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DeepXiv Paper Search & Reading

Search open-access academic papers and read them progressively, from brief summary to specific sections.

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wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep
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18,482
Licence
MIT
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1 file

What it does

Once installed, the agent can search open-access academic papers through the DeepXiv service and read them in layers: first a short brief, then the header or TLDR, then a named section, and only the full text if you really need it. This avoids loading whole papers into the conversation at once. It can also list trending papers and look up Semantic Scholar IDs for published venue metadata and citation counts.

Great for

  • Researchers doing a literature review who want to skim many papers before reading any in depth
  • Students who want a quick summary of a paper and then a specific section like the Introduction
  • Anyone already using the ARIS research toolkit who wants an extra literature source

Skip it if

  • Tasks needing only a simple arXiv listing or PDF download, where the /arxiv skill is more direct
  • Work that must avoid network calls or third-party services, since queries and paper IDs go to DeepXiv

Try asking

  • “Search DeepXiv for recent papers on agent memory and show the top 5 results”
  • “Give me a brief of arXiv paper 2409.05591”
  • “Show the Introduction section of paper 2409.05591”
  • “What papers are trending in the last 14 days?”
Step-by-step guide: how to use DeepXiv Paper Search & ReadingInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download the skill

    The ZIP contains the 1 original files, the MIT licence and an attribution note.

    deepxiv.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip deepxiv.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip deepxiv.zip -d .claude/skills/

    Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.

  3. 3

    Ask for the task

    No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.

Get better results

  • Give an arXiv ID to start with the brief view, which is the cheapest read, and escalate only when needed.
  • Set DEEPXIV_TOKEN yourself if you do not want the CLI to auto-register a token or save it to ~/.env.
  • Check the SDK's token and .env handling before running on a machine with other secrets in ~/.env or the project .env.

What's inside

  • SKILL.md

Redistributed unmodified from wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep under the MIT licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-10-29. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.