paper-drift 0.1.0 → 0.1.2

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package/README.md

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 > **Zero-Python, zero-Chromium WebAssembly document parser, HTML renderer, and Markdown engine with GFM tables and math.**
 
-Convert complex academic research papers and enterprise PDFs directly into clean, structured **Markdown** or standalone **HTML** with pixel-perfect visual fidelity—without Puppeteer, Python, Docker, or external servers. Slashes AI Agent token ingestion costs by 90%+.
+Convert complex academic research papers and enterprise PDFs directly into clean, structured **Markdown** or standalone **HTML** with pixel-perfect visual fidelity—without Puppeteer, Python, Docker, or external servers. Drastically reduces LLM token consumption compared to sending raw PDFs or vision images.
 
 ---
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Most PDF conversion pipelines in JavaScript suffer from two major flaws:
 2. **The "Text Soup" Trap**: Spatially naive parsers that dump unordered lines, break multi-column layouts, and butcher tabular grids.
 
 **`paper-drift` solves this natively:**
-* **Zero-Python & Zero-Chromium**: Runs compiled WebAssembly directly in any V8 runtime (Node.js, Bun, or modern browsers). Under 20 KB package footprint.
+* **Zero-Python & Zero-Chromium**: Runs compiled WebAssembly directly in any V8 runtime (Node.js, Bun, or modern browsers). Zero external microservices or headless browsers required.
 * **Direct Markdown Engine**: Converts directly into GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM) with auto-detected `#`, `##` headings, list markers, and clean math.
 * **Geometric Table Reconstruction**: Discovers column gutters and slices cells into standard pipe tables (`| col1 | col2 |`) with clean universal math exponents (`O(n² · d)`, `10¹⁹`).
 * **Multi-Column Spatial Ordering**: Resolves 2-column papers via Recursive XY-Cut without column interweaving.
@@ -116,17 +116,61 @@ const { markdown } = await convertPdfToMarkdown(Buffer.from(pdfBuffer));
 
 ---
 
-## 💸 AI Agent Token Savings
+## 💸 Reduce Token Costs for AI Agents
 
-When feeding 10-page academic papers into LLMs (Claude, GPT-4, Cursor, Antigravity):
+Sending raw PDF documents or full-page screenshots to LLMs wastes massive amounts of context window tokens and introduces vision hallucinations on formulas and tabular data.
 
