Paper Prerequisite Analyzer

A Claude Code plugin marketplace for analyzing academic papers to identify prerequisite papers needed for understanding. Extracts references, classifies importance, and discovers related papers via PASA search.

Installation

Install from GitHub Marketplace

In Claude Code, run:

# Add the marketplace
/plugin marketplace add roymondliao/paper-prereq-analyzer

# Install the plugin
/plugin install paper-prereq-plugin@paper-prereq-marketplace

Manual Installation

Clone this repository and add it as a local marketplace:

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/roymondliao/paper-prereq-analyzer.git

# In Claude Code, add as local marketplace
/plugin marketplace add /path/to/paper-prereq-analyzer

# Install the plugin
/plugin install paper-prereq-plugin@paper-prereq-marketplace

Usage

After installation, use the skill in Claude Code:

/paper-prereq https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.07372

Or simply ask Claude to analyze a paper's prerequisites - the skill will be automatically invoked based on context.

What's Included

Plugin: paper-prereq-plugin

Component	Description
Skill: paper-prereq	Main skill that orchestrates the analysis pipeline
Agent: paper-reader	Extracts paper content from arXiv
Agent: ref-analyzer	Classifies reference importance
Agent: paper-finder	Discovers related papers via PASA
Agent: report-generator	Creates structured Markdown reports

Repository Structure

paper-prereq-analyzer/
├── .claude-plugin/
│   └── marketplace.json              # Marketplace manifest
├── paper-prereq-plugin/              # Main plugin
│   ├── .claude-plugin/
│   │   └── plugin.json               # Plugin manifest
│   ├── agents/                       # Sub-agents
│   │   ├── paper-finder.md
│   │   ├── paper-reader.md
│   │   ├── ref-analyzer.md
│   │   └── report-generator.md
│   └── skills/                       # Skills
│       └── paper-prereq/
│           ├── SKILL.md
│           └── templates/
│               └── report-template.md
├── AGENTS.md                         # agent-browser usage instructions
├── .mcp.json                         # MCP server configuration
└── README.md

Requirements

agent-browser (Required)

This skill uses agent-browser for browser automation to access arXiv papers and PASA search.

# Install agent-browser globally
npm install -g agent-browser

# Download Chromium browser
agent-browser install

See AGENTS.md for detailed usage instructions.

Example Output

✅ Prerequisite analysis complete!

Report saved to: ./prereq-report-2601.07372.md

Summary:
- Target paper: Conditional Memory via Scalable Lookup
- High priority prerequisites: 5
- Extended reading suggestions: 3

Team Distribution

To automatically install this marketplace for your team, add to your project's .claude/settings.json:

{
  "extraKnownMarketplaces": {
    "paper-prereq-marketplace": {
      "source": {
        "source": "github",
        "repo": "roymondliao/paper-prereq-analyzer"
      }
    }
  }
}

Acknowledgments

This project uses PASA (Paper Search Agent) developed by ByteDance for discovering related academic papers. Special thanks to the ByteDance team for making this powerful research tool available.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit issues or pull requests.

License

MIT