arxiv-article SKILL.md skillA
arxiv-article from tomzx/agents is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
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- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- tomzx/agents
- Path
skills/arxiv-article/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20261007.b35fc4b, committed Oct 7, 2026
- First version recorded
- Apr 27, 2026
- Size
- 2,808 bytes
- Repository stars
- 12
- License
- MIT
Downloads an arXiv HTML article, converts it to markdown with pandoc, archives it, and returns a structured summary. Use when processing a single arXiv paper given its HTML URL (e.g., https://arxiv.org/html/2504.12345). Called by the arxiv-catchup skill but can also be invoked directly.
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 Article Processor
Downloads an arXiv HTML article, converts it to markdown via pandoc, archives it under `$ARXIV_DIRECTORY/{base_id}/`, and produces a structured summary.
## Prerequisites
`ARXIV_DIRECTORY` must be set to the directory where archived articles are stored (e.g., `~/arxiv-articles`).
If the variable is unset, stop and ask the user to set it.
```bash
echo "${ARXIV_DIRECTORY:?ARXIV_DIRECTORY is not set}"
```
If pandoc is not available (`which pandoc` returns nothing), report the error and stop.
Do not proceed without pandoc.
## Input
The URL of the arXiv HTML article.
Expected format: `https://arxiv.org/html/{arxiv_id}` (with or without a version suffix such as `v1`).
## Steps
### 1. Resolve archive directory
```bash
ARCHIVE_DIR="${ARXIV_DIRECTORY}"
mkdir -p "$ARCHIVE_DIR"
```
### 2. Extract the arxiv ID
From the URL, take the path segment after `/html/`.
Strip any version suffix for the archive filename:
- `https://arxiv.org/html/2504.12345v1` → base ID `2504.12345`, versioned ID `2504.12345v1`
- `https://arxiv.org/html/2504.12345` → base ID `2504.12345`
The article is stored under `$ARCHIVE_DIR/{base_id}/`.
### 3. Check archive
```bash
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add tomzx/agents/arxiv-article@sha256:856a8c561e687d61The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261007.b35fc4b, 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 5 versions of this file, between Apr 27, 2026 and Oct 7, 2026, about one every 41 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| git:20261007.b35fc4b latest | 2026-10-07 | b35fc4b | 2,808 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260609.ef44418 | 2026-06-09 | ef44418 | 2,808 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260427.66c7378 | 2026-04-27 | 66c7378 | 2,806 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260427.c822cff | 2026-04-27 | c822cff | 2,873 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260427.9771047 | 2026-04-27 | 9771047 | 2,750 B | A | view |
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 (2808 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
tomzx/agents · 12 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-21 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_dx4x7pbmaeb53yil GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=tomzx/agents/arxiv-article GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/856a8c561e687d612020ed450c14616cdf43bb5b29dbfef193ec993d18783a8b
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