Papers Skill
sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills
Skill for academic research workflows: search Semantic Scholar (200M+ papers), inspect citations, download arXiv PDFs, and extract PDF text.
学术论文全流程助手：搜索论文、下载 PDF、存入 WPS 笔记、精读分析。当用户说"搜论文"、"找论文"、"下载论文"、"读论文"、"帮我找 paper"、"搜一下 XXX 相关的论文"、"把这篇论文存到笔记"、"分析这篇论文"、"帮我做文献调研"时触发。支持 arXiv 和 OpenAlex 两个数据源，自动完成搜索→下载→转文本→写入 WPS 笔记→分析的完整闭环。
Install Paper Researcher
$ npx skills add wpsnote/wpsnote-skills --skill paper-researcher -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install wpsnote/wpsnote-skills paper-researcher --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/wpsnote/wpsnote-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/paper-researcher .claude/skills/paper-researcher && 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-researcher" agent skill from https://github.com/wpsnote/wpsnote-skills/tree/main/skills/paper-researcher into .claude/skills/paper-researcher/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "paper-researcher", 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/wpsnote/wpsnote-skills/tree/main/skills/paper-researcherType 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 wpsnote/wpsnote-skills --skill paper-researcher -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install wpsnote/wpsnote-skills paper-researcher --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/wpsnote/wpsnote-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/paper-researcher .agents/skills/paper-researcher && 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-researcher" agent skill from https://github.com/wpsnote/wpsnote-skills/tree/main/skills/paper-researcher into .agents/skills/paper-researcher/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "paper-researcher", 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 wpsnote/wpsnote-skills --skill paper-researcher -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install wpsnote/wpsnote-skills paper-researcher --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/wpsnote/wpsnote-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/paper-researcher .cursor/skills/paper-researcher && 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-researcher" agent skill from https://github.com/wpsnote/wpsnote-skills/tree/main/skills/paper-researcher into .cursor/skills/paper-researcher/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "paper-researcher", 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/wpsnote/wpsnote-skills.git --path skills/paper-researcher--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 wpsnote/wpsnote-skills --skill paper-researcher -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install wpsnote/wpsnote-skills paper-researcher --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/wpsnote/wpsnote-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/paper-researcher .gemini/skills/paper-researcher && 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-researcher" agent skill from https://github.com/wpsnote/wpsnote-skills/tree/main/skills/paper-researcher into .gemini/skills/paper-researcher/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "paper-researcher", 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 wpsnote/wpsnote-skills paper-researcherInstalls 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 wpsnote/wpsnote-skills --skill paper-researcher -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/wpsnote/wpsnote-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/paper-researcher .github/skills/paper-researcher && 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-researcher" agent skill from https://github.com/wpsnote/wpsnote-skills/tree/main/skills/paper-researcher into .github/skills/paper-researcher/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "paper-researcher", 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 wpsnote/wpsnote-skills --skill paper-researcher -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install wpsnote/wpsnote-skills paper-researcher --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/wpsnote/wpsnote-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/paper-researcher .opencode/skills/paper-researcher && 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-researcher" agent skill from https://github.com/wpsnote/wpsnote-skills/tree/main/skills/paper-researcher into .opencode/skills/paper-researcher/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "paper-researcher", 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-researcher- GitHub stars
- 179
- Token cost
- ~970 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 204 words
- Files
- 2 (incl. scripts)
- Skills in repo
- 29
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- None found
At a glance
学术论文全流程助手：搜索论文、下载 PDF、存入 WPS 笔记、精读分析。当用户说"搜论文"、"找论文"、"下载论文"、"读论文"、"帮我找 paper"、"搜一下 XXX 相关的论文"、"把这篇论文存到笔记"、"分析这篇论文"、"帮我做文献调研"时触发。支持 arXiv 和 OpenAlex 两个数据源，自动完成搜索→下载→转文本→写入 WPS 笔记→分析的完整闭环。
- Works in 3 steps: markitdown（首选）：调用… → pymupdf（备选）：逐页提取文字，拼接为 ## Page N 格式的… → 两种方法均失败 → 打印警告，返回空字符串（通常是扫描版 PDF）
- Tasks that involve Academic paper search
- SKILL.md covers 前置检查, CLI 工具约定（wpsnote-cli 可用时）, 核心脚本 and 工作流程, plus 4 more sections
- Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls python3, pip and pip3; reaches arxiv.org
What it does
Paper Researcher is an agent skill from wpsnote/wpsnote-skills. 学术论文全流程助手：搜索论文、下载 PDF、存入 WPS 笔记、精读分析。当用户说"搜论文"、"找论文"、"下载论文"、"读论文"、"帮我找 paper"、"搜一下 XXX 相关的论文"、"把这篇论文存到笔记"、"分析这篇论文"、"帮我做文献调研"时触发。支持 arXiv 和 OpenAlex 两个数据源，自动完成搜索→下载→转文本→写入 WPS 笔记→分析的完整闭环。
Its SKILL.md is about 970 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including scripts (for example `scripts/paper.py`).
