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phd-deepread-workflow

Turn academic PDFs into Obsidian notes and canvases

Converts academic PDFs into structured literature notes and 9-node critical-thinking canvases for Obsidian. Extracts full text with OCR fallback, pulls out findings, methods, statistics, and validity-mapped critiques. Eliminates manual note-taking and reformatting by batch-processing entire folders of papers. Produces wikilinked, Dataview-ready notes that connect directly to your existing research vault.
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npx skills add heleninsights-dot/phd-deepread-workflow --all -g -y
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phd-deepread

Extract academic PDFs and generate Obsidian-ready notes with YAML frontmatter.

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How to install phd-deepread-workflow?â–¼

Run `npx skills add heleninsights-dot/phd-deepread-workflow --all -g -y` in your terminal to install the skill globally. You also need Obsidian to view the canvas output.

How to turn a research PDF into an Obsidian note?â–¼

Drag the PDF into Claude Code or Codex and say "phd-deepread read this paper". The skill extracts the text, writes a structured literature note, and builds a critical-thinking canvas you open in Obsidian.

Can phd-deepread process scanned PDFs?â–¼

Yes. It uses PyMuPDF for normal PDFs and falls back to Tesseract OCR for scanned, image-based pages. Install Tesseract only if you work with scanned documents.

Can I batch-process a folder of papers?â–¼

Yes. Point the skill at a folder and it extracts, notes, and builds canvases for every PDF inside, skipping papers already processed.

Does phd-deepread work with Claude Code and Codex?â–¼

Yes. It installs as a standard skill in both Claude Code and Codex, and the agent runs all commands for you based on plain-English requests.

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