paper-reading SKILL.md skillA
paper-reading from xiaofengshi/paper-reading-skill is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add xiaofengshi/paper-reading-skill/paper-reading@git:20261103.f1cc8d2Pins git:20261103.f1cc8d2 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- xiaofengshi/paper-reading-skill
- Path
SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 13
- Latest version
- git:20261103.f1cc8d2, committed Nov 3, 2026
- First version recorded
- Sep 24, 2026
- Size
- 7,006 bytes
- Repository stars
- 11
- License
- MIT
Explain a research paper from a PDF, arXiv link, URL, or local source as an offline illustrated HTML reading with a Markdown audit source. Use for understanding mechanisms, equations or proofs, and evidence. Brief Reading is the default; Deep Reading reconstructs the full technical argument on request. Adapt explanations to the reader's background, defaulting to a researcher in the field.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Paper Reading Help the reader reconstruct the paper's argument and judge what its evidence supports. The explanation must stand on its own; source pointers support verification rather than replace missing content. ## Set depth and audience - **Brief Reading is the default:** explain the problem, main path, key mechanisms and equations, decisive evidence, and limits. Explicit scans may be shorter; ordinary Brief is more than an abstract summary. - **Deep Reading** applies to requests such as “deep read,” “深读,” “深入阅读,” “仔细读,” or full technical reconstruction. Follow the [Deep protocol](references/deep-reading.md); do not silently substitute Brief when source access is insufficient. - **Audience is independent of depth.** Default to a researcher with relevant field foundations who has not read this paper. Use the stated or clearly indicated background; add only prerequisite bridges that reader needs. Read [reader calibration](references/learner-experience.md) before drafting. …
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How to install
mdr add xiaofengshi/paper-reading-skill/paper-reading@sha256:c05b7ba26b9e2acbThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261103.f1cc8d2, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 13 versions of this file, between Sep 24, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026, about one every 3 days.
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| git:20261103.f1cc8d2 latest | 2026-11-03 | f1cc8d2 | 7,006 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261103.5ebdaaf | 2026-11-03 | 5ebdaaf | 14,620 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261103.b0ce71a | 2026-11-03 | b0ce71a | 14,603 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261103.eee6677 | 2026-11-03 | eee6677 | 13,445 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261103.d762618 | 2026-11-03 | d762618 | 12,088 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261029.5e88b06 | 2026-10-29 | 5e88b06 | 11,082 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261027.64d9e99 | 2026-10-27 | 64d9e99 | 9,082 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261026.85abc99 | 2026-10-26 | 85abc99 | 8,418 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261014.3ca5111 | 2026-10-14 | 3ca5111 | 14,926 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261014.83fe1f8 | 2026-10-14 | 83fe1f8 | 14,554 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260924.aad02cc | 2026-09-24 | aad02cc | 13,495 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260924.7b4ef5a | 2026-09-24 | 7b4ef5a | 12,896 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260924.b78c147 | 2026-09-24 | b78c147 | 12,395 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (7006 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
xiaofengshi/paper-reading-skill · 11 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_gjn64fizbghyhngg GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=xiaofengshi/paper-reading-skill/paper-reading GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/c05b7ba26b9e2acb9c53ebb68f77b7c90599b97c6c6bda65d63a64d012781130
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