# PDF Explore (agent skill)

> PDF Explore is an agent skill (a SKILL.md file) from HughYau/AcademicForge. Agents load it when the user has attached a PDF, paper, report, or other document and the answer needs content from more than one place in it: summarize the methods or any other section… It works with Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode and has 2,587 GitHub stars.

Use this skill when the user has attached a PDF, paper, report, or other document and the answer needs content from more than one place in it: summarize the methods or any other section, compare sections, find where a topic is discussed, read a value or label off a figure or chart, or find/list/extract every instance of something across the whole document (datasets, benchmarks, citations, figures, table rows, accession numbers — including appendices).

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/HughYau/AcademicForge |
| Skill path | skills/claude-science/pdf-explore/SKILL.md |
| Skill name | pdf-explore |
| GitHub stars | 2,587 |
| Installs on skills.sh | not listed |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Skills in repo | 1 |
| Plugin marketplace | no |
| Official | no |
| Works with | Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode |
| Category | Docs & writing |
| Last commit | Aug 30, 2026 |

## When it triggers

- Use this skill when the user has attached a PDF, paper, report, or other document and the answer needs content from more than one place in it: summarize the methods or any other section, compare sections, find where a topic is discussed, re

## Add this skill

### Claude Code

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/HughYau/AcademicForge.git
cp -r AcademicForge/skills/claude-science/pdf-explore ~/.claude/skills/pdf-explore   # personal, or .claude/skills in a project
```

In the Claude apps, zip the skill folder and upload it under Customize > Skills > + > Upload a skill (code execution must be on).

### ChatGPT / Codex

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/HughYau/AcademicForge.git
cp -r AcademicForge/skills/claude-science/pdf-explore .agents/skills/pdf-explore   # repo; ~/.agents/skills for all projects
```

### Cursor

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/HughYau/AcademicForge.git
cp -r AcademicForge/skills/claude-science/pdf-explore .cursor/skills/pdf-explore   # project; ~/.cursor/skills for all projects
```

Sources (checked 2026-10-07): https://code.claude.com/docs/en/skills, https://support.claude.com/en/articles/12512180-using-skills-in-claude, https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/build-skills, https://cursor.com/docs/context/skills

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