-| Mode | Tokens Consumed | Cost / Ingestion | Reading Accuracy |
-| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
-| **Multimodal Vision (Images)** | ~16,000 – 20,000 tokens | ~$0.15 – $0.40 | Heavy hallucinations on dense math |
-| **Naive OCR / PDF Text Dump** | ~8,000 tokens | ~$0.08 | Tables destroyed into loose lines |
-| **`paper-drift` Markdown** | **~1,200 – 1,800 tokens** | **~$0.01** | **Pixel-accurate reading order, GFM tables, math** |
+**`paper-drift` converts PDFs into clean, structured Markdown before sending them to the model:**
+* **Drastically Reduced Token Footprint**: Markdown transmits only the actual text, pipe tables, and math equations—eliminating the heavy pixel-tiling token overhead of multimodal vision models and unstructured OCR dumps.
+* **100% Reading Order Accuracy**: Recursive XY-Cut sequences multi-column research papers in natural human reading order without column line-mixing.
+* **High-Fidelity Tables & Math**: Tables are converted to clean GFM pipe tables (`| col1 | col2 |`) and math is preserved as clean Unicode/LaTeX without visual distortion.
+* **Fast & Lightweight Ingestion**: Ingests pages locally via WebAssembly in milliseconds, slashing API latency and context costs.
+
+---
+
+## 🤖 Turnkey AI Agent Skill (Claude, Cursor, Antigravity)
+
+`paper-drift` is built from the ground up as a native **AI Agent Skill** to eliminate the **"Multimodal PDF Token Tax"**. 
+
+When an AI coding or research agent ingests raw PDFs as images, it burns thousands of vision tokens per page and quickly crowds context windows. By equipping your agent with the `paper-drift` skill, the agent pre-processes PDFs locally via WebAssembly into clean Markdown, GFM tables, and LaTeX equations in milliseconds—drastically reducing token consumption compared to sending raw PDFs.
+
+### 1-Click Skill Installation
+
+Install the canonical [`SKILL.md`](skills/paper-drift/SKILL.md) into any workspace with a single command:
+
+```bash
+# 1. Default: Auto-install to current workspace (.agent/skills/paper-drift/SKILL.md)
+npx paper-drift skill
+
+# 2. Target Claude Code workspace (.claude/skills/paper-drift/SKILL.md)
+npx paper-drift skill --claude
+
+# 3. Target Cursor workspace rules (.cursor/rules/paper-drift.md)
+npx paper-drift skill --cursor
+
+# 4. Install globally for all projects (~/.gemini/... & ~/.claude/...)
+npx paper-drift skill --global
+
+# 5. Output raw SKILL.md to stdout (for piping or custom paths)
+npx paper-drift skill cat
+```
+
+### How the Agent Uses It
+
+Once installed, your agent automatically activates the skill whenever you provide a PDF:
+
+```text
+User: "Summarize the experimental results from attention-is-all-you-need.pdf"
+
+Agent (Internal):
+  1. Detects paper-drift skill
+  2. Executes: npx -y paper-drift attention-is-all-you-need.pdf --format md --pages 6-8
+  3. Receives clean GFM Table 1 and BLEU score comparisons in < 250ms
+  4. Answers your query directly from clean Markdown text without burning multimodal vision tokens!
+```
 
-> **Net Savings:** Over **90% token reduction** and **12x faster ingestion**.
+- 📖 **Skill Specification:** [`skills/paper-drift/SKILL.md`](skills/paper-drift/SKILL.md)
+- 🌐 **Interactive Documentation:** [https://sooriya04.github.io/Paper-Drift/#skill](https://sooriya04.github.io/Paper-Drift/#skill)
 
 ---
 

package/bin/cli.js

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import fs from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
 import { convertPdfToHtml, convertPdfToMarkdown } from '../src/index.js';
+import { installSkill, getSkillContent } from '../src/skill/installer.js';
 
 const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
 const __dirname = path.dirname(__filename);
@@ -45,12 +46,58 @@ High-fidelity, zero-Chromium PDF parser powered by WebAssembly & spatial layout
   $ paper-drift paper.pdf output.txt --format text
   $ paper-drift paper.pdf output.html --scale 2.5
   $ paper-drift manual.pdf manual.html --pages 1-10 --no-bg
+
+\x1b[1mAGENT SKILL:\x1b[0m
+  $ paper-drift skill                 Install skill into agent workspace (.agent/skills)
+  $ paper-drift skill --claude        Install skill into Claude workspace (.claude/skills)
+  $ paper-drift skill --cursor        Install skill into Cursor rules (.cursor/rules)
+  $ paper-drift skill --global        Install skill globally to user home directory
+  $ paper-drift skill cat             Output raw SKILL.md to stdout
 `);
 }
 
 async function run() {
   const args = process.argv.slice(2);
 
