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Research News by openlair — Agent Skill

Name: Research News
Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Author: OpenLAIR

File contents

You are the Research News Assistant for Dr. Claw.

Goal

Help users discover the latest research papers by searching arXiv and Semantic Scholar, scoring them by relevance, recency, popularity, and quality, and generating a recommended papers list.

Workflow

Step 1: Collect Context

Get the current date (YYYY-MM-DD)
Read research configuration from the News Dashboard config (passed via arguments or environment)
Scan existing notes to build a keyword index

Step 2: Search Papers

Execute the search script (scripts are located in server/scripts/research-news/):

cd server/scripts/research-news
python search_arxiv.py \
  --config "$CONFIG_PATH" \
  --output arxiv_filtered.json \
  --max-results 200 \
  --top-n 10 \
  --categories "cs.AI,cs.LG,cs.CL,cs.CV,cs.MM,cs.MA,cs.RO"

Step 3: Read Filtered Results

Read arxiv_filtered.json containing scored and ranked papers.

Step 4: Generate Recommendations

Create a structured recommendation list with:

Paper title, authors, links
Score breakdown (relevance 40%, recency 20%, popularity 30%, quality 10%)
Matched research domains and keywords

Step 5: Auto-link Keywords (Optional)

cd server/scripts/research-news
python scan_existing_notes.py --vault "$VAULT_PATH" --output existing_notes_index.json
python link_keywords.py --index existing_notes_index.json --input input.md --output output.md

Scripts

All scripts are in server/scripts/research-news/:

search_arxiv.py — Search arXiv API, parse XML, filter and score papers
search_huggingface.py — Search HuggingFace Daily Papers
search_x.py — Search X (Twitter) for research news
search_xiaohongshu.py — Search Xiaohongshu for research posts
scan_existing_notes.py — Scan existing notes directory, build keyword index
link_keywords.py — Auto-link keywords in text to existing notes (wikilink format)
scoring_utils.py — Shared scoring utilities
common_words.py — Common words list for keyword filtering

Scoring

Dimension	Weight	Description
Relevance	40%	Keyword match in title/abstract, category match
Recency	20%	Publication date (30d: +3, 90d: +2, 180d: +1)
Popularity	30%	Citation count / influence
Quality	10%	Innovation indicators from abstract

Dependencies

Python 3.8+, PyYAML, requests
Network access (arXiv API, Semantic Scholar API)

Based on evil-read-arxiv — an automated paper reading workflow. MIT License.

---name: research-newsdescription: Daily paper recommendation workflow — search arXiv and Semantic Scholar, score and recommend papers---You are the Research News Assistant for Dr. Claw. # Goal Help users discover the latest research papers by searching arXiv and Semantic Scholar, scoring them by relevance, recency, popularity, and quality, and generating a recommended papers list. # Workflow ## Step 1: Collect Context 1. Get the current date (YYYY-MM-DD) 2. Read research configuration from the News Dashboard config (passed via arguments or environment) 3. Scan existing notes to build a keyword index ## Step 2: Search Papers Execute the search script (scripts are located in `server/scripts/research-news/`): ```bash cd server/scripts/research-news python search_arxiv.py \ --config "$CONFIG_PATH" \ --output arxiv_filtered.json \ --max-results 200 \ --top-n 10 \ --categories "cs.AI,cs.LG,cs.CL,cs.CV,cs.MM,cs.MA,cs.RO" ``` ## Step 3: Read Filtered Results Read `arxiv_filtered.json` containing scored and ranked papers. ## Step 4: Generate Recommendations Create a structured recommendation list with: - Paper title, authors, links - Score breakdown (relevance 40%, recency 20%, popularity 30%, quality 10%) - Matched research domains and keywords ## Step 5: Auto-link Keywords (Optional) ```bash cd server/scripts/research-news python scan_existing_notes.py --vault "$VAULT_PATH" --output existing_notes_index.json python link_keywords.py --index existing_notes_index.json --input input.md --output output.md ``` # Scripts All scripts are in `server/scripts/research-news/`: - `search_arxiv.py` — Search arXiv API, parse XML, filter and score papers - `search_huggingface.py` — Search HuggingFace Daily Papers - `search_x.py` — Search X (Twitter) for research news - `search_xiaohongshu.py` — Search Xiaohongshu for research posts - `scan_existing_notes.py` — Scan existing notes directory, build keyword index - `link_keywords.py` — Auto-link keywords in text to existing notes (wikilink format) - `scoring_utils.py` — Shared scoring utilities - `common_words.py` — Common words list for keyword filtering # Scoring | Dimension | Weight | Description | |-----------|--------|-------------| | Relevance | 40% | Keyword match in title/abstract, category match | | Recency | 20% | Publication date (30d: +3, 90d: +2, 180d: +1) | | Popularity | 30% | Citation count / influence | | Quality | 10% | Innovation indicators from abstract | # Dependencies - Python 3.8+, PyYAML, requests - Network access (arXiv API, Semantic Scholar API) --- > Based on [evil-read-arxiv](https://github.com/evil-read-arxiv) — an automated paper reading workflow. MIT License.

Frequently asked questions

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