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/arxiv-viewer:download

Download an arXiv paper PDF to local directory.

Usage

/arxiv-viewer:download <arxiv_id> [directory]

Parameters

• `arxiv_id` (required): arXiv paper ID or URL
• ID formats: `2301.07041`, `2301.07041v2`
• URL formats: `https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.07041`
• `directory` (optional): Target directory (default: current directory)

Examples

# Download to current directory
/arxiv-viewer:download 2301.07041

# Download to specific directory
/arxiv-viewer:download 2301.07041 ./papers

# Download from URL
/arxiv-viewer:download https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.07041 ~/research/papers

Workflow

1. **Parse input** - Extract arXiv ID from URL or use directly 2. **Create directory** - If specified directory doesn't exist, create it 3. **Download PDF** - Use `curl -L` to download from `https://arxiv.org/pdf/{id}.pdf` 4. **Confirm download** - Report file location and size

Output

Downloaded: {filename}
Location: {full_path}
Size: {file_size}

Notes

• PDFs are named `{arxiv_id}.pdf` (e.g., `2301.07041.pdf`)
• Version suffix is preserved (e.g., `2301.07041v2.pdf`)
• Use `-L` flag with curl to follow redirects