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arxiv-viewer

View, search, and download academic papers from arXiv. Supports API queries, web scraping via Actionbook, and HTML paper reading via ar5iv. Use when user asks about arxiv papers, academic papers, research papers, paper summaries, latest papers, or wants to search/download/read papers.

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# arXiv Viewer

Access, search, download, and read academic papers from arXiv using a hybrid API + Actionbook approach.

## Architecture Overview

```
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                     arxiv-viewer                            │
├─────────────────┬─────────────────┬─────────────────────────┤
│   arXiv API     │  arxiv.org Web  │      ar5iv.org          │
│   (WebFetch)    │  (Actionbook)   │    (Actionbook)         │
├─────────────────┼─────────────────┼─────────────────────────┤
│ • Metadata      │ • Latest list   │ • Read sections         │