pdf-explore SKILL.md skillA
pdf-explore from yichen-zju/claude-for-research is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add yichen-zju/claude-for-research/pdf-explore@git:20261014.9f2a5e0Pins git:20261014.9f2a5e0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- yichen-zju/claude-for-research
- Path
claude/skills/pdf-explore/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20261014.9f2a5e0, committed Oct 14, 2026
- Size
- 955 bytes
- Repository stars
- 10
- License
- none declared
Read, extract, and cross-check content across scientific PDFs. Use when a task needs methods, figures, tables, citations, accessions, or claims from multiple places in one or more papers.
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
# PDF Explore Use this skill when a PDF answer depends on more than one page or section. Workflow: 1. Parse or inspect the full PDF enough to map title, abstract, methods, figures, tables, supplement references, and citations. 2. Extract the exact pages and regions that support the answer. Use page/line anchors from the PDF text extraction. 3. Keep table values, figure labels, accession IDs, and quoted snippets tied to page numbers. 4. Cross-check claims against methods, captions, supplement text, and cited papers when the conclusion depends on them. 5. Save extracted notes, annotations, and provenance as artifacts. Do not answer from a single visible page when the question spans methods, figures, or supplements.
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add yichen-zju/claude-for-research/pdf-explore@sha256:dc045db214fc8c57The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261014.9f2a5e0, 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.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_haaozzte2aaqwyca)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Oct 14, 2026.
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 (955 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
yichen-zju/claude-for-research · 10 stars · license none declared · pushed 2026-10-21 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_haaozzte2aaqwyca GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=yichen-zju/claude-for-research/pdf-explore GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/dc045db214fc8c5758cc84b32c5819a8d3a4d0a8f919bee04d0f9b4175f5de27
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