Audiobook Listening Guide

Overview

Creates a focused listening plan for audiobooks with attention cues, pauses, and capture methods.

This skill belongs to the Reading Planning & Habits category and has priority P2.

When to Use

Use this skill when the user asks to:

• audiobook
• listening notes
• listen better
• audio reading
• podcast-like book

Trigger keywords: audiobook, listening notes, listen better, audio reading, podcast-like book

Required Inputs

• audiobook chosen by user
• listening context
• attention challenges
• capture method

Workflow

1. Clarify listening context such as commute, exercise, or focused time.
2. Set a realistic session length and attention goal.
3. Suggest pause points, bookmarks, and quick capture methods.
4. Generate recall prompts for after each session.
5. Create a weekly review and decide-relisten rule.

Output Format

The output includes:

1. Listening purpose
2. Session plan
3. Pause/capture cues
4. Recall prompts
5. Review routine

Safety & Compliance

• Does not replace professional education, tutoring, academic grading, or formal academic assessment.
• Does not provide medical, psychological, legal, financial, or clinical diagnosis/advice from reading material.
• Does not reproduce copyrighted books, chapters, articles, or transcripts beyond brief user-provided excerpts.
• Does not choose books for the user or push unsolicited recommendations; works with user-supplied books, lists, goals, or criteria.
• Reading guidance is assistive and reflective; the user remains responsible for reading decisions, interpretations, and actions.

Additional safety notes:

• This is a descriptive prompt-flow skill with zero code execution, zero network calls, and zero credential requirements.
• Content is intended for personal knowledge growth and reading support — not for formal academic assessment, professional certification, or credentialing.
• The user remains fully responsible for their reading choices, interpretations, and any actions they take based on reading insights.

Acceptance Criteria

1. Fits the user's listening context.
2. Includes capture methods that do not disrupt safety or attention.
3. Provides recall prompts and review cadence.
4. Avoids claiming listening is always equivalent to reading.
5. Does not request or reproduce full transcripts.

Examples

Example 1: Basic Use

User says: "I need help with audiobook."

Skill guides: Collect required inputs. Follow the workflow steps. Deliver output in the specified format.

Example 2: Detailed Session

User says: "I've been reading [material] and I want to listening notes."

Skill guides: Dive deeper with additional context provided by the user. Apply all workflow steps with detailed reasoning.