It sits in Research & Science, covering Academic paper search and PDF. It works with arXiv and Model Context Protocol.
When your agent uses it
- Tasks that involve Academic paper search
- Tasks that involve PDF
Example prompts
- “帮我找 paper”
- “搜一下 XXX 相关的论文”
- “把这篇论文存到笔记”
- “/paper-researcher”
Requirements
- Python 3
Workflow steps
3 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- markitdown（首选）：调用 MarkItDown().convert(pdf_path)，转换质量最高，保留结构
- pymupdf（备选）：逐页提取文字，拼接为 ## Page N 格式的 Markdown
- 两种方法均失败 → 打印警告，返回空字符串（通常是扫描版 PDF）
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 2d9885d. 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
Ships 1 file in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
python3pippip3
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:
arxiv.org
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 Researcher loads about 970 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 51 tokens; SKILL.md has 204 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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.
SKILL.md
Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 204 words (~970 tokens).
- name
- paper-researcher
Files
SKILL.md and 1 other file (scripts) in skills/paper-researcher of wpsnote/wpsnote-skills.
- SKILL.md
- scripts/paper.py
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 2d9885d
Compare with similar skills
Paper Researcher 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 Researcher this skillwpsnote/wpsnote-skills | 179 | — | ~970 | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Papers Skillsickn33/agentic-awesome-skills | 47k | 1 repos | ~2.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Paper ReadingEdwardxlai/easyread | 871 | — | ~567 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Ref Downloaderltczding-gif/ref-downloader | 139 | — | ~5.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Paper Readingsodalone/paper-reading-skill | 142 | — | ~1.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Summaryalaliqing/claude-paper | 343 | — | ~2k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT |
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Questions about Paper Researcher
What does Paper Researcher do?
学术论文全流程助手：搜索论文、下载 PDF、存入 WPS 笔记、精读分析。当用户说"搜论文"、"找论文"、"下载论文"、"读论文"、"帮我找 paper"、"搜一下 XXX 相关的论文"、"把这篇论文存到笔记"、"分析这篇论文"、"帮我做文献调研"时触发。支持 arXiv 和 OpenAlex 两个数据源，自动完成搜索→下载→转文本→写入 WPS 笔记→分析的完整闭环。. Paper Researcher is an agent skill from wpsnote/wpsnote-skills.
When should I use Paper Researcher?
Paper Researcher fits situations like: tasks that involve Academic paper search; tasks that involve PDF.
How do I install Paper Researcher in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add wpsnote/wpsnote-skills --skill paper-researcher -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/paper-researcher in wpsnote/wpsnote-skills) into .claude/skills/paper-researcher in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Paper Researcher in Codex?
Run `npx skills add wpsnote/wpsnote-skills --skill paper-researcher -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/paper-researcher in wpsnote/wpsnote-skills) into .agents/skills/paper-researcher in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Paper Researcher 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 wpsnote/wpsnote-skills --skill paper-researcher -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-researcher, .gemini/skills/paper-researcher, .github/skills/paper-researcher and .opencode/skills/paper-researcher in your project.
What does Paper Researcher need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Paper Researcher needs Python for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (python3, pip and pip3). Our summary lists: Python 3.
Does Paper Researcher access the network?
SKILL.md names 1 domain. In commands or code: arxiv.org; the agent is likely to contact it when it follows the instructions. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Paper Researcher 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. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.
What licence does Paper Researcher use?
No licence was found for Paper Researcher or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.
How many tokens does Paper Researcher use?
About 970 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.9k 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 Researcher?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Paper Researcher: Papers Skill (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars), Paper Reading (Edwardxlai/easyread, 871 stars), Ref Downloader (ltczding-gif/ref-downloader, 139 stars) and Paper Reading (sodalone/paper-reading-skill, 142 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Paper Researcher?
wpsnote (a GitHub organization) maintains it in wpsnote/wpsnote-skills, which has 179 GitHub stars. The repository holds 29 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on May 25, 2026.
Source: wpsnote/wpsnote-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.