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convert_literature

This script is specifically designed for converting academic papers, organizing them, and preparing them for literature review workflows.

  • Skills
  • Scientific
  • 2

What it does and how to use it

A skill that teaches Claude Code to do scientific tasks well. It is packaged knowledge the model uses whenever it is relevant.

  1. Install the skill (command above).
  2. In Claude Code, describe what you need - the skill turns on by itself when the context fits.
  3. No commands to memorize: you talk in plain language and the skill does the rest.

Install (Claude Code)

mkdir -p .claude/skills/convert-literature && curl -fsSL https://doutorai.pt/data/lib/skills__convert-literature.md -o .claude/skills/convert-literature/SKILL.md

Paste this command into the terminal, in your project folder, and the component installs automatically.

Content

#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
Convert scientific literature PDFs to Markdown for analysis and review.

This script is specifically designed for converting academic papers,
organizing them, and preparing them for literature review workflows.
"""

import argparse
import json
import re
import sys
from pathlib import Path
from typing import List, Dict, Optional
from markitdown import MarkItDown
from datetime import datetime


def extract_metadata_from_filename(filename: str) -> Dict[str, str]:
    """
    Try to extract metadata from filename.
    Supports patterns like: Author_Year_Title.pdf
    """

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