AlphaXiv Skill

AlphaXiv is a platform built on top of arXiv that adds social features, AI-generated overviews, benchmarks, and community engagement to research papers.

Usage

python3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/alphaxiv.py <command> [options]

Commands

Search papers:

python3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/alphaxiv.py search "attention is all you need" --limit 5

Get paper details:

python3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/alphaxiv.py paper 1706.03762
python3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/alphaxiv.py paper 1706.03762v1

Get paper metrics (views, votes, comments):

python3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/alphaxiv.py metrics 1706.03762

Get AI overview:

python3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/alphaxiv.py overview 1706.03762
python3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/alphaxiv.py overview 1706.03762 --language zh

Get similar papers:

python3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/alphaxiv.py similar 1706.03762 --limit 5

Get top trending AI papers:

python3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/alphaxiv.py top --limit 10

Get feed papers:

python3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/alphaxiv.py feed --sort Hot --interval "7 Days" --limit 10

Get paper implementations (code repos):

python3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/alphaxiv.py implementations 1706.03762

Get SOTA tasks:

python3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/alphaxiv.py sota
python3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/alphaxiv.py sota --slug image-classification

Get paper authors, institutions, topics, GitHub:

python3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/alphaxiv.py metadata 1706.03762
python3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/alphaxiv.py metadata 1706.03762 --bibtex

Ask a question about a paper (requires token):

python3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/alphaxiv.py ask "What is the main contribution?" --paper 1706.03762

# Continue a conversation
python3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/alphaxiv.py ask "How does this compare to RNNs?" --chat-id <uuid>

# Use a specific model
python3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/alphaxiv.py ask "Summarize the experiments" --paper 1706.03762 --model claude-4.5-sonnet

Token Setup (Required for ask only)

1. Log in at https://www.alphaxiv.org
2. Go to Profile → User Settings → API Keys
3. Create a new API key
4. Add to ~/.zshrc:

   export ALPHAXIV_TOKEN=your_api_key_here
   

No token needed for: search, paper, metrics, metadata, similar, top, feed, implementations, sota, overview.

Notes

• arXiv IDs like 1706.03762 or 1706.03762v1 are accepted
• --language supports 50+ language codes (e.g., zh, ja, fr, de, es)
• Feed --sort options: Hot, Comments, Views, Likes, GitHub, Twitter (X)
• Feed --interval options: 3 Days, 7 Days, 30 Days
• ask --model options: gemini-2.5-flash, gemini-2.5-pro, claude-4.5-sonnet, grok-4, gpt-5, and more