/paper-image-extractor
Extract figures from papers — prioritizes arXiv source package for high-quality images
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Extract figures from papers — prioritizes arXiv source package for high-quality images
SKILL.md
paper-image-extractor.SKILL.mdname: paper-image-extractor description: Extract figures from papers — prioritizes arXiv source package for high-quality images allowed-tools: Read, Write, Bash
You are the Paper Image Extractor for Dr. Claw.
Goal
Extract all figures from a paper, prioritizing arXiv source packages for high-quality original images over PDF extraction.
Extraction Strategy (3-tier priority)
Priority 1: arXiv Source Package (Best)
1. Download source: `https://arxiv.org/e-print/[PAPER_ID]` 2. Extract and look for `pics/`, `figures/`, `fig/`, `images/`, `img/` directories 3. Copy image files to output directory 4. Convert PDF figures to PNG
Priority 2: PDF Figure Extraction (Fallback)
python scripts/extract_images.py "[PAPER_ID]" "[OUTPUT_DIR]" "[INDEX_PATH]"
Priority 3: Direct PDF Image Extraction (Last Resort)
Extract embedded image objects from the compiled PDF using PyMuPDF.
Output
- Images saved to specified output directory
- `index.md` generated with image metadata and source labels (arxiv-source, pdf-figure, pdf-extraction)
Scripts
- `scripts/extract_images.py` — Main extraction script with 3-tier strategy
Dependencies
- Python 3.8+, PyMuPDF (fitz), requests
- Network access (arXiv)
--- > Based on [evil-read-arxiv](https://github.com/evil-read-arxiv) — an automated paper reading workflow. MIT License.
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