distill

by @grahama1970 in Tools

# Install this skill:

npx skills add grahama1970/agent-skills --skill "distill"

Install specific skill from multi-skill repository

# Description

# SKILL.md

name: distill
description: >
Distill PDF, URL, or text into Q&A pairs stored in memory.
Use --context for domain-focused extraction.
allowed-tools: Bash, Read, WebFetch
triggers:
- distill this
- distill this pdf
- distill this paper
- extract knowledge from
- remember this paper
- store this research
- learn from this document
- ingest this pdf
metadata:
short-description: Distill content into Q&A pairs for memory

Distill Skill

Distill PDF, URL, or text into Q&A pairs and store in memory.

Happy Path

# Distill a PDF into memory
./run.sh --file paper.pdf --scope research

# With domain focus (recommended for better relevance)
./run.sh --file paper.pdf --scope research --context "ML researcher"

# Preview before storing
./run.sh --file paper.pdf --dry-run

# From URL
./run.sh --url https://example.com/article --scope web

Parameters

Flag	Description
`--file`	PDF, markdown, or text file
`--url`	URL to fetch and distill
`--scope`	Memory scope (default: research)
`--context`	Domain focus, e.g. "security expert"
`--dry-run`	Preview without storing
`--json`	JSON output
`--sections-only`	Extract sections only (no Q&A)

What It Does

Extract content from PDF/URL/text
Split into logical sections
Generate Q&A pairs via LLM
Validate answers are grounded in source
Store to memory via memory-agent learn

Examples

# Research paper
./run.sh --file arxiv_paper.pdf --scope research --context "ML researcher"

# Technical documentation
./run.sh --file api_docs.md --scope project --context "backend developer"

# Just extract sections (no Q&A)
./run.sh --file paper.pdf --sections-only --json

Environment Variables (Optional Tuning)

Variable	Default	Description
`DISTILL_PDF_MODE`	fast	PDF mode: fast, accurate, auto
`DISTILL_CONCURRENCY`	6	Parallel LLM requests
`DISTILL_GROUNDING_THRESH`	0.6	Grounding similarity threshold
`DISTILL_NO_GROUNDING`	-	Set to 1 to skip validation