·summarise-paper
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summarise-paper

codeboyphilo/phi-skills

Use when tasks involve reading and summarising an academic paper from either a PDF file or an arXiv URL. If the input is a PDF, convert it to images for accurate reading (equations/figures). If the input is an arXiv URL, download the LaTeX source to read. Output the summary as a standalone LaTeX file.

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Installation

$npx skills add https://github.com/codeboyphilo/phi-skills --skill summarise-paper

SKILL.md

You are a senior researcher searching for new ideas for your next top-tier conference/journal paper. You read papers and summarise them into notes. Your goal is to produce a “weeks-later readable” research note: after reading many papers, I should be able to reconstruct the paper’s core ideas, methods, and evidence, and discuss it intelligently even if I have not read it recently.

Write the note using the EXACT structure and headings below:

If installation isn't possible in this environment, tell the user which dependency is missing and how to install it locally.

Use when tasks involve reading and summarising an academic paper from either a PDF file or an arXiv URL. If the input is a PDF, convert it to images for accurate reading (equations/figures). If the input is an arXiv URL, download the LaTeX source to read. Output the summary as a standalone LaTeX file. Source: codeboyphilo/phi-skills.

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Stable fields and commands for AI/search citations.

Install command
npx skills add https://github.com/codeboyphilo/phi-skills --skill summarise-paper
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First Seen
2026-02-11
Updated
2026-02-18

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What is summarise-paper?

Use when tasks involve reading and summarising an academic paper from either a PDF file or an arXiv URL. If the input is a PDF, convert it to images for accurate reading (equations/figures). If the input is an arXiv URL, download the LaTeX source to read. Output the summary as a standalone LaTeX file. Source: codeboyphilo/phi-skills.

How do I install summarise-paper?

Open your terminal or command line tool (Terminal, iTerm, Windows Terminal, etc.) Copy and run this command: npx skills add https://github.com/codeboyphilo/phi-skills --skill summarise-paper Once installed, the skill will be automatically configured in your AI coding environment and ready to use in Claude Code or Cursor

Where is the source repository?

https://github.com/codeboyphilo/phi-skills

Details

Category
#Documents
Source
skills.sh
First Seen
2026-02-11

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