| name | arx-paper-metadata |
| description | Review arXiv paper metadata, abstracts, local readiness, and cache paths with arx before deciding whether to fetch full paper material. |
arx-paper-metadata
Use this skill when a user asks about one or more arXiv papers and you need the paper identity, abstract, metadata, local cache state, or the best next arx action.
Workflow
- Normalize the user-provided arXiv ids before calling tools. Preserve version suffixes only when the user explicitly asks for a specific version.
- Call
lookup_arxiv_papers first. It returns metadata, abstract text, local material readiness, cache paths, and per-paper errors.
- Treat the lookup result as the source of truth for whether metadata, PDF, source, and index material are already present locally.
- If the user asked for a no-network check, pass
fetch_missing_metadata: false. Otherwise, lookup_arxiv_papers may fetch missing metadata but never downloads PDFs or source archives.
- Use the returned
next_tool or readiness fields to decide whether to search cached text or queue a download.
Notes
- Batch related paper ids in one
lookup_arxiv_papers call.
- Cached metadata should still be used when a network refresh fails.
- Do not call
fetch_arxiv_paper just to inspect metadata.
- Report per-paper lookup errors separately instead of treating a partial batch failure as a total failure.
