alpha-research
Alpha Research CLI
Use the alpha CLI via bash for all paper research operations.
Commands
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
alpha search "<query>" |
Search papers. Prefer --mode semantic by default; use --mode keyword only for exact-term lookup and --mode agentic for broader retrieval. |
alpha get <arxiv-id-or-url> |
Fetch paper content and any local annotation |
alpha get --full-text <arxiv-id> |
Get raw full text instead of AI report |
alpha ask <arxiv-id> "<question>" |
Ask a question about a paper's PDF |
alpha code <github-url> [path] |
Read files from a paper's GitHub repo. Use / for overview |
alpha annotate <paper-id> "<note>" |
Save a persistent annotation on a paper |
alpha annotate --clear <paper-id> |
Remove an annotation |
alpha annotate --list |
List all annotations |
Auth
Run alpha login to authenticate with alphaXiv. Check status with feynman alpha status, or alpha status once your installed alpha-hub version includes it.
Examples
alpha search "transformer scaling laws"
alpha search --mode agentic "efficient attention mechanisms for long context"
alpha get 2106.09685
alpha ask 2106.09685 "What optimizer did they use?"
alpha code https://github.com/karpathy/nanoGPT src/model.py
alpha annotate 2106.09685 "Key paper on LoRA - revisit for adapter comparison"
When to use
- Academic paper search, reading, Q&A →
alpha - Current topics (products, releases, docs) → web search tools
- Mixed topics → combine both
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