Overview
alphaxiv is an open-source data skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by wanshuiyin. Its author describes it as: “Quick single-paper lookup via AlphaXiv LLM-optimized summaries with tiered source fallback. Use when user says "explain this paper", "summarize paper", pastes an arXiv/AlphaXiv URL, or provides a bare arXiv ID for qui…”. The project has 15k stars on GitHub and is available under the MIT license. Add it to your setup with `git clone https://github.com/wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep ~/.claude/skills/alphaxiv`.
What alphaxiv does
Lookup paper: $ARGUMENTS
What’s inside
The SKILL.md for alphaxiv is organised into these sections:
- Role & Positioning
- Constants
- Workflow
- Step 1: Parse Arguments & Extract Paper ID
- Step 2: Fetch AlphaXiv Overview (Tier 1 — Fastest)
- Step 3: Fetch Full AlphaXiv Markdown (Tier 2 — More Detail)
- Step 4: Fetch arXiv LaTeX Source (Tier 3 — Deepest)
- Step 5: Present Results
- Step 6: Research Wiki Ingest
- Key Rules
- Integration with Other Skills
- As enrichment in /research-lit
Installation
Add alphaxiv to your agent with:
git clone https://github.com/wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep ~/.claude/skills/alphaxivReview a skill’s source before installing it — skills can instruct your agent to run commands. This command comes from the skill’s public repository, which is the source of truth for setup steps. New to skills? Read how to install Claude Code skills.
Supported agents
- Claude Code — declared in the repository topics
- Codex — declared in the repository topics
License
alphaxiv is published under the MIT license.
Strengths
- Clear MIT license — safe to read and adapt within its terms
- Ships in wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep, an established project with 14,858 GitHub stars
- Works with Claude Code, Codex
- Actively maintained — repository updated in the last 90 days
Author
Topics
Frequently asked questions
- What does alphaxiv do?
- Quick single-paper lookup via AlphaXiv LLM-optimized summaries with tiered source fallback. Use when user says "explain this paper", "summarize paper", pastes an arXiv/AlphaXiv URL, or provides a bare arXiv ID for quick understanding - not for broad literature search.
- How do I install alphaxiv?
- Run git clone https://github.com/wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep ~/.claude/skills/alphaxiv in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep before installing.
- Is alphaxiv free to use?
- Yes. alphaxiv is free and open source under the MIT license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.
- Which agents does alphaxiv work with?
- alphaxiv lists Claude Code and Codex — named in its SKILL.md, its plugin marketplace or its repository topics. Skills use the portable SKILL.md format, so other agents that read that format may load it too.
- Where does alphaxiv come from?
- alphaxiv ships inside wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep, a repository that contains 41 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 14,858 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.