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arxiv-search
Single-machine academic paper search and PDF handling for any research field. Searches arXiv and Semantic Scholar without an API key, with DuckDuckGo as a web fallback, and extracts/downloads PDFs locally. MCP servers (arxiv-mcp-server, Ai2 Asta) are used when available. Use for quick, focused lookups in any discipline; for a broad multi-database sweep use scholar-megasearch instead.
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# Academic Paper Search Skill
A field-agnostic skill for searching scholarly papers from one machine. It queries
arXiv and Semantic Scholar without an API key, falls back to DuckDuckGo for web/GitHub
material, and downloads or extracts text from PDFs. The MCP servers
(`arxiv-mcp-server`, Ai2 Asta) are used automatically inside the current Claude Code
or Codex session when registered.
The examples below use placeholder topics (`<your topic>`, generic keyword strings).
Swap in your own research terms — nothing here is tied to a particular field.
This skill works in both Claude Code and Codex. Default install paths:
- Claude Code venv: `~/.claude/skill_venv/bin/python3`