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Extract a research paper PDF into a structured set of poster-agnostic assets reusable by any downstream renderer (paper2poster, paper2blog, paper2audio, paper2video). Produces a `<outdir>/` containing the paper's full text (assets/meta/text.txt), per-figure captions (assets/meta/captions.json), cleaned figure rasters (assets/figures/*.png + assets/meta/figures.json manifest), paper metadata (assets/meta/metadata.json: title / authors / institutes / venue / paper_url / code_url), institute logos (assets/logos/*), URL QR codes (assets/qr/*), and a 9-section structured paper summary (assets/meta/paper_spec.md). The bundle follows the Output Contract layout (deliverables at top, everything else under `assets/`). Use when the user wants to extract paper content into reusable assets, OR as the mandatory upstream stage of any paper-rendering pipeline — e.g., "extract this paper", "build paper assets", "get the figures and spec from this PDF", "paper2assets".

microsoft/ResearchStudio Agent Skills author: microsoft 14 files · 12 scripts body ≈ 15 396 tokens Open the sourcegithub.com↗ analyzed 5 d ago

Extract a research paper PDF into a structured set of poster-agnostic assets reusable by any downstream renderer (paper2poster, paper2blog, paper2audio…

As a process C 56/100 · Has gaps — References files that are not bundled: assets/figures/..., assets/logos/..., assets/qr/...

ProcedureDesignSoftware developmenttype and topics are labelled automatically from the skill text
Runs in: Claude / Claude Code ChatGPT / Codex Gemini CLI Cursor GitHub Copilot / VS Code Qwen Code Kimi Code CLI Z.ai (GLM) DeepSeek (Deep Code) Mistral Vibe LangChain (deepagents) OpenClaw Goose OpenCode
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Technical rating
C
81/100
safety, quality, tests
Safety 60%
95
Quality 40%
60
Run on models
none yet
Process rating
C
56/100
Has gaps
References files that are not bundled: assets/figures/..., assets/logos/..., assets/qr/...
Tools and files w 18
0
Inputs and preconditions w 11
0
Execution cost w 6
40
the three weakest of ten parameters · all ten

What is at stake

Medium-severity findings: the skill is probably honest, but read what alarmed the scanner.

Broad scope medium severity

Below is the worst case for this category. The finding here is medium: the guard saw a sign, not a proof.

If you install

The skill asks for more than the task needs: broad tool access, credential environment variables, binaries. Every extra permission widens the damage from a mistake or a compromise.

For the author

Narrow allowed-tools and the variable list to the minimum; replace binaries with readable sources or scripts.

How to improve

  1. The SKILL.md body is over 5,000 tokens: move reference detail into references/ and load it when needed.
  2. The text references files that are not there: add them or drop the references.
For the model run — optional
  • Your own cases (evals/evals.json, 4–6 real requests with expected answers): the full check would then run those instead of a model-drafted suite.
  • A spec.yaml with trigger phrases and assertions — a behaviour contract for CI; `skilltest init` writes a template.

Guard findings · 1

✓ No critical or high findings

Medium and low: 1
  • medium Broad scope meta-broad-allowed-tools SKILL.md:1
    Broad tool permissions pre-approved: Bash(*)
    allowed-tools: Bash(*) Read Write Edit Grep Glob AskUserQuestion WebFetch WebSearch

Files scanned: 14. Evidence is masked. Grey chips explain why severity was lowered.

Against the Agent Skills spec

  • warning frontmatter-yaml SKILL.md: the frontmatter is not valid YAML (YAML parse error: Nested mappings are not allowed in compact mappings at line 2, column 14: description: Extract a research paper PDF into a structured set of poster-agnos… ^ ); fields were read line by line. The usual cause is a colon inside an unquoted value
  • warning body-long SKILL.md body ≈ 15396 tokens (recommended < 5000); move details to references/
  • warning missing-ref reference to a missing file: assets/figures/...
  • warning missing-ref reference to a missing file: assets/logos/...
  • warning missing-ref reference to a missing file: assets/qr/...
  • warning missing-ref reference to a missing file: assets/audio/...
  • warning missing-ref reference to a missing file: assets/meta/text.txt
  • warning missing-ref reference to a missing file: assets/meta/captions.json
  • warning missing-ref reference to a missing file: assets/meta/figures.json
  • warning missing-ref reference to a missing file: assets/figures/<page>_figure<n>.png
  • warning missing-ref reference to a missing file: assets/figures/_debug/<page>_figure<n>.png.bak
  • warning missing-ref reference to a missing file: assets/figures/_debug/<page>_figure<n>.marked-<NN>.png
  • warning missing-ref reference to a missing file: assets/meta/metadata.json
  • warning missing-ref reference to a missing file: assets/meta/paper_spec.md
  • warning missing-ref reference to a missing file: assets/logos/<slug>.{png,svg}
  • warning missing-ref reference to a missing file: assets/logos/logos.json
  • warning missing-ref reference to a missing file: assets/logos/
  • warning missing-ref reference to a missing file: assets/qr/{paper,code}.png
  • warning missing-ref reference to a missing file: assets/meta/sections.json
  • warning missing-ref reference to a missing file: assets/meta/narration.json
  • warning missing-ref reference to a missing file: assets/figures/*.png
  • warning missing-ref reference to a missing file: assets/qr/
  • warning missing-ref reference to a missing file: assets/logos/microsoft.png
  • warning missing-ref reference to a missing file: assets/logos/<slug>.png
  • warning missing-ref reference to a missing file: assets/logos/_venue.png
  • warning missing-ref reference to a missing file: scripts/generate_audio.py
  • note edit-residue the text marks something as outdated (lines 40, 75, 641): check that old rules are not kept next to new ones — the full check reads the text for contradictions

Process rating: all ten parameters 56/100

Will not run. References files that are not bundled: assets/figures/..., assets/logos/..., assets/qr/...
  • 0Tools and files. 24 referenced file(s) missing: assets/figures/..., assets/logos/..., assets/qr/...
  • 0Inputs and preconditions. Does not say what the process needs to start
  • 40Execution cost. Instruction body is 15396 tokens: crowds the task out of the window
  • 60Result and completion. Output format stated, no completion criterion
  • 70When it triggers. States when to use, but not when not to
  • 85Steps. 78 steps, 3 vague phrases
  • 100Failures and branches. 2 branches, has a failure section
  • 100Consistency. Name and required fields are in place
  • 100Running it twice. Mutating operations check current state
  • 100Progress reporting. Reports progress
  • medium Safety rules and hard prohibitions inside a skill: they belong in the system prompt, here they protect nothing
  • low The response is described with custom markup (42 tags): a typed call is more reliable

Everything here is measured from the skill text rather than judged by a model, so the numbers are checkable. A parameter weighs more when it is a more common reason for the process to stall.

Quality signals

  • +4Description does not say when NOT to use the skill (false activations)
  • +3Description length 965: 120–800 characters recommended
  • +1No license
  • +2Single-language instructions
  • +5Description quotes 4 example trigger phrases
  • +4Structure: 19 headings
  • +3Step-by-step instructions: 78 items
  • +3Output format is stated explicitly
  • +4Has examples (22 code blocks)
  • +3All 8 scripts are documented

Quality base 70; lint remarks subtract, signals add up to 100. Result: 60.