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PDF Document Summary & Claim Analysis

A minimal skill that turns pasted document text into a summary, a claims-and-evidence breakdown, and a list of open questions.

Docs & OfficeBeginner20615AI score 6/10Last updated: Aug 10, 2026

What it does

  • Condenses supplied document text into a concise summary.
  • Extracts the main claims paired with their supporting evidence.
  • Surfaces key limitations and unanswered questions.
  • Enforces a no-hallucination rule: never invent details absent from the source text.

Who it's for

  • Anyone triaging long reports, papers, contracts, or whitepapers.
  • Researchers and analysts who want arguments structured, not just shortened.
  • Broadly useful regardless of role or tech stack.

Examples

  1. Paste a research paper's body text → get a summary, a claim/evidence mapping, and a list of untested assumptions.
  2. Paste a competitor whitepaper → separate marketing assertions from data-backed statements.
  3. Paste an internal policy doc → pull out ambiguities that still need clarification.

Note: it does not parse PDF files. Extract text first with a tool such as pdftotext.

· · · Install guide · · ·

Try it now, no install

Paste this into Claude to use the skill without installing anything.

Read the instructions in this file and follow them to help me:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Kyure-A/agent-skills-nix/HEAD/examples/agent-plugin/skills/pdf/SKILL.md

What I want: (describe your task here)

If Claude can't open the link, open it yourself and paste the contents instead.

If it works for you, download the ZIP below and install it. Then it runs on its own — no pasting each time.

Install in the Claude app (no terminal)
  1. Download the ZIP with the button below.
  2. In Claude, open Settings → Capabilities and turn on 'Code execution and file creation'. (one time)
  3. Go to Customize → Skills → + → 'Upload a skill' and upload the ZIP.
Download ZIP
Install in Claude Code

Let Claude do it — paste this into Claude Code

Install the skill I found on Claude Skill Mart.
Copy the examples/agent-plugin/skills/pdf folder from the GitHub repo Kyure-A/agent-skills-nix into my ~/.claude/skills/kyure-a-pdf/.
When it's done, tell me in one line what this skill can do.

Install with a command instead

git clone https://github.com/Kyure-A/agent-skills-nix.git /tmp/agent-skills-nix && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/pdf && cp -r /tmp/agent-skills-nix/examples/agent-plugin/skills/pdf/* ~/.claude/skills/pdf/

This is a third-party skill. Check the source repository before installing.

  1. Open your terminal.
  2. Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/Kyure-A/agent-skills-nix.git
  3. Create the skill folder: mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/pdf
  4. Copy the files: cp -r agent-skills-nix/examples/agent-plugin/skills/pdf/* ~/.claude/skills/pdf/
  5. Restart Claude Code and confirm pdf appears in your skills list.
  6. Test it by pasting a long passage and asking for a summary with main claims and open questions.