ieee-download
Installation
SKILL.md
IEEE Xplore PDF Download
Download PDF files from IEEE Xplore articles to the user's local disk.
Prerequisites
- The user must have access to the article (institutional subscription, open access, or personal subscription).
- If the article is behind a paywall and the user has no access, the download will fail.
PDF URL Patterns (Discovered via Testing)
IEEE Xplore has a two-layer PDF serving architecture:
| Layer | URL | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Wrapper | {BASE_URL}/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber={ARNUMBER} |
HTML page with iframe |
| Actual PDF | {BASE_URL}/stampPDF/getPDF.jsp?tp=&arnumber={ARNUMBER}&ref= |
Direct PDF binary |
Key discovery: The getPDF.jsp URL pattern is predictable — you can skip stamp.jsp entirely and navigate directly to the PDF. This cuts tool calls from 6 to 2 per paper.