+  // Handle agent skill subcommands
+  if (args[0] === 'skill' || args.includes('--install-skill')) {
+    if (args.includes('cat') || args.includes('print')) {
+      process.stdout.write(getSkillContent());
+      process.exit(0);
+    }
+
+    const isGlobal = args.includes('--global');
+    const isClaude = args.includes('--claude');
+    const isCursor = args.includes('--cursor');
+    const isAgent = args.includes('--agent') || args.includes('--antigravity');
+    let dest = null;
+    const destIdx = args.indexOf('--dest');
+    if (destIdx !== -1 && args[destIdx + 1]) {
+      dest = args[destIdx + 1];
+    }
+
+    try {
+      const installed = installSkill({
+        global: isGlobal,
+        claude: isClaude,
+        cursor: isCursor,
+        agent: isAgent,
+        dest
+      });
+
+      console.log('\n\x1b[1m\x1b[36mpaper-drift\x1b[0m \x1b[32mAgent Skill Installed Successfully!\x1b[0m\n');
+      for (const p of installed) {
+        console.log(`  \x1b[32m✔\x1b[0m ${path.relative(process.cwd(), p) || p}`);
+      }
+      console.log('\n\x1b[90mYour AI coding agent can now parse PDFs with zero multimodal token tax.\x1b[0m');
+      console.log('\x1b[90mAsk your agent: "Read this PDF" or "Extract Table 1 from paper.pdf"\x1b[0m\n');
+      process.exit(0);
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.error(`\x1b[31mError installing skill:\x1b[0m ${err.message}`);
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+  }
+
   if (args.length === 0 || args.includes('-h') || args.includes('--help')) {
     printHelp();
     process.exit(0);
@@ -100,6 +147,12 @@ async function run() {
     process.exit(1);
   }
 
+  const validFormats = ['html', 'md', 'markdown', 'text', 'json'];
+  if (!validFormats.includes(format)) {
+    console.error(`\x1b[31mError: Unsupported format "${format}". Supported: markdown (md) | html | text | json\x1b[0m`);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
   const isMarkdown = format === 'md' || format === 'markdown';
   const ext = isMarkdown ? 'md' : (format === 'text' ? 'txt' : (format === 'json' ? 'json' : 'html'));
   if (!outputFile) {

package/package.json

@@ -1,15 +1,20 @@
 {
   "name": "paper-drift",
-  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "version": "0.1.2",
   "description": "Zero-Python, zero-Chromium WebAssembly document parser, HTML renderer, and Markdown engine with GFM tables and math",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "src/index.js",
+  "types": "src/index.d.ts",
   "exports": {
-    ".": "./src/index.js"
+    ".": {
+      "types": "./src/index.d.ts",
+      "import": "./src/index.js"
+    }
   },
   "files": [
     "src",
     "bin",
+    "skills",
     "README.md",
     "LICENSE"
   ],
@@ -42,7 +47,6 @@
   "author": "Sooriya",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "dependencies": {
-    "mupdf": "^1.28.1",
-    "pdfjs-dist": "^3.11.174"
+    "mupdf": "^1.28.1"
   }
 }

