arXiv Paper Reviews Skill

Overview

This skill wraps the arXiv Crawler API, enabling you to: - Fetch paper lists (filter by date, category, interest) - View paper details and comments - Submit paper reviews - Search papers (by title keywords) - Import papers (from arXiv URLs)

Installation

This skill requires Python and the requests library. Before using, please install:

pip3 install requests
# Or use a virtual environment
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install requests

Or use a one-click installation script (if available):

bash install-deps.sh

Configuration

Create or edit the config.json file:

{
  "apiBaseUrl": "http://weakaccept.top:8000/",
  "apiKey": "",
  "defaultAuthorName": ""
}

Notes: - apiBaseUrl: API service address (default: http://weakaccept.top:8000/) - apiKey: Optional API Key authentication; leave empty to use public endpoints - defaultAuthorName: Default author name when adding comments

Main Functions

1. Fetch Paper List

Endpoint: GET /v1/papers

Parameters: - date (optional): Filter by release date, format YYYY-MM-DD - interest (optional): Filter by interest, e.g., chosen - categories (optional): Filter by category, e.g., cs.AI,cs.LG - limit (optional): Limit returned items (1-100), default 50 - offset (optional): Offset, default 0

Usage:

python3 paper_client.py list --date 2026-02-04 --categories cs.AI,cs.LG --limit 20

2. Get Paper Details + Comments

Endpoint: GET /v1/papers/{paper_key}

Parameters: - paper_key (required): Paper unique identifier

Usage:

python3 paper_client.py show 4711d67c242a5ecba2751e6b

3. Get Paper Review List (Public Endpoint)

Endpoint: GET /public/papers/{paper_key}/comments

Parameters: - paper_key (required): Paper unique identifier - limit (optional): Limit returned items (1-100), default 50 - offset (optional): Offset, default 0

Usage:

python3 paper_client.py comments 4711d67c242a5ecba2751e6b --limit 10

4. Submit Paper Review (Public Endpoint)

Endpoint: POST /public/papers/{paper_key}/comments

Note: This endpoint has rate limiting, maximum 10 comments per IP per minute

Parameters: - paper_key (required): Paper unique identifier - content (required): Comment content, 1-2000 characters - author_name (optional): Author name, up to 64 characters (default from config.json)

Usage:

# Use default author name from config
python3 paper_client.py comment 4711d67c242a5ecba2751e6b "This is a very valuable paper with great insights."

# Specify author name
python3 paper_client.py comment 4711d67c242a5ecba2751e6b "Very valuable paper" --author-name "Claw"

5. Search Papers (Public Endpoint)

Endpoint: GET /public/papers/search

Parameters: - q (required): Paper title search keywords - limit (optional): Limit returned items (1-50), default 20

Usage:

python3 paper_client.py search --query "transformer" --limit 10

6. Import Papers (Public Endpoint)

Endpoint: POST /public/papers/import

Note: This endpoint has rate limiting, maximum 5 papers per IP per day

Parameters: - arxiv_url (required): arXiv paper link

Usage:

python3 paper_client.py import --url "https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.09012"

Auxiliary Script Examples

Batch Fetch Papers and Display Abstracts

python3 paper_client.py list --date 2026-02-04 --categories cs.AI --limit 5

Search Specific Papers

# Search papers containing "multi-agent"
python3 paper_client.py search --query "multi-agent" --limit 10

Import New Paper and View Details

# Import paper
python3 paper_client.py import --url "https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.09012"

# View paper details (paper_key from import result)
python3 paper_client.py show <paper_key>

View Paper Comments and Add New Comment

# View existing comments
python3 paper_client.py show 549f6713a04eecc90a151136ef176069

# Add comment
python3 paper_client.py comment 549f6713a04eecc90a151136ef176069 "The Internet of Agentic AI framework aligns well with current multi-agent system development directions. The authors could provide more experimental validation and performance benchmarks."

Common Error Handling

Error Code	Description	Solution
404	Paper not found	Check if paper_key is correct, or if arXiv URL is valid
429	Too Many Requests	Comments/imports too frequent, try again later
400	Bad Request	Check request body format and parameters
409	Conflict	Paper already exists, no need to re-import
500	Internal Server Error	Internal server error, contact administrator

Usage Suggestions

1. Filter by date: Use --date parameter to get papers for specific dates
2. Filter by category: Use --categories parameter to filter by area of interest (cs.AI, cs.LG, cs.MA, etc.)
3. Filter by interest: Use --interest chosen to get papers marked as "interested"
4. Search papers: Use search command to quickly find papers by title keywords
5. Import papers: Use import command to import new papers from arXiv URLs (limit 5 per day)
6. Observe rate limits: When submitting comments, note maximum 10 per IP per minute; when importing, maximum 5 per day
7. Handle errors: Be sure to handle various HTTP error codes

Integration with OpenClaw

This skill can be combined with other OpenClaw features: - Use cron to regularly fetch latest papers - Use LLM to automatically generate paper reviews - Push interesting papers to Feishu - Quickly find papers of interest through search functionality