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Naval Almanack Book Guide

Answers questions about the Naval Almanack book and applies its ideas on wealth, happiness and judgment

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Repository
kangarooking/cangjie-skill
Stars
11,998
Licence
MIT
Files
15 files

What it does

This skill turns the agent into a guide to the book 'The Naval Almanack: Wealth and Happiness Guide', which is written in Chinese and based on the ideas of entrepreneur Naval Ravikant. When you ask about the book, its chapters or key terms, the agent answers from its summaries. For life questions on happiness, anxiety, honesty, friendships or meaning, it picks one matching topic card and applies the book's framework to your situation.

Great for

  • Chinese-speaking readers who want to explore the Naval Almanack book and its core ideas
  • People looking for a structured, book-based framework on happiness, desire, or long-term thinking
  • Students or readers who want quick summaries of the book's terms and principles

Skip it if

  • Investment advice or stock picking, which the skill explicitly excludes; it is not a financial advisor
  • Clinical depression, psychiatric crises or suicidal thoughts, which need professional or emergency help; the skill says to stop and seek help
  • Legal, medical or personal-safety decisions, where the skill says to stop applying its methods and get professional help

Try asking

  • “这本书的核心观点是什么？ (What are the core ideas of this book?)”
  • “我总是很焦虑，停不下来的时候该怎么办？ (I always feel anxious and can't stop my mind. What should I do?)”
  • “我该换工作还是继续留在现在的公司？ (Should I change jobs or stay where I am?)”
  • “怎么真诚地拒绝朋友的请求？ (How do I honestly decline a friend's request?)”
Step-by-step guide: how to use Naval Almanack Book GuideInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download the skill

    The ZIP contains the 15 original files, the MIT licence and an attribution note.

    naval-almanack.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip naval-almanack.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip naval-almanack.zip -d .claude/skills/

    Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.

  3. 3

    Ask for the task

    No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.

Get better results

  • Ask in Chinese for the best results, since the source material and triggers are in Chinese.
  • Ask a specific question about one topic, so the agent loads a single relevant card rather than a broad overview.
  • Treat the output as a framework drawn from one book, not as professional advice on money, health or law.

What's inside

  • BUILD_MANIFEST.json
  • references/capabilities/acceptance.md
  • references/capabilities/decision-heuristics.md
  • references/capabilities/game-selection.md
  • references/capabilities/happiness-skill.md
  • references/capabilities/honesty-communication.md
  • references/capabilities/hourly-rate-time.md
  • references/capabilities/identity-work.md
  • references/capabilities/judgment-training.md
  • references/capabilities/life-meaning.md
  • references/capabilities/long-term-compounding.md
  • references/capabilities/monkey-mind-meditation.md
  • references/capabilities/peer-selection.md
  • references/capabilities/reading-metaskill.md
  • SKILL.md

Redistributed unmodified from kangarooking/cangjie-skill under the MIT licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-10-29. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.