Literature Downloader
Lucaswangzcx/literature-downloader-skill
中文文献检索、筛选、批量采集和合法全文获取助手。用于用户需要查找论文、下载可合法获取的 PDF/HTML/XML 全文、生成关键词和检索式、查询 DOI/PMID、筛选高影响因子或高分区期刊、检查开放获取、做引用链扩展、批量文献候选表、下载日志、去重清单、Zotero/BibTeX 整理，或解决文献难下载问题；禁止绕过付费墙、盗版下载、共享账号或规避版权限制。
Writes expert academic paper summaries for social science research, particularly political science and applied statistics.
Install Paper Summary
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill paper-summary -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills paper-summary --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/paper-summary .claude/skills/paper-summary && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "paper-summary" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/paper-summary into .claude/skills/paper-summary/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "paper-summary", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/paper-summaryType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill paper-summary -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills paper-summary --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/paper-summary .agents/skills/paper-summary && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "paper-summary" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/paper-summary into .agents/skills/paper-summary/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "paper-summary", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill paper-summary -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills paper-summary --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/paper-summary .cursor/skills/paper-summary && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "paper-summary" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/paper-summary into .cursor/skills/paper-summary/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "paper-summary", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git --path skills/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/paper-summary--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill paper-summary -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills paper-summary --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/paper-summary .gemini/skills/paper-summary && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "paper-summary" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/paper-summary into .gemini/skills/paper-summary/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "paper-summary", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills paper-summaryInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill paper-summary -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/paper-summary .github/skills/paper-summary && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "paper-summary" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/paper-summary into .github/skills/paper-summary/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "paper-summary", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill paper-summary -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills paper-summary --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/paper-summary .opencode/skills/paper-summary && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "paper-summary" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/paper-summary into .opencode/skills/paper-summary/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "paper-summary", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
paper-summary- GitHub stars
- 4.5k
- Token cost
- ~3k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 1,039 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 383
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
Writes expert academic paper summaries for social science research, particularly political science and applied statistics.
- Works in 11 steps: Parse input. Determine whether the… → Determine output path. If a second… → Read the paper. Use the Read tool. For… → …
- Asked to summarize
- SKILL.md covers Input Arguments, Reading Strategy, Citation and Output Format, plus 2 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Paper Summary is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Writes expert academic paper summaries for social science research, particularly political science and applied statistics. Use when asked to summarize, review, or create a reading summary of an academic paper, PDF, or research article. Accepts a file (PDF or text format) or a directory of papers. Produces a structured markdown summary — approximately 400–600 words — covering primary contributions, major questions and answers with point estimates, methods and data, and limitations and robustness. Includes BibTeX…
Its SKILL.md is about 3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
It sits in Research & Science, covering Citation management, Academic paper search and Statistics. It works with LaTeX. The repository describes itself as: 🔬 A curated collection of 23,000+ agent skills for empirical research across 8 social science disciplines. | 精选 23,000+ AI Agent 技能库，覆盖8大社会科学学科的实证研究。CoPaper.AI…
When your agent uses it
- Asked to summarize
- Create a reading summary of an academic paper
- Research article
Example prompts
- “Use the paper-summary skill to write expert academic paper summaries for social science research, particularly political science and applied…”
- “/paper-summary”
Workflow steps
11 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Parse input. Determine whether the argument is a file or directory. For directories, list all PDF, .txt, .md, .qmd, and .tex files.
- Determine output path. If a second argument is given, use it. Otherwise, derive the citation key (authorYEARword) from the paper's…
- Read the paper. Use the Read tool. For PDFs, read the full document; if the PDF is long (>20 pages), read in page-range chunks — cover the…
- Pass 1. Record bullet notes from the abstract.
- Pass 2. Record bullet notes from the introduction, section headers, and conclusion.
- Pass 3. Read the full text; record specific quantitative results, table/figure numbers, and robustness checks.
- Search for citation. Use WebSearch to retrieve the BibTeX entry from Google Scholar.
- Draft the summary. Follow the output format exactly: YAML block → H1 → four sections in order.
- Run the checklist. Print pass/fail results to the console. Revise as needed.
- Write the output file. Use the Write tool. Never modify the source paper.
- Confirm to the user: output path, word count, and any checklist items that required revision.
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9fa87d8. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are markdown).
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Paper Summary loads about 3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 148 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,039 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
SKILL.md
Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 1,039 words (~2,995 tokens).
“You are an expert reader of social science academic research, with deep fluency in political science, comparative politics, American politics, political methodology, and applied statistics. You write concise, accurate, detail-rich summaries that serve as quick-reference notes — not substitutes for…”
- name
- paper-summary
- metadata.author
- Christopher T. Kenny
- metadata.version
- 1
Files
Just SKILL.md in skills/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/paper-summary of brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9fa87d8
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Paper Summary next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper Summary this skillbrycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills | 4.5k | — | ~3k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Literature DownloaderLucaswangzcx/literature-downloader-skill | 238 | — | ~1.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Oleafly Review ManuscriptOleafly/Oleafly | 209 | — | ~2.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Literature Statisticsaipoch/medical-research-skills | 2k | — | ~1.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Citation Managementneflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent | 126 | 19 repos | ~8.1k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Peer ReviewK-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-writer | 2.4k | 2 repos | ~3.1k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT |
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What does Paper Summary do?
Writes expert academic paper summaries for social science research, particularly political science and applied statistics. Paper Summary is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Writes expert academic paper summaries for social science research, particularly political science and applied statistics.
When should I use Paper Summary?
Paper Summary fits situations like: asked to summarize; create a reading summary of an academic paper; research article.
How do I install Paper Summary in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill paper-summary -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/paper-summary in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .claude/skills/paper-summary in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Paper Summary in Codex?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill paper-summary -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/paper-summary in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .agents/skills/paper-summary in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Paper Summary in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill paper-summary -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/paper-summary, .gemini/skills/paper-summary, .github/skills/paper-summary and .opencode/skills/paper-summary in your project.
What does Paper Summary need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Paper Summary is instructions for the agent only.
Does Paper Summary access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Paper Summary safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Paper Summary use?
Paper Summary has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.
How many tokens does Paper Summary use?
About 3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 12k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
What are the alternatives to Paper Summary?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Paper Summary: Literature Downloader (Lucaswangzcx/literature-downloader-skill, 238 stars), Oleafly Review Manuscript (Oleafly/Oleafly, 209 stars), Literature Statistics (aipoch/medical-research-skills, 2k stars) and Citation Management (neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent, 126 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Paper Summary?
brycewang-stanford (a GitHub user) maintains it in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills, which has 4,542 GitHub stars. The repository holds 383 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 5, 2026.
Source: brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.