/trending
Get trending and highlighted papers from arXiv homepage.
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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
/trending
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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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