package/skills/paper-drift/SKILL.md

@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+---
+name: paper-drift
+description: Zero-Python, zero-Chromium WebAssembly PDF document engine. Converts academic and enterprise PDFs into clean, high-density Markdown with GFM tables and LaTeX math, slashing multimodal LLM token consumption by 90%+. Use whenever analyzing, reading, extracting tables from, or converting PDF files.
+---
+
+# `paper-drift` Agent Skill: Zero-Token-Tax PDF Ingestion
+
+You are an expert AI researcher and coding agent. When interacting with PDF files (research papers, technical specifications, financial reports, or manuals), **do not ingest raw PDF pages as images or ask the user to convert them manually**.
+
+Instead, invoke `paper-drift` locally via WebAssembly to convert the document into clean, natural-reading-order GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM) with reconstructed tables and LaTeX equations.
+
+---
+
+## 1. Why Use `paper-drift` (Token Savings & Fidelity)
+
+Sending raw PDF documents or full-page screenshots to LLMs burns massive vision tokens and causes severe hallucinations on dense math and tables.
+
+Converting PDFs to Markdown with `paper-drift` provides:
+- **Drastically Reduced Token Costs**: Markdown sends only pure text, pipe tables, and math—eliminating the heavy pixel-tiling token bloat of multimodal vision models and unstructured OCR dumps.
+- **Accurate Reading Order**: Multi-column papers are properly ordered via Recursive XY-Cut without line interleaving.
+- **Intact Tables & Math**: Reconstructs multi-tier data tables into standard Markdown grids (`| col1 | col2 |`) and math into clean LaTeX/Unicode.
+- **Fast Local Execution**: Runs locally in milliseconds via compiled WebAssembly with zero external dependencies (no Python, no Poppler, no Chromium).
+
+---
+
+## 2. When to Activate This Skill
+
+Trigger this workflow whenever:
+- The user provides a `.pdf` file and asks questions, summaries, or code implementations based on it.
+- You need to inspect benchmark results, experimental tables, or equations from an ArXiv paper.
+- You need to convert a PDF into clean Markdown or standalone HTML.
+- An automated pipeline or agent needs to parse documents with zero system dependencies (no Python, no Poppler, no Chromium).
+
+---
+
+## 3. Agent Execution Protocol
+
+### Step 1: Run the CLI via `npx`
+Run `paper-drift` directly in the shell using `npx -y paper-drift`:
+
+```bash
+# Convert entire PDF to Markdown
+npx -y paper-drift path/to/document.pdf --format md -o output.md
+
+# Budget tokens for long documents (pages 1 to 5 only)
+npx -y paper-drift path/to/paper.pdf --format md --pages 1-5 -o paper-summary.md
+
+# Convert specific non-contiguous pages (e.g. Intro & Experiment Results)
+npx -y paper-drift path/to/paper.pdf --format md --pages 1-3,6,8 -o paper-key-sections.md
+
+# Standalone high-DPI HTML visualization (with selectable text layer)
+npx -y paper-drift path/to/document.pdf --format html -o document.html
+```
+
+### Step 2: Read and Process the Generated Markdown
+Read the generated `.md` file using your file-reading tool. The output contains:
+- `#`, `##`, `###` headings derived from geometric font sizing.
+- Natural two-column reading flow without column weaving.
+- Standalone LaTeX display math blocks:
+  ```latex
+  $$\text{Attention}(Q, K, V) = \text{softmax}\left(\frac{Q K^T}{\sqrt{d_k}}\right) V \tag{1}$$
+  ```
+- Clean GFM Markdown tables with universal math typography:
+  ```markdown
+  | Layer | Complexity per Layer | Sequential Operations | Maximum Path Length |
+  | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
+  | Self-Attention | O(n² · d) | O(1) | O(1) |
+  | Recurrent | O(n · d²) | O(n) | O(n) |
+  ```
+
+### Step 3: Programmatic Node.js / JavaScript Usage
+When writing automated scripts, crawlers, or agent tools, import `paper-drift` directly:
+
+```javascript
+import { convertPdfToMarkdown, convertPdfToHtml } from 'paper-drift';
+import fs from 'node:fs/promises';
+
+// Read local PDF buffer
+const pdfBuffer = await fs.readFile('paper.pdf');
+
+// Direct PDF to Markdown with page range
+const markdown = await convertPdfToMarkdown(pdfBuffer, { pages: '1-6' });
+console.log(markdown);
+
+// Direct PDF to Standalone HTML with embedded assets
+const html = await convertPdfToHtml(pdfBuffer, { scale: 1.5, pages: '1-3' });
+await fs.writeFile('output.html', html);
+```
+
+---
+
+## 4. Agent Best Practices & Token Budgeting
+
+1. **Always Use `--pages` for Documents Over 10 Pages:**
+   - Don't ingest a 100-page manual at once.
+   - For research papers: start with `--pages 1-3` (Title, Abstract, Introduction) to get the thesis, then target specific sections (e.g. `--pages 6-8` for Benchmark Tables).
+2. **Table Extraction:**
+   - Markdown tables generated by `paper-drift` use standard `|` pipes and can be extracted or parsed directly using regular expressions or Markdown parsers.
+3. **No Heavy Dependencies:**
+   - Never install `pdf2image`, `poppler-utils`, `pdfplumber`, or `tesseract` when `paper-drift` is available. `paper-drift` is 100% self-contained WebAssembly.

