:

tail -f /tmp/aa-book-progress.log
aa-book status

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