Hardcover.app skill for tracking books you're reading, reading goal, and finding books you'd love to read

What this skill does

Query reading lists and book data from Hardcover.app via GraphQL API. Triggers when user mentions Hardcover, asks about their reading list/library, wants book progress, searches for books/authors/series, or references "currently reading", "want to read", or "books I've read". Also use for syncing reading data to other systems (Obsidian, etc.) or tracking reading goals.

Hardcover.app skill for tracking books you're reading, reading goal, and finding books you'd love to read is part of the Research & Knowledge category — research and knowledge skills that gather, search, and summarize information. You can install it on its own or alongside other research & knowledge skills from the OpenClaw catalog.

How to install Hardcover.app skill for tracking books you're reading, reading goal, and finding books you'd love to read

The easiest path is via the OpenClaw Easy desktop app — one click, no terminal required:

1. Download OpenClaw Easy for macOS or Windows (free, one-click installer, ~30 seconds).
2. Open the in-app Skills panel.
3. Search for hardcover and click Install.
4. The skill activates automatically when an incoming message matches its description.

Install from the command line

If you already run the OpenClaw CLI, add Hardcover.app skill for tracking books you're reading, reading goal, and finding books you'd love to read with a single command:

openclaw skills add hardcover

This pulls hardcover from ClawHub and installs it into ~/.openclaw/skills/hardcover/. Restart the OpenClaw gateway afterwards so the new skill is discovered.

How to use Hardcover.app skill for tracking books you're reading, reading goal, and finding books you'd love to read

Once installed, Hardcover.app skill for tracking books you're reading, reading goal, and finding books you'd love to read activates on its own: when an incoming message on WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, Feishu or Line matches the skill's description, your OpenClaw agent loads it and runs the workflow. You can also trigger it explicitly by describing the task in chat. No extra configuration is required after install.

Manual install (advanced)

If you prefer manual installation:

1. Click the Download .zip button above to grab hardcover-1.0.7.zip directly from our S3 mirror.
2. Unzip into ~/.openclaw/skills/hardcover/ (create the directory if it does not exist).
3. Restart OpenClaw Easy (or the OpenClaw CLI gateway) so the new skill is discovered.

Frequently asked questions

How do I install Hardcover.app skill for tracking books you're reading, reading goal, and finding books you'd love to read?

Install Hardcover.app skill for tracking books you're reading, reading goal, and finding books you'd love to read in the OpenClaw Easy desktop app by opening the Skills panel, searching for hardcover, and clicking Install. From a terminal you can run: openclaw skills add hardcover. Either way the skill is placed in ~/.openclaw/skills/hardcover/.

Is Hardcover.app skill for tracking books you're reading, reading goal, and finding books you'd love to read free?

Yes. Hardcover.app skill for tracking books you're reading, reading goal, and finding books you'd love to read is free and open-source, distributed under the Apache-2.0 license through ClawHub. No account or payment is required to download or run it.

What does Hardcover.app skill for tracking books you're reading, reading goal, and finding books you'd love to read do?

Query reading lists and book data from Hardcover.app via GraphQL API.

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