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Rapidly skim and summarize academic papers (default:PDF-to-Markdown full text with `## Page XX` pagination and image references) and output a structured extensive-reading summary in Markdown when you need to quickly understand research questions, methods, key results, conclusions, and decide whether intensive reading is worthwhile.

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Use literature-extensive-read to create a UTF-8 Markdown extensive-reading summary from [paper Markdown], covering the research question, methods, findings, conclusions, explicit limitations, and an intensive-reading recommendation for [research goal] in [language]; mark absent information “Not specified.”

Required inputs

  • [paper Markdown]
  • [research goal]
  • [language]

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name: literature-extensive-readdescription: Rapidly skim and summarize academic papers (default:PDF-to-Markdown full text with `## Page XX` pagination and image references) and output a structured extensive-reading summary in Markdown when you need to quickly understand research questions, methods, key results, conclusions, and decide whether intensive reading is worthwhile.license: MITauthor: AIPOCH

Source: https://github.com/aipoch/medical-research-skills

When to Use

  • You have a paper converted from PDF to Markdown and need a fast, structured overview before deciding to read it deeply.
  • You need to extract the research question, methodology, main findings, and conclusions for literature triage.
  • You are reviewing many papers and want consistent summaries using a fixed template.
  • You want a quick interpretation of figures/tables referenced as images in the Markdown (only based on what is explicitly shown/described).
  • You need to produce a UTF-8 Markdown summary file saved to a standard output directory for later review.

Key Features

  • Rapid extensive reading workflow: prioritize title/abstract/conclusion, then scan methods and results.
  • Structured output using a predefined Markdown template.
  • Supports PDF-to-Markdown inputs that include ## Page XX pagination headers.
  • Allows using embedded image references (e.g., ![page-01](...)) to briefly describe charts/tables when explicitly interpretable.
  • Strictly summarizes only explicit content from the provided text (no speculation); missing items are marked as “Not specified”.
  • Standardized output location: saves results to outputs/ (created if missing).

Dependencies

  • pdf-extract (version: Not specified) — used only when the input is PDF and must be converted to Markdown first.
  • securityclaw (version: Not specified) — optional security audit report saved alongside outputs.

Example Usage

Input

Assume you have one of the following:

  1. A PDF-to-Markdown file (recommended):
  • paper.md (contains full text, may include ## Page XX and image references)
  1. Only a PDF:
  • paper.pdf (convert it first using pdf-extract)

Steps

  1. (Optional) Convert PDF to Markdown
pdf-extract paper.pdf > paper.md
  1. Read and summarize using the template
  • Read paper.md, prioritizing: Title → Abstract → Conclusion, then scan Methods and Results.
  • Follow requirements and quality checks in:
    • references/guide.md
  • Fill the output template:
    • assets/rapid_summary_template.md
  • If any field cannot be found in the text, write: Not specified.
  1. Save output
  • Save the completed summary as a UTF-8 encoded Markdown file to:
    • outputs/rapid_summary.md
  1. (Optional) Save security audit report
  • If generated, save the securityclaw report to:
    • outputs/

Implementation Details

  • Input format

    • Default input is full-text Markdown converted from PDF.
    • Pagination headers like ## Page XX may appear and should be treated as page markers, not section headings.
    • Image references (e.g., ![page-01](...)) may be used to support brief figure/table descriptions only when the content is explicitly interpretable.

  • Reading strategy (algorithm)

    1. Extract bibliographic and high-level intent from Title/Abstract.
    2. Identify the research question(s) and scope.
    3. Scan Methods to capture: data, experimental setup, models, baselines, evaluation metrics, and key parameters (only if explicitly stated).
    4. Scan Results to capture the main quantitative/qualitative findings and comparisons.
    5. Read Conclusion/Discussion to capture claims, limitations, and future work.
    6. Produce an intensive-reading recommendation based on the paper’s stated contributions, clarity of evidence, and relevance to the user’s goal (when provided).

  • Output rules

    • Use assets/rapid_summary_template.md as the sole structure for the final summary.
    • If information is missing or unclear in the source text, write Not specified (do not infer).
    • Output must be Markdown (.md) and saved in UTF-8 to avoid encoding issues.
    • Default output language is Chinese unless the user explicitly requests another language.