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/paper

View and summarize an arXiv paper by ID or URL.

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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.
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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})
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