alphaxiv

AlphaXiv Paper Lookup

Lookup paper: $ARGUMENTS

Quick single-paper reader with tiered source fallback (overview → full markdown → LaTeX source). Powered by AlphaXiv.

Role & Positioning

This skill is the quick single-paper reader that returns LLM-optimized summaries:

Skill	Source	Best for
/arxiv	arXiv API	Batch search, PDF download, metadata
/deepxiv	DeepXiv SDK	Progressive section-level reading
/semantic-scholar	S2 API	Published venue metadata, citation counts
/alphaxiv	alphaxiv.org	Instant LLM-optimized summary of one paper, with LaTeX source fallback

Do NOT use this skill for topic discovery, broad literature search, or multi-paper surveys — use /research-lit or /arxiv instead.

Constants

• OVERVIEW_URL = https://alphaxiv.org/overview/{PAPER_ID}.md
• ABS_URL = https://alphaxiv.org/abs/{PAPER_ID}.md
• ARXIV_SRC_URL = https://arxiv.org/src/{PAPER_ID}

Overrides (append to arguments):

• /alphaxiv 2401.12345 — quick overview
• /alphaxiv "https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.12345" — auto-extract ID
• /alphaxiv 2401.12345 - depth: src — force LaTeX source inspection
• /alphaxiv 2401.12345 - depth: abs — force full markdown

Workflow

Step 1: Parse Arguments & Extract Paper ID

Parse $ARGUMENTS to extract a bare arXiv paper ID. Accept these input formats:

• https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.12345 or https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.12345v2
• https://arxiv.org/pdf/2401.12345
• https://alphaxiv.org/overview/2401.12345
• https://alphaxiv.org/abs/2401.12345
• 2401.12345 or 2401.12345v2

Strip version suffixes (v1, v2, ...) for API calls. Store as PAPER_ID.

Parse optional directives:

• - depth: overview|abs|src: force a specific tier instead of cascading

Step 2: Fetch AlphaXiv Overview (Tier 1 — Fastest)

Fetch the structured overview from https://alphaxiv.org/overview/{PAPER_ID}.md.