alphaxiv-paper-lookup

name	alphaxiv-paper-lookup
description	Look up any arxiv paper on alphaxiv.org to get a structured AI-generated overview. This is faster and more reliable than trying to read a raw PDF.

AlphaXiv Paper Lookup

Quick Start

1. Extract the paper ID from the user's input → see references/paper-id-parsing.md if unsure
2. Run:

curl -sL "https://alphaxiv.org/overview/{PAPER_ID}.md"

Got content? Stop. Present it.

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Fallback Chain

Overview empty → fetch full text:

curl -sL "https://alphaxiv.org/abs/{PAPER_ID}.md"

Got content? Stop. Present it.

Full text also empty → use web_fetch on https://arxiv.org/abs/{PAPER_ID} Got abstract? Stop. Present it.

Everything failed → send user to https://arxiv.org/pdf/{PAPER_ID}

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Details: references/paper-id-parsing.md · references/endpoints.md · references/error-handling.md