/paper
View and summarize an arXiv paper by ID or URL.
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How it fires
How this command gets triggered: by you, by Claude, or both.
- Fires itselfClaude auto-loads it when your prompt matches the work.
- You can call itInvoke it directly when you want it.
- Slash command
/paper
Context preview
What this command does when you run it.
View and summarize an arXiv paper by ID or URL.
Command definition
paper.md/arxiv-viewer:paper
View and summarize an arXiv paper by ID or URL.
Usage
/arxiv-viewer:paper <arxiv_id_or_url>
Parameters
- `arxiv_id_or_url` (required): arXiv paper ID or URL
- ID formats: `2301.07041`, `2301.07041v2`, `cs.AI/0612345`
- URL formats: `https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.07041`, `https://arxiv.org/pdf/2301.07041.pdf`
Examples
/arxiv-viewer:paper 2301.07041 /arxiv-viewer:paper 2301.07041v2 /arxiv-viewer:paper https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.07041 /arxiv-viewer:paper https://arxiv.org/pdf/2301.07041.pdf
Workflow
1. **Parse input** - Extract arXiv ID from URL or use directly 2. **Launch paper-fetcher agent** - Fetch metadata via arXiv API 3. **Present paper info** - Title, authors, abstract, categories, links 4. **Optionally summarize** - If requested, download PDF and summarize
Output Format
## {Paper Title}
**arXiv:** {id}
**Authors:** {author list}
**Categories:** {category list}
**Published:** {date}
### Abstract
{abstract text}
**Links:** [Abstract]({url}) | [PDF]({url})Actionbook turns the websites you work in every day into something your AI agent can actually operate. Direct API requests when possible, UI automation when not, with login handled. Fast and resilient.
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