Quarto Book Generator

Generate complete Quarto Book project structure with proper configuration.

When to use

• User wants to create a book or multi-chapter document

• User asks to set up a Quarto book project

• User needs a technical manual or documentation structure

• User mentions "quarto book" or "book project"

Quick generation

Run the generator script with book name:

python3 ~/.claude/skills/quarto-book/scripts/generate.py <book-name> [--chapters N] [--author "Name"]

Or use Quarto CLI directly:

quarto create project book <book-name>

Project structure

mybook/ ├── _quarto.yml # Book configuration ├── index.qmd # Preface/Introduction ├── intro.qmd # Chapter 1 ├── methods.qmd # Chapter 2 ├── results.qmd # Chapter 3 ├── summary.qmd # Summary/Conclusion ├── references.qmd # References ├── references.bib # Bibliography └── _book/ # Output directory (generated)

_quarto.yml template

project: type: book output-dir: _book

book: title: "Book Title" author: "Author Name" date: today chapters: - index.qmd - intro.qmd - methods.qmd - results.qmd - summary.qmd - references.qmd

bibliography: references.bib csl: apa.csl

format: html: theme: cosmo toc: true pdf: documentclass: scrbook papersize: a4 epub: toc: true

Chapter template

Chapter Title {#sec-chapter-id}

Section 1

Content here...

Section 2

More content...

References

::: {#refs} :::

Commands

Command Description

quarto preview

Live preview in browser

quarto render

Render all formats

quarto render --to html

Render HTML only

quarto render --to pdf

Render PDF only

Multi-part structure

For books with parts:

book: chapters: - index.qmd - part: "Part I: Foundation" chapters: - basics.qmd - theory.qmd - part: "Part II: Application" chapters: - methods.qmd - results.qmd - references.qmd

Output formats

• HTML: Interactive web book with search

• PDF: Print-ready document (requires LaTeX)

• EPUB: E-reader format

• MS Word: Editable document