| name | hf-papers |
| description | Browse trending papers, search by keyword, and get paper details from Hugging Face Papers. Use when the user wants to find ML research, asks about recent AI papers, trending models, or mentions Hugging Face Papers. |
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hf-papers
Browse, search, and analyze papers from the Hugging Face Papers platform. Get trending papers, search by topic, and retrieve detailed metadata including community engagement and linked resources.
Description
This skill wraps the Hugging Face Papers public API. It provides access to daily trending papers, keyword search, paper details (abstract, authors, upvotes, GitHub repos, project pages), and discussion comments. No authentication required.
For full paper text, use the returned arXiv ID with the arxiv-reader skill.
Results are cached locally (~/.cache/hf-papers/) for fast repeat access.
Usage Examples
- "What are today's trending papers on Hugging Face?"
- "Search Hugging Face Papers for diffusion models"
- "Get details for paper 2401.12345 on HF"
- "Show me comments on HF paper 2405.67890"
Process
- Discover — Use
hf_daily_papers to see what's trending today
- Search — Use
hf_search_papers to find papers on a topic
- Inspect — Use
hf_paper_detail to get full metadata for a specific paper
- Discuss — Use
hf_paper_comments to read community discussion
- Deep read — Use
arxiv_fetch (from arxiv-reader) with the paper's arXiv ID for full text
Tools
hf_daily_papers
Get today's trending papers from Hugging Face.
Parameters:
limit (number, optional): Max papers to return (default: 20, max: 100)sort (string, optional): Sort by upvotes or date (default: upvotes)
Returns: { papers: [{ id, title, summary, upvotes, authors, publishedAt, githubRepo?, projectPage?, ai_summary?, ai_keywords? }], count: number }
Example:
{ "limit": 10, "sort": "upvotes" }
hf_search_papers
Search Hugging Face Papers by keyword.
Parameters:
query (string, required): Search query
Returns: { papers: [{ id, title, summary, upvotes, authors, publishedAt, githubRepo?, projectPage?, ai_summary? }], query: string, count: number }
Example:
{ "query": "multimodal reasoning" }
hf_paper_detail
Get detailed metadata for a specific paper.
Parameters:
paper_id (string, required): Paper ID (arXiv ID, e.g. 2401.12345)
Returns: { id, title, summary, authors, publishedAt, upvotes, numComments, githubRepo?, githubStars?, projectPage?, ai_summary?, ai_keywords?, organization? }
Example:
{ "paper_id": "2401.12345" }
hf_paper_comments
Get discussion comments for a paper.
Parameters:
paper_id (string, required): Paper ID (arXiv ID)
Returns: { paper_id, comments: [{ author, content, createdAt }], count: number }
Example:
{ "paper_id": "2401.12345" }
Notes
- All results are cached locally — repeat requests are instant (15-minute TTL for daily/search, 1-hour for details)
- Paper IDs are arXiv IDs — use with
arxiv-reader skill for full LaTeX text
- No authentication required; uses HF public API
- Daily papers update throughout the day as the community submits and upvotes
