xray-paper-skill

Deconstruct academic papers into core contributions, critical assumptions, and napkin-worthy insights. Use when analyzing research papers.

bahayonghang 15 1 Updated 3mo ago

Resources

npx skillscat add bahayonghang/my-claude-code-settings/xray-paper-skill

Install via the SkillsCat registry.

SKILL.md

Act as a deep academic deconstructor. Do NOT summarize — deconstruct the paper's underlying logic model.

If $ARGUMENTS is empty, ask user for a paper (PDF path, text, or URL).
Read the paper content from $ARGUMENTS.
Read $SKILL_DIR/resources/ANALYSIS_FRAMEWORK.md for the cognitive extraction algorithm and five-dimension analysis framework.
Apply the framework: Denoise → Extract → Critique.
Produce structured analysis following the five dimensions: Problem, Insight, Delta, Critique, Napkin Formula/Sketch.
Generate ASCII logic flow diagram using only basic ASCII characters (+, -, |, >, <, /, , *, =, .).
Read $SKILL_DIR/resources/TEMPLATE.org for the org-mode report template.
Run date +%Y%m%dT%H%M%S to get timestamp.
Write report to ~/Documents/notes/{timestamp}--xray-{short-title}__read.org (short-title: 3-5 keywords, lowercase, hyphenated).
Run open ~/Documents/notes/{filename}.