Reading Pal 📚

Your reading life in one Vellum plugin. Track your TBR pile, get guilt-tripped about your backlog, find your next read, run your book club, and never miss a new release.

Features

• TBR pile tracker - add books, see how long they've been sitting there, get guilt ratings from "fresh" to "ash"
• Guilt engine - gentle guilt-trip reminders about neglected books. not mean, just... disappointed
• Backlog purge - surfaces your 3 most neglected books and asks which one you're committing to
• Reading streaks - track consecutive books finished, longest streak, weekly stats
• Goodreads sync (RSS) - pull live data from your Goodreads shelves via RSS feed. no file export needed, updates existing entries with richer metadata
• Goodreads import (CSV) - migrate your entire Goodreads library (TBR + reading history + ratings) from a CSV export
• Book search - powered by Open Library (no auth needed) with optional Hardcover integration for enhanced features

Installation

assistant plugins install reading-pal

Then restart your assistant.

How to use

Just talk to your assistant naturally:

• "Add The Three-Body Problem to my pile"
• "What's in my TBR?"
• "I just finished Project Hail Mary, 5 stars"
• "Help me pick from my backlog"
• "How am I doing on reading this year?"
• "Sync my Goodreads from my RSS feed"

Data sources

Source	Auth	Used for
Open Library	None	Book search, metadata, covers
Hardcover	API token (optional)	Reading lists, reviews, author following, taste recommendations

No credentials required for core functionality. Add a Hardcover API token to unlock enhanced features.

Plugin structure

reading-pal/
├── package.json
├── tools/
│   ├── book-search.ts        # Search Open Library
│   ├── tbr-add.ts            # Add to TBR pile
│   ├── tbr-list.ts           # List TBR with guilt ratings
│   ├── tbr-complete.ts       # Mark as read + update streak
│   ├── tbr-purge.ts            # Backlog prioritization
│   ├── reading-stats.ts        # Streak, books, avg rating
│   ├── sync-goodreads.ts       # Goodreads RSS live sync
│   └── import-goodreads.ts     # Goodreads CSV import
├── skills/
│   └── reading-pal/SKILL.md   # Orchestration + personality
└── src/
    ├── store.ts              # Local persistence + streak logic
    ├── openlibrary-client.ts # Open Library API client
    ├── hardcover-client.ts   # Hardcover GraphQL client
    └── guilt-engine.ts       # The personality layer