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Search and download academic papers from arXiv. Find papers by keywords, authors, or arXiv ID.

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Academic Search — Paper Discovery

Overview

Search academic papers on arXiv using the 
paper-search
CLI tool. No API key required — uses the free arXiv API directly.

When To Use

  • User asks to find/search papers on a topic
  • User wants paper recommendations
  • User needs to download a paper PDF
  • User mentions arXiv, academic papers, or research literature

Commands

Search papers by keyword

bash
paper-search search "transformer attention mechanism" --max 5

Search with category filter

bash
paper-search search "reinforcement learning" --max 10 --categories cs.AI,cs.LG

Get paper details by arXiv ID

bash
paper-search details 1706.03762

Download paper PDF

bash
paper-search download 1706.03762 --output /workspace/papers/

JSON output (for programmatic use)

bash
paper-search search "neural networks" --max 3 --json

Example Workflows

Find important papers on a topic

bash
# Search for recent transformer papers
paper-search search "vision transformer ViT" --max 10 --categories cs.CV

# Get details of the seminal paper
paper-search details 2010.11929

Build a reading list

bash
# Search and save results
paper-search search "large language models" --max 20 --json > /workspace/papers/llm-papers.json

# Download key papers
paper-search download 2005.14165 -o /workspace/papers/  # GPT-3
paper-search download 2302.13971 -o /workspace/papers/  # LLaMA

Research a specific author

bash
paper-search search "au:Hinton" --max 10

arXiv Categories

Common categories for filtering:
CategoryDescription
cs.AIArtificial Intelligence
cs.LGMachine Learning
cs.CLComputation and Language (NLP)
cs.CVComputer Vision
cs.NENeural and Evolutionary Computing
cs.RORobotics
stat.MLStatistics - Machine Learning
math.OCOptimization and Control

Search Tips

  • Use quotes for exact phrases: 
    "attention is all you need"
  • Search by author: 
    au:Vaswani
  • Search by title: 
    ti:transformer
  • Combine: 
    "neural network" AND au:LeCun
  • arXiv ID format: 
    1706.03762
    or 
    cs.AI/0001001

Output Locations

  • Papers list: stdout or 
    --json
    to file
  • Downloaded PDFs: 
    /workspace/papers/
    (default)

Important Notes

  • arXiv API has rate limits; avoid rapid-fire requests
  • PDFs are typically 1-10 MB each
  • Search results are sorted by relevance by default
  • Published dates are in YYYY-MM-DD format