arxiv-tools SKILL.md skillA
arxiv-tools from autoresearch-factory/agon is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add autoresearch-factory/agon/arxiv-tools@git:20260704.689b6baPins git:20260704.689b6ba in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- autoresearch-factory/agon
- Path
skills/arxiv-tools/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260704.689b6ba, committed Jul 4, 2026
- Size
- 3,420 bytes
- Repository stars
- 54
- License
- MIT
This skill should be used when the user asks to "search for papers", "get paper info", "download LaTeX source", "generate BibTeX citation", "find citing papers", or provides an arXiv ID or arXiv URL.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# arXiv Paper Search and Analysis
Six subcommands available: search (find papers), info (metadata), tex (download full text), infotex (info + tex combined), bib (BibTeX), cited (reverse citation lookup).
## How to run
Script dependencies are declared in inline metadata at the top of the file — you are responsible for installing them yourself.
## Subcommands
### search — find papers
```bash
uv run "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/arxiv-tools/arxiv_tool.py" search "keywords"
uv run "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/arxiv-tools/arxiv_tool.py" search "keywords" --max 10
uv run "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/arxiv-tools/arxiv_tool.py" search "keywords" --source s2|openalex|arxiv
```
S2-specific filter parameters:
```bash
--year 2024 # single year
--year 2020-2024 # year range
--fields-of-study "Computer Science,Physics"
--pub-types "JournalArticle,Conference"
--min-citations 50
--venue "NeurIPS"
--open-access # open-access only
```
S2 bulk search (up to 1000 results, supports sorting and pagination):
```bash
--bulk --sort "citationCount:desc"
--bulk --token <token from previous page> # pagination
```
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add autoresearch-factory/agon/arxiv-tools@sha256:6281bcc12518f4bcThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260704.689b6ba, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Jul 4, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (3420 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
autoresearch-factory/agon · 54 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-06 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_55g4f7c26g7zyilo GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=autoresearch-factory/agon/arxiv-tools GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/6281bcc12518f4bc28c0ca0f74c9ead3e645cbebbd3f261ef25b3d65fde044df
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