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/arxiv-viewer:search

Search arXiv papers using advanced query syntax.

Usage

/arxiv-viewer:search <query> [options]

Parameters

• `query` (required): Search terms, supports field prefixes and boolean operators
• `--category` or `-c`: Filter by category (e.g., `cs.AI`, `cs.CL`)
• `--author` or `-a`: Filter by author name
• `--max` or `-m`: Maximum results (default: 10, max: 50)
• `--sort`: Sort by `relevance`, `date`, or `updated` (default: relevance)

Search Query Syntax

Field Prefixes

• `ti:` - Title (e.g., `ti:transformer`)
• `au:` - Author (e.g., `au:hinton`)
• `abs:` - Abstract (e.g., `abs:attention`)
• `cat:` - Category (e.g., `cat:cs.CL`)
• `all:` - All fields

Boolean Operators (UPPERCASE)

• `AND` - Both terms
• `OR` - Either term
• `ANDNOT` - First but not second

Examples

# Simple search
/arxiv-viewer:search transformer

# Search with category
/arxiv-viewer:search transformer --category cs.CL

# Search by author
/arxiv-viewer:search --author hinton --max 20

# Advanced query
/arxiv-viewer:search ti:attention AND cat:cs.CL --max 15

# Multiple authors
/arxiv-viewer:search au:bengio OR au:lecun --sort date

# Combined search
/arxiv-viewer:search ti:llm AND abs:reasoning --category cs.AI --max 10

Workflow

1. **Parse query and options** - Build arXiv API search URL 2. **Launch search-executor agent** - Execute search via API 3. **Parse results** - Extract entries from XML response 4. **Present results** - List papers with titles, authors, IDs

Output Format

## Search Results for "{query}"

Found {n} papers:

1. **{Title}** (arXiv:{id})
   Authors: {author list}
   Categories: {categories}
   Published: {date}

2. **{Title}** (arXiv:{id})
   ...