Setup Extract

by ARPeeketi

Setup Extract is a Writing skill for Claude Code, published by ARPeeketi in claude-resume-kit.

235 stars52 forkson ARPeeketi/claude-resume-kitAdded 2026/09/03Repository updated 2026/03/10

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academicclaude-codecover-lettercvjob-searchlatexresume

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Install Setup Extract

Copy Setup Extract into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/ARPeeketi/claude-resume-kit/tree/main/.claude/skills/setup-extract ~/.claude/skills/setup-extract

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/ARPeeketi/claude-resume-kit.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: .claude/skills/setup-extract/SKILL.md in ARPeeketi/claude-resume-kit
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/setup-extract
Collection: One of 6 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Writing — 1109 skills

What Setup Extract does

Setup Extract reads papers, PDFs, or code and turns them into structured knowledge base extractions. It pauses to confirm the user’s role and provenance before writing resume-ready notes.

Setup Extract is cataloged under Writing on DirSkills. Setup Extract comes from a repository tagged academic, claude-code, cover-letter, cv and job-search.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

/setup-extract

User input: $ARGUMENTS

Parse $ARGUMENTS:

File path to a paper (e.g., papers/Smith2024_catalyst.pdf, papers/project_report.tex) → read that file
Multiple paths separated by spaces → batch mode (process each sequentially)
Empty → ask the user for the paper path or paste content

Startup

Read CLAUDE.md — check KB Corrections Log for known issues
Read config.md — load Personal Info (to identify user's author position), Provenance Flags
Read knowledge_base/extractions/_INVENTORY.md — see what's already extracted, avoid duplicates

If the paper is already in the inventory:

Show the existing extraction path
Ask: "This paper is already extracted. Re-extract (overwrite) or skip?"
Wait for user response before proceeding

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Commands Setup Extract provides

Slash commands named in this skill’s SKILL.md, listed in the order they first appear.

/setup-extract
/setup-build-kb

Frequently asked about Setup Extract

What else does ARPeeketi publish alongside Setup Extract?
Setup Extract is one of 6 skills that DirSkills catalogs from ARPeeketi/claude-resume-kit, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Critique, Edit Resume and Make Cover Letter. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Setup Extract does, and is maintained by ARPeeketi in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the ARPeeketi/claude-resume-kit page.
How does Setup Extract compare to other Writing skills?
Setup Extract ranks #914 by stars among the 1109 Writing skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Article Writing, Social Media Content Calendar and Knowledge Comic Creator. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Setup Extract against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.