pdf-retrieve
CommunityFind and download PDFs
Authorryan-ressmeyer
Version1.0.0
Installs0
System Documentation
What problem does it solve?
This Skill automates the process of finding and downloading PDF versions of academic papers, ensuring you have the full text for your research without manual searching or paywall frustrations.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Open-Access Prioritization: Automatically checks Unpaywall, PubMed Central, arXiv, and Semantic Scholar for free PDF versions.
- Paywall Handling: Gracefully handles paywalled articles by informing the user and providing a direct DOI link, never failing silently.
- Use Case: When a new paper is added to your literature database without a PDF, this Skill can find and download it, or guide you on how to obtain it manually.
Quick Start
Use the pdf-retrieve skill to find the open access PDF for the paper with DOI 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1234-19.2019.
Dependency Matrix
Required Modules
requestspython-dotenv
Components
scripts
💻 Claude Code Installation
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Please help me install this Skill: Name: pdf-retrieve Download link: https://github.com/ryan-ressmeyer/llm-skills/archive/main.zip#pdf-retrieve Please download this .zip file, extract it, and install it in the .claude/skills/ directory.
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