Paper Reading

Read a research paper from a PDF, arXiv link, URL, or local source and build one offline visual HTML atlas with a Markdown audit copy. Use when the user wants to understand or explain a paper's argument, mechanisms, equations or proofs, figures, and evidence. Two reading modes: Brief Reading for a focused explanation by default, and Deep Reading for full technical reconstruction on request. Reviewer critique and research comparisons are optional lenses.

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Install

skills CLI (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and more)

npx skills add xiaofengShi/paper-reading-skill --skill paper-reading

Manual install

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/xiaofengShi/paper-reading-skill.git /tmp/paper-reading-skill
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/paper-reading-skill/. ~/.claude/skills/paper-reading

Personal skills live in ~/.claude/skills. Use .claude/skills in a project folder to share a skill with your team.

From the SKILL.md

# Paper Reading

Help the reader explain the paper, work through its central mechanism, and identify what its evidence actually supports. Deliver the explanation itself, not a list of paper locations or a decorative summary.

## Choose the reading contract

- **BRIEF READING is the default.** “Read this paper,” “读这篇论文,” “brief reading,” quick overviews, and paper mind maps use the existing examples' focused level of detail: the problem, main path, key mechanisms and equations, decisive evidence, and limits. Read and verify the source before selecting what to explain; Brief is more substantial than an abstract summary.
- **DEEP READING** when the user asks for “deep reading,” “deep read,” “read deeply,” “深读,” “深入阅读,” “仔细读,” “仔细阅读,” or comprehensive technical reconstruction. Read and apply [the Deep Reading protocol](references/deep-reading.md). Cover all substantive main sections and relevant appendices, reconstruct each core mechanism, develop key derivations and examples, and interpret the main experiments and ablations individually. A longer Brief or a diagram with a module list does not meet this contract.
- These are the **two depth modes**. Quick-scan/triage wording selects Brief, with a shorter scope if explicitly requested. Never silently substitute Brief for a requested Deep when source access, time, or output space is insufficient; report the gap and retain the requested depth for unfinished work.

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Details

Skill name: paper-reading
Repository: xiaofengShi/paper-reading-skill
License: MIT
Repo updated: 31 October 2026

FAQ

What does the Paper Reading skill do?

How do I install the Paper Reading skill?

skills CLI (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and more): npx skills add xiaofengShi/paper-reading-skill --skill paper-reading. Skills go in ~/.claude/skills (personal) or .claude/skills (project), and Claude loads them automatically when a task matches the description.

Is Paper Reading popular?

It lives in xiaofengShi/paper-reading-skill, which has 10 GitHub stars and 0 forks.

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