scansci-pdf

scansci-pdf is a plugin for Claude Code from YuanyuanMa03/academic-research-skills. Its token cost is not measured, scanned A, original, MIT.

An academic paper retrieval tool that finds and downloads PDF files through open-access, publisher, or institutional routes. It can also handle batches, citation exports, Zotero transfers, and setup checks.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to download one paper or a list of papers, export citations in common formats, send items to Zotero, and diagnose access or environment problems.
Why use it?
It removes the need to search for a working download route and process each paper manually. It also helps when access methods or required tools are not configured correctly.

Plugin for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: a Claude Code plugin manifest.

Good fit Use it to download one paper or a list of papers, export citations in common formats, send items to Zotero, and diagnose access or environment problems.

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Install in Claude Code
/plugin marketplace add YuanyuanMa03/academic-research-skills
/plugin install scansci-pdf
Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/YuanyuanMa03/academic-research-skills

Made for: Claude Code.

Wrote this? Show the measurements

A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.

agentmods badge for scansci-pdf

README.md
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Your own site
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Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.

agentmods 80×15 button for scansci-pdf

Your own site · 80×15
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Per session not measured What this adds to a session before it is invoked.
When invoked not measured Not applicable: nothing here is loaded into a session.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin unknown No closer match found in the catalogue.
Security

Grade A, and why

scansci-pdf scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured today.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

plugins/scansci-pdf/.claude-plugin/plugin.json · 18 lines

What it actually says

{
  "name": "scansci-pdf",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "author": {
    "name": "YuanyuanMa03"
  },
  "license": "MIT",
  "mcpServers": {
    "scansci-pdf": {
      "command": "scansci-pdf",
      "args": [
        "run"
      ]
    }
  },
  "description": "Academic paper retrieval hub backed by the scansci-pdf MCP server: multi-route PDF download (open access, publisher API, institutional), batch queues, citation export, Zotero push, and environment diagnostics."
}
Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. today First seen · 18 lines scan A a911771ff098

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scansci-pdf is a plugin published in the GitHub repository YuanyuanMa03/academic-research-skills (75 stars, last pushed today), licensed MIT. Its token cost is not measured: this kind of file is read by the harness, not the model. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-10-29.