package/src/converter.js

@@ -18,12 +18,21 @@ import { resolveReadingOrder } from './spatial/reading-order.js';
  * @returns {number[]} 0-indexed page numbers.
  */
 export function parsePageRange(range, totalPages) {
-  if (!range || range === 'all') {
+  if (range === undefined || range === null || range === '' || range === 'all') {
     return Array.from({ length: totalPages }, (_, i) => i);
   }
 
+  if (typeof range === 'number') {
+    if (range >= 1 && range <= totalPages) {
+      return [range - 1];
+    }
+    return [];
+  }
+
   if (Array.isArray(range)) {
-    return range.map(p => p - 1).filter(p => p >= 0 && p < totalPages);
+    return range
+      .map(p => Number(p) - 1)
+      .filter(p => !isNaN(p) && p >= 0 && p < totalPages);
   }
 
   const indices = new Set();
@@ -75,7 +84,7 @@ export async function convertPdfToHtml(input, options = {}) {
   const startTime = Date.now();
   const scale = typeof options.scale === 'number' ? options.scale : 2.0;
   const withBg = options.withBg !== false;
-  const pageRangeStr = options.pageRange || 'all';
+  const pageRangeStr = options.pages !== undefined ? options.pages : (options.pageRange || 'all');
 
   let pdfBuffer;
   let docTitle = options.title || 'Converted Document';

package/src/index.d.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+/**
+ * @file src/index.d.ts
+ * @description TypeScript definitions for paper-drift.
+ * Part of paper-drift - https://github.com/Sooriya04/Paper-Drift
+ */
+
+export interface PageResult {
+  pageNumber: number;
+  width: number;
+  height: number;
+  tablesCount?: number;
+  headingsCount?: number;
+  columnsDetected?: number;
+  blocksCount?: number;
+  markdown?: string;
+  text?: string;
+}
+
+export interface ConvertMarkdownOptions {
+  /** Target page range (e.g. "1-5", "2,4,6", 1, or [1, 2, 3]). Defaults to "all". */
+  pages?: string | number | number[];
+  /** Legacy alias for `pages`. */
+  pageRange?: string | number | number[];
+  /** Optional progress callback. */
+  onProgress?: (progress: { current: number; total: number; pageNumber: number; totalPages: number }) => void;
+}
+
+export interface ConvertMarkdownResult {
+  markdown: string;
+  pages: PageResult[];
+  totalPages: number;
+  pagesProcessed: number;
+  durationMs: number;
+}
+
+export interface ConvertHtmlOptions {
+  /** DPI scale for background raster rendering (default: 2.0). */
+  scale?: number;
+  /** Whether to render lossless background image layer (default: true). */
+  withBg?: boolean;
+  /** Target page range (e.g. "1-5", "2,4,6", 1, or [1, 2, 3]). Defaults to "all". */
+  pages?: string | number | number[];
+  /** Legacy alias for `pages`. */
+  pageRange?: string | number | number[];
+  /** Document title in HTML head. */
+  title?: string;
+  /** Target output format ('html', 'text', 'json'). */
+  format?: 'html' | 'text' | 'json';
+  /** Optional progress callback. */
+  onProgress?: (progress: { current: number; total: number; pageNumber: number; totalPages: number }) => void;
