Import Papers Skill

Process all PDFs in research/dump/, create bibtex entries, and move them to research/papers/.

Instructions

For each PDF in research/dump/:

1. •

   Extract metadata using pdftotext (first 30 lines only to avoid context overload):

   bash

   pdftotext "filename.pdf" - 2>&1 | head -30
   

2. •

   Identify:

   • •Title (full, not truncated)
   • •Authors (first few primary authors)
   • •Year (infer from content or use 2024/2025 for recent papers)
   • •Venue (if clearly stated: conference/journal)
3. •

   Generate citation key using format: firstauthorYEARkeyword

   • •Use lowercase only
   • •First author's last name
   • •Year
   • •One descriptive keyword from title
   • •Examples: ren2015faster, choi2024neuromamba, park2024processing
4. •

   Create bibtex entry matching existing format in research/papers.bib:

   bibtex

   @article{citationkey,
    author = {Author One and Author Two and Author Three},
    ejournal = {arXiv},
    title = {Full Paper Title},
    url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/XXXX.XXXXX},
    year = {YYYY}
   }
   

   Use @inproceedings if it's a conference paper (like NIPS, ICML, etc.) with:

   bibtex

   @inproceedings{citationkey,
    author = {Authors},
    booktitle = {Conference Name},
    title = {Title},
    year = {YYYY}
   }
   

5. •

   Append to papers.bib:

   bash

   cat >> research/papers.bib << 'EOF'
   
   @article{citationkey,
    ...
   }
   EOF
   

6. •

   Move and rename PDF to research/papers/:

   bash

   mv "research/dump/original.pdf" "research/papers/citationkey.pdf"
   

7. •

   Handle duplicates: If two PDFs are identical (same title), keep only one.

8. •

   Verify after processing all files:

   • •List moved files: ls -1 research/papers/ | tail -10
   • •Check dump is empty: ls -1 research/dump/*.pdf 2>/dev/null || echo "empty"
9. •

   Run bibify.py to update the changelog and sync with Google Drive:

   bash

   ./bin/bibify.py
   

Important Notes

• •DO NOT read entire PDFs - only extract first 30 lines to save context
• •Process all PDFs in a batch, not one at a time
• •For generic filenames like paper.pdf, check content for actual title
• •Follow existing bibtex format exactly (check research/papers.bib for examples)
• •Use consistent naming: lowercase, no special characters in citation keys