Agent skill

Cnki Download

by cookjohn in cookjohn/cnki-skills

Download a paper PDF/CAJ from CNKI. An agent skill from cookjohn/cnki-skills.

No licenceAuto-check passedDocuments & Office

Install Cnki Download

skills CLI
$ npx skills add cookjohn/cnki-skills --skill cnki-download -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install cookjohn/cnki-skills cnki-download --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/cookjohn/cnki-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/cnki-download .claude/skills/cnki-download && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Facts

Skill name
cnki-download
GitHub stars
983
Used in
2 other repos
Token cost
~841 tokens
SKILL.md length
177 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
10
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Download a paper PDF/CAJ from CNKI. An agent skill from cookjohn/cnki-skills.

  • Works in 3 steps: Navigate (if URL provided) → Check status and download (single async… → Report
  • User wants to download a specific paper
  • SKILL.md covers Prerequisites, Arguments, Steps and Tool calls: 1–2 (navigate_page…, plus 2 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Cnki Download is an agent skill from cookjohn/cnki-skills. Download a paper PDF/CAJ from CNKI. Requires user to be logged in. Use when user wants to download a specific paper.

Its SKILL.md is about 840 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 Documents & Office, covering PDF. The repository describes itself as: CNKI (中国知网) skills for Claude Code — search, browse journals, download PDFs, export to Zotero via Chrome DevTools MCP.

When your agent uses it

  • User wants to download a specific paper
  • Tasks that involve PDF

Example prompts

  • “/cnki-download”

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Navigate (if URL provided)
  2. Check status and download (single async evaluate_script)
  3. Report

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 20d65f6. 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 javascript).

    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

Cnki Download loads about 841 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 33 tokens; SKILL.md has 177 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~33
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~841

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

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 177 words (~841 tokens).

“User must be logged in to CNKI with download permissions.”

— opening of SKILL.md by cookjohn
name
cnki-download
argument-hint
[paper URL or blank if already on detail page]

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/cnki-download of cookjohn/cnki-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 20d65f6

Used in 2 other repositories

We found 2 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 2 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in cookjohn/cnki-skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

Compare with similar skills

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Harness Book Best Practicewquguru/harness-books3.2k—~4.1kAutomated safety check: PassNone
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Questions about Cnki Download

What does Cnki Download do?

Download a paper PDF/CAJ from CNKI. An agent skill from cookjohn/cnki-skills. Cnki Download is an agent skill from cookjohn/cnki-skills. Download a paper PDF/CAJ from CNKI.

When should I use Cnki Download?

Cnki Download fits situations like: user wants to download a specific paper; tasks that involve PDF.

How do I install Cnki Download in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add cookjohn/cnki-skills --skill cnki-download -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/cnki-download in cookjohn/cnki-skills) into .claude/skills/cnki-download in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Cnki Download in Codex?

Run `npx skills add cookjohn/cnki-skills --skill cnki-download -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/cnki-download in cookjohn/cnki-skills) into .agents/skills/cnki-download in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Cnki Download 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 cookjohn/cnki-skills --skill cnki-download -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/cnki-download, .gemini/skills/cnki-download, .github/skills/cnki-download and .opencode/skills/cnki-download in your project.

What does Cnki Download need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Cnki Download is instructions for the agent only.

Does Cnki Download 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 Cnki Download 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 Cnki Download use?

No licence was found for Cnki Download or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Cnki Download use?

About 841 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.4k 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 Cnki Download?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Cnki Download: Markitdown (ImCa0/just-laws, 781 stars), Gzh Design (isjiamu/gzh-design-skill, 4k stars), GenOffice Document CLI (genspark-ai/genoffice, 9.2k stars) and Harness Book Best Practice (wquguru/harness-books, 3.2k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Cnki Download?

cookjohn (a GitHub user) maintains it in cookjohn/cnki-skills, which has 983 GitHub stars. The repository holds 10 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on March 13, 2026.

Source: cookjohn/cnki-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.