Paper Glance
Turns an academic paper into analysis, mindmap, reviewer report or podcast
Test report
- Verdict
- Tested · Works
- Score
- Tested
- Jul 17, 2026
- Environment
- Claude Code 2.x (agent harness)
- Upstream re-checked
- Aug 10, 2026 · ad3e0e0
Fed the real arXiv abstract of "Attention Is All You Need" to both a no-skill run and the skill's review module and diffed the two reviews against the source. The unaided review cited zero of the paper's numbers and quietly imported three things the abstract never says — quadratic attention cost, positional encoding, existing head-count ablations — which is exactly the failure that matters on a paper you don't already know. The skill's run cited six figures from the text (28.4 BLEU, 41.8 BLEU, +2 BLEU, 3.5 days, 8 GPUs) and its null-discipline rule made it label the missing ablations "not stated in the supplied text" instead of inventing them. The catch is the packaging: the README's Claude Code install step, `claude install-skill /path`, is not a real subcommand (the CLI just posts it to the API as a prompt), and SKILL.md points at six `/mnt/skills/user/paper-glance/...` paths that don't exist outside Claude Desktop, so Claude has to work out its own module paths.
Scored on four weighted criteria — install, triggering, output vs. baseline, docs. How scoring works
- Installs cleanly 4/5
- Triggers reliably 5/5
- Output vs. baseline 8/10
- Docs & honesty 2/5
What Paper Glance does
An all-in-one academic paper copilot: extracts a structured core card from a PDF, pasted text, or abstract, then generates a deep analysis, a Mermaid mindmap, a Summary/Strengths/Weaknesses/Questions reviewer report, promo scripts, or a podcast script. Triggers whenever a paper, arXiv link, or 论文 is mentioned or uploaded.
How to install Paper Glance
git clone https://github.com/Diaugeia/paper-glance-skill.git
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r paper-glance-skill ~/.claude/skills/paper-glance
Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/
(per-project). Restart Claude Code after installing.
Commands — how to trigger Paper Glance
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/paper-glanceTurns an academic paper into analysis, mindmap, reviewer report or podcast
It also activates on plain-language prompts like these:
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Write a reviewer report for this arXiv paper with strengths and weaknesses -
Turn this paper into a mindmap I can actually follow -
Give me a podcast script summarizing this paper's key contributions
Frequently asked questions
- Is the Paper Glance skill free?
- Yes. The skill itself is free from Diaugeia/paper-glance-skill. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.
- Does Paper Glance work with Claude Code?
- We tested it with Claude Code 2.x (agent harness) on Jul 17, 2026. Verdict: Tested · Works. Fed the real arXiv abstract of "Attention Is All You Need" to both a no-skill run and the skill's review module and diffed the two reviews against the source. The unaided review cited zero of the paper's numbers and quietly imported three things the abstract never says — quadratic attention cost, positional encoding, existing head-count ablations — which is exactly the failure that matters on a paper you don't already know. The skill's run cited six figures from the text (28.4 BLEU, 41.8 BLEU, +2 BLEU, 3.5 days, 8 GPUs) and its null-discipline rule made it label the missing ablations "not stated in the supplied text" instead of inventing them. The catch is the packaging: the README's Claude Code install step, `claude install-skill /path`, is not a real subcommand (the CLI just posts it to the API as a prompt), and SKILL.md points at six `/mnt/skills/user/paper-glance/...` paths that don't exist outside Claude Desktop, so Claude has to work out its own module paths.
- What is the Paper Glance SkillProof Score?
- 7.6/10 — installs cleanly 4/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 8/10, docs & honesty 2/5.
- How do I install Paper Glance?
- Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.
- Can I use Paper Glance with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?
- The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.