BookStack Skill

BookStack is an open-source wiki and documentation platform. This skill lets you manage your entire knowledge base via API – perfect for automation and integration.

Features

• 📚 Books – create, edit, delete
• 📑 Chapters – organize content within books
• 📄 Pages – create/edit with HTML or Markdown
• 🔍 Full-text search – search across all content
• 📁 Shelves – organize books into collections

Quick Start

# List all books
python3 scripts/bookstack.py list_books

# Search the knowledge base
python3 scripts/bookstack.py search "Home Assistant"

# Get a page
python3 scripts/bookstack.py get_page 123

# Create a new page (Markdown)
python3 scripts/bookstack.py create_page --book-id 1 --name "My Page" --markdown "# Title\n\nContent here..."

All Commands

Books

python3 scripts/bookstack.py list_books                    # List all books
python3 scripts/bookstack.py get_book <id>                 # Book details
python3 scripts/bookstack.py create_book "Name" ["Desc"]   # New book
python3 scripts/bookstack.py update_book <id> [--name] [--description]
python3 scripts/bookstack.py delete_book <id>

Chapters

python3 scripts/bookstack.py list_chapters                 # List all chapters
python3 scripts/bookstack.py get_chapter <id>              # Chapter details
python3 scripts/bookstack.py create_chapter --book-id <id> --name "Name"
python3 scripts/bookstack.py update_chapter <id> [--name] [--description]
python3 scripts/bookstack.py delete_chapter <id>

Pages

python3 scripts/bookstack.py list_pages                    # List all pages
python3 scripts/bookstack.py get_page <id>                 # Page preview
python3 scripts/bookstack.py get_page <id> --content       # With HTML content
python3 scripts/bookstack.py get_page <id> --markdown      # As Markdown

# Create page (in book or chapter)
python3 scripts/bookstack.py create_page --book-id <id> --name "Name" --markdown "# Content"
python3 scripts/bookstack.py create_page --chapter-id <id> --name "Name" --html "<p>HTML</p>"

# Edit page
python3 scripts/bookstack.py update_page <id> [--name] [--content] [--markdown]
python3 scripts/bookstack.py delete_page <id>

Search

python3 scripts/bookstack.py search "query"                # Search everything
python3 scripts/bookstack.py search "query" --type page    # Pages only
python3 scripts/bookstack.py search "query" --type book    # Books only

Shelves

python3 scripts/bookstack.py list_shelves                  # List all shelves
python3 scripts/bookstack.py get_shelf <id>                # Shelf details
python3 scripts/bookstack.py create_shelf "Name" ["Desc"]  # New shelf

Configuration

Set the following environment variables:

export BOOKSTACK_URL="https://your-bookstack.example.com"
export BOOKSTACK_TOKEN_ID="your-token-id"
export BOOKSTACK_TOKEN_SECRET="your-token-secret"

Or configure via your gateway config file under skills.entries.bookstack.env.

Create an API Token

1. Log in to your BookStack instance
2. Go to Edit Profile → API Tokens
3. Click Create Token
4. Copy the Token ID and Secret

⚠️ The user needs a role with "Access System API" permission!

API Reference

• Base URL: {BOOKSTACK_URL}/api
• Auth Header: Authorization: Token {ID}:{SECRET}
• Official Docs: https://demo.bookstackapp.com/api/docs

Author: xenofex7 | Version: 1.0.2