alpha-research SKILL.md skillA
This file is byte-identical to the first copy the registry indexed. Same content hash, so the same checks give both the same grade.
alpha-research from yichen-zju/claude-for-research is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add yichen-zju/claude-for-research/alpha-research@git:20261014.9f2a5e0Pins git:20261014.9f2a5e0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- yichen-zju/claude-for-research
- Path
claude/skills/alpha-research/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20261014.9f2a5e0, committed Oct 14, 2026
- Size
- 1,846 bytes
- Repository stars
- 10
- License
- none declared
Search, read, and query research papers via the alphaxiv MCP server (2.5M+ arXiv papers). Use when the user asks about academic papers, wants to find research on a topic, needs to read a specific paper, ask questions about a paper, or inspect a paper's code repository.
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
# Alpha Research (alphaxiv MCP) Paper access runs through the `alphaxiv` MCP server (authenticated with an API key, configured at user scope). ## Tools | MCP tool | Use | |---|---| | `discover_papers` | Search papers by topic/query — the default entry point | | `get_paper_content` | Read a paper's content (arXiv id or URL) | | `answer_pdf_queries` | Ask specific questions about a paper's PDF (e.g. "what optimizer did they use?") | | `read_files_from_github_repository` | Read files from a paper's GitHub repo — overview or specific paths | | `list_library` / folder tools | Inspect and organize the user's alphaXiv library | ## Coverage caveat alphaXiv indexes arXiv: computer science, math, physics, statistics, quantitative biology/finance, EE. It does **not** cover PubMed/clinical/biomedical literature (Cell, Nature, etc.). For biomedical topics, complement with WebSearch/WebFetch and say so in provenance. ## When to use - Academic paper search, reading, Q&A → `alphaxiv` MCP tools - Current topics (products, releases, docs) → WebSearch/WebFetch - Mixed topics → combine both ## Degradation …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add yichen-zju/claude-for-research/alpha-research@sha256:175f019c9acf03aeThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261014.9f2a5e0, 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 Oct 14, 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 (1846 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
yichen-zju/claude-for-research · 10 stars · license none declared · pushed 2026-10-21 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_afq5lzobzc4mjgvy GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=yichen-zju/claude-for-research/alpha-research GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/175f019c9acf03aec1da75d35590029f51601550e75f97d78fd143841b515449
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