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Alphaxiv by danjuan-77 — Agent Skill

Name: Alphaxiv
Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Author: danjuan-77

Alphaxiv

Search and retrieve research papers from AlphaXiv. Use when asked to search papers by title or topic, get paper details/metadata/metrics, retrieve AI overviews or summaries, find trending or top AI papers, get similar papers, browse implementations, look up SOTA benchmarks, or ask questions about a specific paper.

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AlphaXiv Skill

AlphaXiv is a platform built on top of arXiv that adds social features, AI-generated overviews, benchmarks, and community engagement to research papers.

Usage

python3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/alphaxiv.py <command> [options]

Commands

Search papers:

python3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/alphaxiv.py search "attention is all you need" --limit 5

Get paper details:

python3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/alphaxiv.py paper 1706.03762
python3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/alphaxiv.py paper 1706.03762v1

Get paper metrics (views, votes, comments):

python3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/alphaxiv.py metrics 1706.03762

Get AI overview:

python3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/alphaxiv.py overview 1706.03762
python3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/alphaxiv.py overview 1706.03762 --language zh

Get similar papers:

python3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/alphaxiv.py similar 1706.03762 --limit 5

Get top trending AI papers:

python3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/alphaxiv.py top --limit 10

Get feed papers:

python3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/alphaxiv.py feed --sort Hot --interval "7 Days" --limit 10

Get paper implementations (code repos):

python3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/alphaxiv.py implementations 1706.03762

Get SOTA tasks:

python3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/alphaxiv.py sota
python3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/alphaxiv.py sota --slug image-classification

Get paper authors, institutions, topics, GitHub:

python3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/alphaxiv.py metadata 1706.03762
python3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/alphaxiv.py metadata 1706.03762 --bibtex

Ask a question about a paper (requires token):

python3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/alphaxiv.py ask "What is the main contribution?" --paper 1706.03762

# Continue a conversation
python3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/alphaxiv.py ask "How does this compare to RNNs?" --chat-id <uuid>

# Use a specific model
python3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/alphaxiv.py ask "Summarize the experiments" --paper 1706.03762 --model claude-4.5-sonnet

Token Setup (Required for `ask` only)

Log in at https://www.alphaxiv.org
Go to Profile → User Settings → API Keys
Create a new API key

Add to ~/.zshrc:

export ALPHAXIV_TOKEN=your_api_key_here

No token needed for: search, paper, metrics, metadata, similar, top, feed, implementations, sota, overview.

Notes

arXiv IDs like 1706.03762 or 1706.03762v1 are accepted
--language supports 50+ language codes (e.g., zh, ja, fr, de, es)
Feed --sort options: Hot, Comments, Views, Likes, GitHub, Twitter (X)
Feed --interval options: 3 Days, 7 Days, 30 Days
ask --model options: gemini-2.5-flash, gemini-2.5-pro, claude-4.5-sonnet, grok-4, gpt-5, and more

---name: alphaxivdescription: Search and retrieve research papers from AlphaXiv. Use when asked to search papers by title or topic, get paper details/metadata/metrics, retrieve AI overviews or summaries, find trending or top AI papers, get similar papers, browse implementations, look up SOTA benchmarks, or ask questions about a specific paper.---# AlphaXiv SkillAlphaXiv is a platform built on top of arXiv that adds social features, AI-generated overviews, benchmarks, and community engagement to research papers.## Usage```bashpython3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/alphaxiv.py <command> [options]```## Commands**Search papers:**```bashpython3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/alphaxiv.py search "attention is all you need" --limit 5```**Get paper details:**```bashpython3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/alphaxiv.py paper 1706.03762python3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/alphaxiv.py paper 1706.03762v1```**Get paper metrics (views, votes, comments):**```bashpython3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/alphaxiv.py metrics 1706.03762```**Get AI overview:**```bashpython3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/alphaxiv.py overview 1706.03762python3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/alphaxiv.py overview 1706.03762 --language zh```**Get similar papers:**```bashpython3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/alphaxiv.py similar 1706.03762 --limit 5```**Get top trending AI papers:**```bashpython3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/alphaxiv.py top --limit 10```**Get feed papers:**```bashpython3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/alphaxiv.py feed --sort Hot --interval "7 Days" --limit 10```**Get paper implementations (code repos):**```bashpython3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/alphaxiv.py implementations 1706.03762```**Get SOTA tasks:**```bashpython3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/alphaxiv.py sotapython3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/alphaxiv.py sota --slug image-classification```**Get paper authors, institutions, topics, GitHub:**```bashpython3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/alphaxiv.py metadata 1706.03762python3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/alphaxiv.py metadata 1706.03762 --bibtex```**Ask a question about a paper (requires token):**```bashpython3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/alphaxiv.py ask "What is the main contribution?" --paper 1706.03762# Continue a conversationpython3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/alphaxiv.py ask "How does this compare to RNNs?" --chat-id <uuid># Use a specific modelpython3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/alphaxiv.py ask "Summarize the experiments" --paper 1706.03762 --model claude-4.5-sonnet```## Token Setup (Required for `ask` only)1. Log in at https://www.alphaxiv.org2. Go to Profile → User Settings → API Keys3. Create a new API key4. Add to `~/.zshrc`: ```bash export ALPHAXIV_TOKEN=your_api_key_here ```No token needed for: `search`, `paper`, `metrics`, `metadata`, `similar`, `top`, `feed`, `implementations`, `sota`, `overview`.## Notes- arXiv IDs like `1706.03762` or `1706.03762v1` are accepted- `--language` supports 50+ language codes (e.g., `zh`, `ja`, `fr`, `de`, `es`)- Feed `--sort` options: `Hot`, `Comments`, `Views`, `Likes`, `GitHub`, `Twitter (X)`- Feed `--interval` options: `3 Days`, `7 Days`, `30 Days`- `ask --model` options: `gemini-2.5-flash`, `gemini-2.5-pro`, `claude-4.5-sonnet`, `grok-4`, `gpt-5`, and more

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