rename-and-organize-references

You can rename academic PDFs with author-year-title filenames by running this Skill against your references directory to propose a mapping, validate the schema, and apply the reviewed renames using metadata extracted via pypdf or OpenAlex DOI lookups.

Yes, you can rename appendices, slides, and replication materials alongside the main paper by using a template-driven approach that generates filenames with optional suffixes, applying consistent author-year-title formatting across all related academic files in your references directory.

For PDFs with missing metadata, the tool uses optional OpenAlex-based metadata lookups via DOI or title search to derive accurate author, year, and title information, outputting a schema-compliant mapping while isolating unresolved items for careful human review.

Yes, you need pypdf installed for PDF parsing to extract base metadata, but the Skill supports an offline mode for generating author-year-title filename mappings when external OpenAlex metadata lookups via DOI or title search are unavailable.

The best way to safely reorganize a references directory is to generate a proposed, reviewable mapping of author-year-title filenames first, validate the mapping against a structured format, handle unresolved items, and then apply the reviewed changes.