Paper Reading

jxtse/paper-reading

> Reads and analyzes academic papers (arXiv preprints, conference / journal standard read (10 min), or deep analysis (30 min). Produces structured digests covering problem, method, key innovation, results, limitations, reproducibility, hidden assumptions, and connections to the user's other work. Use when the user shares an arXiv link, PDF, or paper title and asks to read / summarize / digest / TL;DR / analyze / review / critique / explain / break down a paper, asks about a paper's contributions / methods / results / equations / figures, wants to compare two papers side by side, or needs a reading note for their records.

1k tokens

context cost

the whole folder, loaded on every use

files

instructions only

copies elsewhere

how many repositories repackaged it

stars on the repo

on the repository, not the skill itself

Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository

npx skills add https://github.com/jxtse/scientific-research-skills --skill paper-reading

How to use it

Copy the folder

Take jxtse/paper-reading from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

Check the name does not clash

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