ArXiv Research Skill

Search and download scientific papers from arXiv.org - the largest free distribution of scientific preprints.

What it does

• Search papers by keywords, titles, abstracts
• Download PDFs directly
• Filter by category (physics, cs, math, etc.)
• Get metadata including authors, dates, categories

Installation

# Install Python dependency
pip install arxiv

Usage

Search for papers

# Basic search
python arxiv_search.py search "quantum computing"

# With max results
python arxiv_search.py search "machine learning" --max 10

# With category filter (physics, cs, math, q-bio, etc.)
python arxiv_search.py search "neural networks" --cats cs,stat

Download a paper

# By arXiv ID
python arxiv_search.py download "2310.12345"

Python API

from arxiv import search, download

# Search
results = search("simulation hypothesis", max_results=5)
for paper in results:
    print(f"{paper.title} - {paper.pdf_url}")

# Download
paper.download("/path/to/save")

Categories

Common arXiv categories: - cs.* - Computer Science - physics.* - Physics
- math.* - Mathematics - q-bio.* - Quantitative Biology - q-fin.* - Quantitative Finance - stat.* - Statistics

Examples

• Search for consciousness papers: python arxiv_search.py search "consciousness" --max 5
• Find physics papers: python arxiv_search.py search "quantum" --cats physics --max 10
• Download paper: python arxiv_search.py download "1706.03762" (Attention is All You Need)

Notes

• arXiv is free and open
• Papers are preprints - may not be peer-reviewed
• Great for staying current with research