PDF Explore
Documentspdf-explorePDF Explore is an Agent Skill for documents published in the companion-inc/feynman repository on GitHub: a SKILL.md instruction file an AI agent can load to do this task.
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.
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How to use this skill
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Prompt to paste
Inspect the Agent Skill at https://github.com/companion-inc/feynman/blob/HEAD/skills/pdf-explore/SKILL.md and all supporting files. Report provenance, permissions, scripts, dependencies, and security risks. Propose an exact installation into .agents/skills/pdf-explore, but wait for my approval before writing files or running scripts.
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PDF Explore
Use this skill when a PDF answer depends on more than one page or section.
Workflow:
- Parse or inspect the full PDF enough to map title, abstract, methods, figures, tables, supplement references, and citations.
- Extract the exact pages and regions that support the answer. Use Feynman's PDF preview annotations for page/line/rectangle anchors when available.
- Keep table values, figure labels, accession IDs, and quoted snippets tied to page numbers.
- Cross-check claims against methods, captions, supplement text, and cited papers when the conclusion depends on them.
- Save extracted notes, annotations, and provenance as artifacts.
Do not answer from a single visible page when the question spans methods, figures, or supplements.