# Single Paper Summary

Summarizes one paper quickly from AlphaXiv output, given a link or arXiv ID.

- Repository: https://github.com/wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep (18443 stars)
- Category: Data and ML
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-11-01
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep --skill alphaxiv -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep --skill alphaxiv -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep --skill alphaxiv -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep --skill alphaxiv -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep`

## Description

Quick single-paper lookup via AlphaXiv LLM-optimized summaries with tiered source fallback. Use when user says "explain this paper", "summarize paper", pastes an arXiv/AlphaXiv URL, or provides a bare arXiv ID for quick understanding - not for broad literature search.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# AlphaXiv Paper Lookup

Lookup paper: $ARGUMENTS

> Quick single-paper reader with tiered source fallback (overview → full markdown → LaTeX source). Powered by [AlphaXiv](https://www.alphaxiv.org).

## 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`** | **www.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://www.alphaxiv.org/overview/{PAPER_ID}.md`
- **ABS_URL** = `https://www.alphaxiv.org/abs/{PAPER_ID}.md`
- **ARXIV_SRC_URL** = `https://arxiv.org/src/{PAPER_ID}`
- **ALPHAXIV_UA** = `Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0.0.0 Safari/537.36`, any modern browser UA works; update the version numbers if AlphaXiv starts blocking this value again

> 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:

The rest: https://github.com/wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep/blob/HEAD/skills/alphaxiv/SKILL.md