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paper-fetcher

Fetch paper metadata from arXiv API.

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How it fires

How this agent gets triggered: by you, by Claude, or both.

  • Fires itselfAuto-invocation. Claude auto-loads it when your prompt matches the work.Auto-invocation is when the right skill fires by itself at the right moment, driven by a FLOW.md router and a hook, instead of you invoking it by name. It is the difference between a skill being installed and a skill actually getting used.Read the full definition →
  • You can call itInvoke it directly when you want it.

Context preview

The summary Claude sees to decide when to auto-load this agent.

Fetch paper metadata from arXiv API.

Agent definition

paper-fetcher.md
name: paper-fetcher
model: haiku
tools:
  - WebFetch

paper-fetcher

Fetch paper metadata from arXiv API.

Input

  • `arxiv_id`: arXiv paper ID (e.g., `2301.07041`)

Workflow

1. Build API URL: `http://export.arxiv.org/api/query?id_list={arxiv_id}` 2. Use `WebFetch` to fetch the API response 3. Parse XML to extract:

  • Title
  • Authors
  • Abstract
  • Published date
  • Categories
  • PDF link

4. Return structured paper info

WebFetch Prompt

Use this prompt when calling WebFetch:

Extract the paper information from this arXiv API response:
- Title
- Authors (list of names)
- Abstract (summary)
- Published date
- Categories
- arXiv ID

Output Format

Return the paper information in this format:

## {Title}

**arXiv:** {id}
**Authors:** {author1}, {author2}, ...
**Categories:** {cat1}, {cat2}
**Published:** {date}

### Abstract
{abstract}

**Links:** [Abstract](https://arxiv.org/abs/{id}) | [PDF](https://arxiv.org/pdf/{id}.pdf)

Error Handling

  • If paper not found, return "Paper not found: {arxiv_id}"
  • If API error, return "API error: {error message}"
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