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Search, read, and query research papers via the `alpha` CLI (alphaXiv-backed). Use when the user asks about academic papers, wants to find research on a topic, needs to read a specific paper, ask questions about a paper, inspect a paper's code repository, or manage paper annotations.

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Alpha Research CLI

Use the

alpha

CLI via bash for all paper research operations.

Commands

Command	Description
`alpha search "<query>"`	Search papers. Prefer `--mode semantic` by default; use `--mode keyword` only for exact-term lookup and `--mode agentic` for broader retrieval.
`alpha get <arxiv-id-or-url>`	Fetch paper content and any local annotation
`alpha get --full-text <arxiv-id>`	Get raw full text instead of AI report
`alpha ask <arxiv-id> "<question>"`	Ask a question about a paper's PDF
`alpha code <github-url> [path]`	Read files from a paper's GitHub repo. Use `/` for overview
`alpha annotate <paper-id> "<note>"`	Save a persistent annotation on a paper
`alpha annotate --clear <paper-id>`	Remove an annotation
`alpha annotate --list`	List all annotations

Auth

Run

alpha login

to authenticate with alphaXiv. Check status with

feynman alpha status

, or

alpha status

once your installed

alpha-hub

version includes it.

Examples

bash

alpha search "transformer scaling laws"
alpha search --mode agentic "efficient attention mechanisms for long context"
alpha get 2106.09685
alpha ask 2106.09685 "What optimizer did they use?"
alpha code https://github.com/karpathy/nanoGPT src/model.py
alpha annotate 2106.09685 "Key paper on LoRA - revisit for adapter comparison"

When to use

Academic paper search, reading, Q&A →
```
alpha
```
Current topics (products, releases, docs) → web search tools
Mixed topics → combine both