by ltczding-gif · Codex Skill · ★ 97
ref-downloader Stop losing an afternoon to chasing dozens of reference PDFs by hand. One DOI in, every reference PDF out — using your existing institutional access. 中文完整文档 / Full Chinese version Status: beta (v0.3.0). Windows + Microsoft Edge verified path. macOS / Linux / Chromium untested. Expect rough edges around supplementary downloads and publisher-site changes. PR-worthy issues welcome. Heads up — not a paywall bypass. ref-downloader uses your institutional access. If your university or organization subscribes to a journal, those refs work.
| Stars | 97 |
| Forks | 3 |
| Language | Python |
| Category | Codex Skill |
| License | MIT |
| Quality Score | 72.2100904526457/100 |
| Last Updated | 2026-06-01 |
| Created | 2026-05-11 |
| Platforms | claude-code, codex, python |
| Est. Tokens | ~36k |
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ref-downloader is Batch-download reference PDFs from a DOI or paper PDF using Crossref and your institutional Edge session.. It is categorized as a Codex Skill with 97 GitHub stars.
ref-downloader is primarily written in Python. It covers topics such as academic-tools, agent-skills, claude-code.
You can find installation instructions and usage details in the ref-downloader GitHub repository at github.com/ltczding-gif/ref-downloader. The project has 97 stars and 3 forks, indicating an active community.
ref-downloader is released under the MIT license, making it free to use and modify according to the license terms.