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

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