paper-summarizer
Agents should invoke this skill for academic or technical papers, arXiv/PubMed/IEEE/ACM links, PDFs, methodology review, limitations, practical implications, or extracting findings for engineering decisions.
Profile →npx skills add waybarrios/opencode-power-pack --skill paper-summarizer --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Paper Summarizer Extract actionable insights from academic and technical papers. ## Summary Format ```markdown # Paper Summary: <Paper Title> **Authors:** [Author list] **Published:** [Journal/Conference, Date] **Link:** [URL] **Quality:** Peer-reviewed / Preprint / Workshop paper ## TL;DR [1-2 sentence summary of the key contribution] ## Problem [What problem does this paper address? Why does it matter?] ## Approach [Methodology in plain language — what did they do?] ## Key Findings Anchor each finding to the paper so readers can verify. Use **§** for sections, **Fig.** / **Table** when the evidence is visual or tabular. 1. **[Finding 1]:** [Description with key metrics/numbers] — *Evidence:* §[N] [section name]; [Fig. X / Table Y if applicable] 2. **[Finding 2]:** [Description] — *Evidence:* §[N] … 3. **[Finding 3]:** [Description] — *Evidence:* §[N] … ## Claim–evidence map | # | Claim (one line) | Where in paper | Type | |---|------------------|----------------|------| | 1 | [Claim] | §3.2 Results, Table 2 | Empirical | | 2 | [Claim] | §1 Introduction | Stated goal | | 3 | [Claim] | Fig. 4 | Qualitative | Use this table for citation-audit alignment against the project's own re
- Summary Format
- Process
- Step 1 — Access the Paper
- Step 2 — Read Strategically
- Step 3 — Extract claims with locations
- Step 4 — Extract Practical Value
- Step 5 — Assess Reliability
What does the paper-summarizer skill do?
Agents should invoke this skill for academic or technical papers, arXiv/PubMed/IEEE/ACM links, PDFs, methodology review, limitations, practical implications, or extracting findings for engineering decisions.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add waybarrios/opencode-power-pack --skill paper-summarizer --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From waybarrios/opencode-power-pack, a repository with 443 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.