Article Reader Skill

Lectito includes an article-reader skill for agents that understand SKILL.md directories (implement agent skills).

The skill tells an agent when to search for articles, when to read a URL, how to cite article-specific claims, and when to fall back to the Lectito CLI.

The source lives in the repository:

• skills/article-reader
• SKILL.md
• Lectito skill reference
• MCP server source
• DuckDuckGo search source

The skill is useful on its own, but it works best with the lectito-mcp server because the MCP server exposes the search_articles and read_article tools named by the skill.

Install From Source

Clone the repository and point your agent at the skill directory:

git clone https://github.com/stormlightlabs/lectito.git
cd lectito

Use this path in agents that accept a skill directory:

/path/to/lectito/skills/article-reader

For Pi, load the skill explicitly with --skill:

pi --skill /path/to/lectito/skills/article-reader

For a one-shot Pi run:

pi --skill /path/to/lectito/skills/article-reader \
  "Find and summarize articles about Rust parser libraries"

You can also simply point pi to the skill's source and it'll handle creating it for you.

If the MCP tools are available, the skill should use them. If they are not, the skill reference tells the agent how to use the Lectito CLI for a known URL and when to use another approved search mechanism.

Pair With MCP

Install the MCP server:

cargo install lectito-mcp

Then configure your MCP-capable agent with:

lectito-mcp

For local development, build the MCP server from the same checkout:

cargo build -p lectito-mcp --release

and point your agent at:

/path/to/lectito/target/release/lectito-mcp

Keep the skill and the MCP server on the same revision when possible. The skill names the tool contract, while the MCP crate implements it.