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/trending

Get trending and highlighted papers from arXiv homepage.

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  • 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.

Get trending and highlighted papers from arXiv homepage.

Command definition

trending.md

/arxiv-viewer:trending

Get trending and highlighted papers from arXiv homepage.

Usage

/arxiv-viewer:trending [--category <cat>]

Parameters

  • `--category` or `-c` (optional): Filter by category (e.g., `cs`, `physics`, `math`)

Examples

/arxiv-viewer:trending                    # All trending papers
/arxiv-viewer:trending --category cs      # Trending CS papers

Workflow

Uses **Actionbook + agent-browser** to scrape arxiv.org homepage:

1. `search_actions("arxiv homepage")` → get action ID 2. `get_action_by_id(action_id)` → get page selectors 3. `agent-browser open https://arxiv.org/` 4. `agent-browser get text <featured_selector>` 5. Parse and return trending papers

Output Format

## Trending on arXiv

### Featured Papers

1. **{Title}** (arXiv:{id})
   Authors: {author list}
   Category: {category}
   [Abstract](url) | [PDF](url)

### Recent Highlights

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

Notes

  • Trending papers are curated by arXiv editors
  • Updates periodically throughout the day
  • May include papers from any category
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