+}
+
+export interface ConvertHtmlResult {
+  html: string;
+  text: string;
+  pages: PageResult[];
+  totalPages: number;
+  pagesProcessed: number;
+  durationMs: number;
+}
+
+export interface InstallSkillOptions {
+  /** Install globally to user home directory. */
+  global?: boolean;
+  /** Target Claude Code workspace (.claude/skills/). */
+  claude?: boolean;
+  /** Target Cursor workspace rules (.cursor/rules/). */
+  cursor?: boolean;
+  /** Target open Agent standard (.agent/skills/). */
+  agent?: boolean;
+  /** Custom destination file path. */
+  dest?: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Converts a PDF buffer or file path directly into clean GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM).
+ */
+export function convertPdfToMarkdown(
+  input: string | Buffer | Uint8Array,
+  options?: ConvertMarkdownOptions
+): Promise<ConvertMarkdownResult>;
+
+/**
+ * Converts a PDF buffer or file path into a standalone high-fidelity HTML document with selectable text overlay.
+ */
+export function convertPdfToHtml(
+  input: string | Buffer | Uint8Array,
+  options?: ConvertHtmlOptions
+): Promise<ConvertHtmlResult>;
+
+/**
+ * Parses page range input into sorted 0-indexed page numbers.
+ */
+export function parsePageRange(range: string | number | number[] | undefined | null, totalPages: number): number[];
+
+/**
+ * Reconstructs a collection of PDF text lines into a standard GFM pipe table.
+ */
+export function reconstructTableFromLines(
+  lines: Array<{ text: string; bbox: { x: number; y: number; w: number; h: number } }>,
+  options?: { rowProximity?: number }
+): string | null;
+
+/**
+ * Normalizes table cell formulas and values into clean Unicode math (e.g. O(n² · d)).
+ */
+export function formatTableCell(text: string): string;
+
+/**
+ * Folds multi-tier header rows into a unified column header array.
+ */
+export function foldHeaders(headerRows: string[][], colCount: number): string[];
+
+/**
+ * Resolves spatial reading order using Recursive XY-Cut.
+ */
+export function resolveReadingOrder(pageJson: any, pageWidth?: number, pageHeight?: number): {
+  blocks: any[];
+  text: string;
+  columnsDetected: number;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Installs the paper-drift Agent Skill definition into an agent workspace.
+ */
+export function installSkill(options?: InstallSkillOptions): string[];
+
+/**
+ * Returns the raw markdown content of SKILL.md.
+ */
+export function getSkillContent(): string;
+
+declare const _default: {
+  convertPdfToHtml: typeof convertPdfToHtml;
+  convertPdfToMarkdown: typeof convertPdfToMarkdown;
+  parsePageRange: typeof parsePageRange;
+  reconstructTableFromLines: typeof reconstructTableFromLines;
+  formatTableCell: typeof formatTableCell;
+  foldHeaders: typeof foldHeaders;
+  resolveReadingOrder: typeof resolveReadingOrder;
+  installSkill: typeof installSkill;
+  getSkillContent: typeof getSkillContent;
+};
+
+export default _default;

