arxiv-search SKILL.md skillA
arxiv-search from augchan42/inkstone is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add augchan42/inkstone/arxiv-search@v1.0.0Pins v1.0.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- augchan42/inkstone
- Path
skills/arxiv-search/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 4
- Latest version
- v1.0.0, committed Jun 7, 2026
- First version recorded
- Apr 7, 2026
- Size
- 4,094 bytes
- Repository stars
- 5
- License
- MIT
Search arXiv for papers by topic, author, or ID. Use when finding research, surveying recent publications, or looking up a specific paper.
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 Search the arXiv API for academic papers. No authentication required. ## When to Use - User wants to find papers on a topic - User asks about recent research in a field - User provides an arXiv ID and wants details - User wants to compare papers or find related work ## API Details - **Base URL:** `https://export.arxiv.org/api/query` - **Auth:** None required - **Rate limit:** 1 request per 3 seconds (be polite) - **Response format:** Atom XML ## How to Search ### By topic/keywords ```bash curl -sL "https://export.arxiv.org/api/query?search_query=all:QUERY&max_results=10&sortBy=submittedDate&sortOrder=descending" ``` Replace spaces in QUERY with `+`. For multi-word phrases, use `%22phrase%22` for exact match. ### By specific field - `ti:` — title - `au:` — author - `abs:` — abstract - `cat:` — category (e.g. `cs.AI`, `cs.CL`, `stat.ML`) - `all:` — all fields Combine with `AND`, `OR`, `ANDNOT`: ```bash # Papers about transformers in NLP curl -sL "https://export.arxiv.org/api/query?search_query=ti:transformer+AND+cat:cs.CL&max_results=10&sortBy=submittedDate&sortOrder=descending" # Papers by a specific author …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add augchan42/inkstone/arxiv-search@sha256:f1e1202051b69dc3The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0.0, 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 4 versions of this file, between Apr 7, 2026 and Jun 7, 2026, about one every 20 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| v1.0.0 latest | 2026-06-07 | 028efa1 | 4,094 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-06-06 | da241d5 | 4,061 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260407.1923762 | 2026-04-07 | 1923762 | 4,032 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260407.1400ac1 | 2026-04-07 | 1400ac1 | 4,089 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 (4094 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
augchan42/inkstone · 5 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-28 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_qk7h3y3idclpjv7t GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=augchan42/inkstone/arxiv-search GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/f1e1202051b69dc395c8a1ec9c18b425f4949ef762924cb6b12de768084f1d1b
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