IGNITE 2026 Workbook Generator

Disclaimer: This notebook is not affiliated with Ali Abdaal or his team.

A PDF worksheet generator for a workbook inspired by Ali Abdaal's SPARK 2026 Productivity Summit, created for those who missed the seminar.

Overview

Dr. Ali lives in Hong Kong (我愛香港!!!), and I could not be bothered to wake up at 5AM PST to attend the seminar (got kids, sorry). So, I decided to go through his content myself alongside Perplexity, and compiled the seminar content into PDF worksheets that I could work on!

See the Credits section for more details

What's included

• 25 Individual Worksheets - Each section as a separate PDF
• Combined Workbook - Single PDF with all worksheets

You can find them in the output/pdfs folder!

Technical Voodoo 🪄

I decided to use a React-based approach to generate the PDFs I decided to use a React-based approach to generate the PDFs mainly for the sake of controlling the styling and layout.

Using @react-pdf/renderer for rendering the PDFs and pdf-lib for combining the individual PDFs into a single workbook.

How to install

• Node.js (v14 or higher)
• npm or bun

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/MrFok/ignite-2026.git
cd worksheet-generator

2. Install dependencies:

npm install

Usage

Generate Individual Worksheets

Generate all 25 individual PDF worksheets:

npm run generate

This will:

1. Compile the source files using Babel
2. Generate all worksheets to output/pdfs/
3. Each worksheet will be named 00_title.pdf, 01_wins.pdf, etc.

Combine into Single PDF

After generating individual worksheets, combine them into a single workbook:

npm run combine

This creates output/pdfs/IGNITE_2026_Workbook_Combined.pdf with:

• Title page (no page number)
• All 25 worksheets in order
• Continuous page numbering (1/51, 2/51, etc.)

Test Single Worksheet

Test a single worksheet generation:

npm run build
node dist/test-single.js

Project Structure

worksheet-generator/
├── src/
│   ├── components/          # Reusable PDF components
│   │   ├── DotGridField.js  # Input fields (no dots, just containers)
│   │   ├── TerminalHeader.js
│   │   ├── PageFooter.js
│   │   └── ...
│   ├── templates/           # Page layout templates
│   │   └── WorksheetPage.js
│   ├── worksheets/          # Individual worksheet definitions
│   │   ├── 00_title.js     # Title page
│   │   ├── 01_wins.js
│   │   └── ...
│   ├── styles/
│   │   └── theme.js        # Theme constants and font registration
│   ├── generate.js          # Batch generator script
│   └── combine.js           # PDF combiner script
├── assets/
│   └── fonts/              # Font files
├── output/
│   └── pdfs/               # Generated PDFs (gitignored)
├── dist/                   # Compiled files (gitignored)
└── package.json

Technical Details

• PDF Engine: @react-pdf/renderer v4.3.0
• PDF Combination: pdf-lib v1.17.1
• Build Tool: Babel (ES6+ and JSX transpilation)

Credits

This workbook is an independent, unofficial recreation of the core experience of Ali Abdaal’s SPARK 2025/2026 Productivity Summits, intended for personal use.

The structure, session titles, and themes (reflection, vision boarding, dopamine/focus, experiments, belief work, and LifeOS) are based on publicly available information about the SPARK events (including the official summit page, announcement posts, and follow-up reflections), as well as Ali’s broader writing on annual reflection, goal-setting, and personal success systems. You can find Ali's official website for the summit here.

No proprietary worksheets, paid VIP materials, or internal resources were accessed or reproduced. All specific prompts, tables, and layouts in this repository are original adaptations designed to approximate the style and intent of the events using only publicly documented concepts and attendee takeaways.

Font: GT Pressura Mono by Dominik Huber & Moire (From the Online Webfonts website)

Contributing

Feel free to submit issues or pull requests on the content of the worksheets!