read-arxiv-paper SKILL.md skillA
read-arxiv-paper from qualcomm/qai-appbuilder is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add qualcomm/qai-appbuilder/read-arxiv-paper@git:20260822.fbacac1Pins git:20260822.fbacac1 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- qualcomm/qai-appbuilder
- Path
tools/qaiappbuilder/skills/read-arxiv-paper/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
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- Latest version
- git:20260822.fbacac1, committed Aug 22, 2026
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- Repository stars
- 252
- License
- a license file GitHub does not identify
Fetch and summarize academic papers from arxiv.org. Use for arxiv.org paper URLs (e.g. arxiv.org/abs/...). Triggers include 'read/summarize this arxiv paper', 'read paper', 'summarize paper'. Note — arxiv URLs must use this skill, NOT summarizenews.
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 Reader
## Instructions
Given an arXiv URL, you MUST call the `exec` tool immediately. Do NOT describe the steps — just call the tool.
**Step 1**: Extract the arxiv ID from the URL (e.g. from `https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.03762` → ID is `1706.03762`).
**Step 2**: Call `exec` with this exact command (replace `{arxiv_id}` with the actual ID):
```
python ${SKILL_DIR}/scripts/fetch_arxiv.py {arxiv_id}
```
**Step 3**: Use the script output as the paper content and produce a summary covering: title/authors, problem, contributions, method, results, takeaways.
## Example
User: Please read this paper https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.03762
You MUST call exec immediately:
<tool_call>
{"name": "exec", "arguments": {"command": "python ${SKILL_DIR}/scripts/fetch_arxiv.py 1706.03762"}}
</tool_call>Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add qualcomm/qai-appbuilder/read-arxiv-paper@sha256:92255657a27191dcThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260822.fbacac1, 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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The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Aug 22, 2026.
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- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
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- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
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Source
qualcomm/qai-appbuilder · 252 stars · license a license file GitHub does not identify · pushed 2026-10-22 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_vbqkfyshaori3tuq GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=qualcomm/qai-appbuilder/read-arxiv-paper GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/92255657a27191dc44700dfe5d22d8d21541d810cf8682f08c72bc9d2cfbb70f
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