| name | paper-first-principles |
| description | Use when converting academic papers into engineer-friendly documentation, extracting design patterns from research, or preparing technical knowledge sharing |
| version | 1 |
| author | agent |
| tags | ["research","learning","engineering"] |
Paper First Principles
Overview
Convert academic papers into progressive, engineer-friendly documentation using first principles thinking.
When to Use
Use when:
- You need to understand a research paper deeply from an engineering perspective
- Extracting design patterns, system architectures, or algorithms from academic literature
- Preparing technical knowledge sharing or documentation for engineering teams
- Mapping theoretical research to practical software engineering applications
Don't use for:
- Papers without clear technical contributions (survey papers, opinion pieces)
- One-off reading without need for structured documentation
- Standard practices already well-documented elsewhere
Quick Start
kimi paper-first-principles https://arxiv.org/abs/xxxx.xxxxx
kimi paper-first-principles paper.pdf --audience engineer --domain distributed-systems
kimi paper-first-principles paper.pdf --output ./docs/analysis.md
