Search arXiv preprint repository for papers in physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, and related fields
This skill provides access to arXiv, a free distribution service and open-access archive for scholarly articles in physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance, statistics, electrical engineering, systems science, and economics.
Use this skill when you need to:
The skill provides a TypeScript script that searches arXiv and returns formatted results.
Note: Always use the absolute path from your skills directory (shown in the system prompt above).
npx tsx [YOUR_SKILLS_DIR]/arxivSearch/arxiv_search.ts "your search query" [--max-papers N]
Replace [YOUR_SKILLS_DIR] with the absolute skills directory path from your system prompt (e.g., ~/.deepagents/agent/skills or the full absolute path).
Arguments:
query (required): The search query string (e.g., "neural networks protein structure", "single cell RNA-seq")--max-papers (optional): Maximum number of papers to retrieve (default: 10)Search for machine learning papers:
npx tsx ~/.deepagents/agent/skills/arxivSearch/arxiv_search.ts "deep learning drug discovery" --max-papers 5
Search for computational biology papers:
npx tsx ~/.deepagents/agent/skills/arxivSearch/arxiv_search.ts "protein folding prediction"
Search for bioinformatics methods:
npx tsx ~/.deepagents/agent/skills/arxivSearch/arxiv_search.ts "genome assembly algorithms"
The script returns formatted results with:
Each paper is separated by blank lines for readability.