From pdf-to-png
Download academic papers from the web and optionally convert them to PNG. Use when the user wants to download a paper PDF, organize it by journal and title, or download and convert in one step.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
Slash command
/pdf-to-png:paper-downloaderThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
**IMPORTANT: Always delegate this task to the `pdf-converter` sub-agent using the Agent tool.** The sub-agent will handle downloading, organizing, and optional conversion autonomously.
IMPORTANT: Always delegate this task to the pdf-converter sub-agent using the Agent tool. The sub-agent will handle downloading, organizing, and optional conversion autonomously.
Use the Agent tool with subagent_type: "pdf-to-png:pdf-converter" and pass the user's request as the prompt. Include all relevant details:
Example delegation:
Agent tool:
subagent_type: "pdf-to-png:pdf-converter"
description: "Download and convert paper"
prompt: "Download the paper from <url>, journal: <journal>, title: <title>, and convert to PNG."
npx claudepluginhub lostsunset/pdf_to_png_converter_mcp --plugin pdf-to-pngRetrieves scientific paper PDFs from arXiv URLs, DOIs, titles, or other identifiers, saving to papers/ directory. Uses direct arXiv downloads or sci-hub with Chrome for paywalled papers.
Use this skill for "search for papers", "find citations", "look up a DOI", "get BibTeX", "download PDF", "convert PDF to markdown", "find canonical papers", "convert identifiers", "batch download papers", "configure opencite", "literature review", "find related papers", "what papers cite this", "export references", "read this paper", or mentions of opencite, Semantic Scholar, OpenAlex, PubMed, academic literature search, citation management, or paper retrieval.
Downloads arXiv papers, extracts PDF/TeX source, and generates structured Chinese Markdown reports with Mermaid diagrams. For users wanting detailed paper breakdowns rather than short summaries.