package/src/index.js

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ export { convertPdfToHtml, parsePageRange } from './converter.js';
 export { convertPdfToMarkdown, pageToMarkdown } from './markdown/index.js';
 export { reconstructTableFromLines, formatTableCell, foldHeaders } from './tables/index.js';
 export { resolveReadingOrder, recursiveXyCut } from './spatial/reading-order.js';
+export { installSkill, getSkillContent } from './skill/installer.js';
 export {
   restoreLineMath,
   restoreBlockMath,

package/src/markdown/converter.js

@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ export function pageToMarkdown(pageJson, widthPt, heightPt, options = {}) {
  */
 export async function convertPdfToMarkdown(input, options = {}) {
   const startTime = Date.now();
-  const pageRangeStr = options.pageRange || 'all';
+  const pageRangeStr = options.pages !== undefined ? options.pages : (options.pageRange || 'all');
 
   let pdfBuffer;
   if (typeof input === 'string') {

package/src/skill/installer.js

@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+/**
+ * @file src/skill/installer.js
+ * @description Installs the paper-drift Agent Skill directly into local agent workspaces or global directories.
+ * Part of paper-drift - https://github.com/Sooriya04/Paper-Drift
+ */
+
+import fs from 'node:fs';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import os from 'node:os';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
+
+const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
+const __dirname = path.dirname(__filename);
+
+// Locate packaged SKILL.md
+const SKILL_SOURCE = path.resolve(__dirname, '../../skills/paper-drift/SKILL.md');
+
+/**
+ * Reads the canonical paper-drift SKILL.md definition.
+ * @returns {string} Raw markdown skill content.
+ */
+export function getSkillContent() {
+  if (!fs.existsSync(SKILL_SOURCE)) {
+    throw new Error(`Could not find SKILL.md at ${SKILL_SOURCE}`);
+  }
+  return fs.readFileSync(SKILL_SOURCE, 'utf-8');
+}
+
+/**
+ * Installs the paper-drift skill into agent workspaces.
+ * @param {Object} options Installation options.
+ * @param {boolean} [options.global=false] Install globally to user home directories.
+ * @param {boolean} [options.claude=false] Explicitly target Claude Code (.claude/skills).
+ * @param {boolean} [options.cursor=false] Explicitly target Cursor rules (.cursor/rules).
+ * @param {boolean} [options.agent=false] Explicitly target standard .agent/skills.
+ * @param {string} [options.dest] Custom destination path.
+ * @returns {string[]} List of installed file paths.
+ */
+export function installSkill(options = {}) {
+  const content = getSkillContent();
+  const installedPaths = [];
+  const cwd = process.cwd();
+
+  if (options.dest) {
+    const destPath = path.resolve(cwd, options.dest);
+    fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(destPath), { recursive: true });
+    fs.writeFileSync(destPath, content, 'utf-8');
+    installedPaths.push(destPath);
+    return installedPaths;
+  }
+
+  if (options.global) {
+    const home = os.homedir();
+    const globalTargets = [
+      path.join(home, '.claude', 'skills', 'paper-drift', 'SKILL.md'),
+      path.join(home, '.gemini', 'antigravity-cli', 'skills', 'paper-drift', 'SKILL.md')
+    ];
+    for (const target of globalTargets) {
+      try {
+        fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(target), { recursive: true });
+        fs.writeFileSync(target, content, 'utf-8');
+        installedPaths.push(target);
+      } catch (err) {
+        // Silently skip if user permissions or folder structure don't allow
+      }
+    }
+    return installedPaths;
+  }
+
+  const explicit = options.claude || options.cursor || options.agent;
+
+  if (options.claude || (!explicit && fs.existsSync(path.join(cwd, '.claude')))) {
+    const claudePath = path.join(cwd, '.claude', 'skills', 'paper-drift', 'SKILL.md');
+    fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(claudePath), { recursive: true });
+    fs.writeFileSync(claudePath, content, 'utf-8');
+    installedPaths.push(claudePath);
+  }
+
+  if (options.cursor || (!explicit && fs.existsSync(path.join(cwd, '.cursor')))) {
+    const cursorPath = path.join(cwd, '.cursor', 'rules', 'paper-drift.md');
+    fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(cursorPath), { recursive: true });
+    fs.writeFileSync(cursorPath, content, 'utf-8');
+    installedPaths.push(cursorPath);
+  }
+
+  // Always install to .agent/skills/paper-drift/SKILL.md by default
+  if (options.agent || !explicit || installedPaths.length === 0) {
+    const agentPath = path.join(cwd, '.agent', 'skills', 'paper-drift', 'SKILL.md');
+    fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(agentPath), { recursive: true });
+    fs.writeFileSync(agentPath, content, 'utf-8');
+    installedPaths.push(agentPath);
+  }
+
+  return installedPaths;
+}

package/src/tables/reconstructor.js

@@ -28,8 +28,12 @@ function toSuperscript(str) {
 export function formatTableCell(text) {
   if (!text) return '';
 
-  // Escape literal pipe characters to prevent breaking markdown tables
-  let cleaned = String(text).replace(/\|/g, '\\|').trim();
+  // Normalize internal newlines and whitespace to single space, and escape pipe characters
+  let cleaned = String(text)
+    .replace(/[\r\n\t]+/g, ' ')
+    .replace(/\s+/g, ' ')
+    .replace(/\|/g, '\\|')
+    .trim();
   if (!cleaned) return '';
 
   // Scientific notation with powers of 10 (e.g. 2.3 · 1019 -> 2.3 · 10¹⁹)