Arxiv MCP Server
blazickjp/arxiv-mcp-server
A skill your agent uses when finding, comparing, reading, or monitoring arXiv papers, including requests for abstracts, citation graphs, original LaTeX, section-level technical details, or…
Orchestrate the full PaperOrchestra (Song et al., 2026, arXiv:2604.05018) five-agent pipeline to turn unstructured research materials (idea, experimental log, LaTeX template, conference guidelines…
Install Paper Orchestra
$ npx skills add Ar9av/PaperOrchestra --skill paper-orchestra -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install Ar9av/PaperOrchestra paper-orchestra --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Ar9av/PaperOrchestra.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/paper-orchestra .claude/skills/paper-orchestra && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "paper-orchestra" agent skill from https://github.com/Ar9av/PaperOrchestra/tree/main/skills/paper-orchestra into .claude/skills/paper-orchestra/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "paper-orchestra", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/Ar9av/PaperOrchestra/tree/main/skills/paper-orchestraType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add Ar9av/PaperOrchestra --skill paper-orchestra -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install Ar9av/PaperOrchestra paper-orchestra --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Ar9av/PaperOrchestra.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/paper-orchestra .agents/skills/paper-orchestra && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "paper-orchestra" agent skill from https://github.com/Ar9av/PaperOrchestra/tree/main/skills/paper-orchestra into .agents/skills/paper-orchestra/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "paper-orchestra", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add Ar9av/PaperOrchestra --skill paper-orchestra -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install Ar9av/PaperOrchestra paper-orchestra --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Ar9av/PaperOrchestra.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/paper-orchestra .cursor/skills/paper-orchestra && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "paper-orchestra" agent skill from https://github.com/Ar9av/PaperOrchestra/tree/main/skills/paper-orchestra into .cursor/skills/paper-orchestra/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "paper-orchestra", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/Ar9av/PaperOrchestra.git --path skills/paper-orchestra--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add Ar9av/PaperOrchestra --skill paper-orchestra -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install Ar9av/PaperOrchestra paper-orchestra --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Ar9av/PaperOrchestra.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/paper-orchestra .gemini/skills/paper-orchestra && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "paper-orchestra" agent skill from https://github.com/Ar9av/PaperOrchestra/tree/main/skills/paper-orchestra into .gemini/skills/paper-orchestra/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "paper-orchestra", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install Ar9av/PaperOrchestra paper-orchestraInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add Ar9av/PaperOrchestra --skill paper-orchestra -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Ar9av/PaperOrchestra.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/paper-orchestra .github/skills/paper-orchestra && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "paper-orchestra" agent skill from https://github.com/Ar9av/PaperOrchestra/tree/main/skills/paper-orchestra into .github/skills/paper-orchestra/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "paper-orchestra", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add Ar9av/PaperOrchestra --skill paper-orchestra -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install Ar9av/PaperOrchestra paper-orchestra --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Ar9av/PaperOrchestra.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/paper-orchestra .opencode/skills/paper-orchestra && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "paper-orchestra" agent skill from https://github.com/Ar9av/PaperOrchestra/tree/main/skills/paper-orchestra into .opencode/skills/paper-orchestra/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "paper-orchestra", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
paper-orchestra- GitHub stars
- 677
- Used in
- 1 other repo
- Token cost
- ~3.5k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 1,201 words
- Files
- 17 (incl. scripts, references)
- Skills in repo
- 9
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
Orchestrate the full PaperOrchestra (Song et al., 2026, arXiv:2604.05018) five-agent pipeline to turn unstructured research materials (idea, experimental log, LaTeX template, conference guidelines…
- Works in 5 steps: Pre-flight Checks → Outline (Step 1 — 1 LLM call) → Section Writing (Step 4 — ONE single… → …
- The user asks to write a paper from my experiments
- SKILL.md covers What this skill produces, Inputs (the (I, E, T, G, F)…, Pipeline (read… and Critical pre-instruction (read…, plus 5 more sections
- Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls python
What it does
Paper Orchestra is an agent skill from Ar9av/PaperOrchestra. Orchestrate the full PaperOrchestra (Song et al., 2026, arXiv:2604.05018) five-agent pipeline to turn unstructured research materials (idea, experimental log, LaTeX template, conference guidelines, optional figures) into a submission-ready LaTeX manuscript and compiled PDF. TRIGGER when the user asks to "write a paper from my experiments", "turn this idea and these results into a paper", "generate a conference submission", "run paper-orchestra on X", or otherwise wants the end-to-end paper-writing pipeline…
Its SKILL.md is about 3.5k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 18 other files, including scripts and reference files (for example `references/anti-leakage-prompt.md`, `references/host-integration.md` and `references/io-contract.md`).
It sits in Research & Science, covering LaTeX, Scientific writing and Academic paper search. It works with arXiv, LaTeX and Semantic Scholar. The repository describes itself as: An automated AI research-paper writer based off Google's PaperOrchestra paper's implementation through a skills - benchmark + autoraters using any coding agent (Claude Code…
When your agent uses it
- The user asks to write a paper from my experiments
- Turn this idea and these results into a paper
- Generate a conference submission
- Run paper-orchestra on X
Example prompts
- “write a paper from my experiments”
- “turn this idea and these results into a paper”
- “generate a conference submission”
- “/paper-orchestra”
Requirements
- Python 3
Workflow steps
5 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
- Pre-flight Checks
- Outline (Step 1 — 1 LLM call)
- Section Writing (Step 4 — ONE single multimodal LLM call)
- Content Refinement (Step 5 — ~3 iterations, ~5-7 calls)
- Compile and finalize
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 36c3cc4. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
Ships 10 files in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
python
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):
arxiv.org
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Paper Orchestra loads about 3.5k tokens when it runs, and up to ~12k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 165 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,201 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.
SKILL.md
Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 1,201 words (~3,457 tokens).
“Top-level driver for the PaperOrchestra pipeline. Read this document and follow the steps below. The detailed prompts and rules live in each sub-skill's SKILL.md and references/ directories — you (the host agent) will load them as you go.”
- name
- paper-orchestra
- data_access_level
- raw
Files
SKILL.md and 16 other files (scripts, references) in skills/paper-orchestra of Ar9av/PaperOrchestra.
- SKILL.md
- references/anti-leakage-prompt.md
- references/host-integration.md
- references/io-contract.md
- references/outline-reconciliation.md
- references/paper-summary.md
- references/pipeline.md
- scripts/anti_leakage_check.py
- scripts/build_pdf.py
- scripts/check_idea_density.py
- scripts/check_tex_packages.py
- scripts/claim_evidence_gate.py
- scripts/diff_outlines.py
- scripts/init_workspace.py
- scripts/test_claim_evidence_gate.py
- scripts/validate_consistency.py
- scripts/validate_inputs.py
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 36c3cc4
Used in 1 other repository
We found 2 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in Ar9av/PaperOrchestra, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.
Compare with similar skills
Paper Orchestra next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper Orchestra this skillAr9av/PaperOrchestra | 677 | 1 repos | ~3.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Arxiv MCP Serverblazickjp/arxiv-mcp-server | 3.2k | — | ~353 | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Arxiv Paper Writerappautomaton/latex-arxiv-SKILL | 458 | — | ~2.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Arxiv Paper Writeryunshenwuchuxun/latex-paper-skills | 266 | — | ~3.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Academic Researchvoidful/academic-skills | 134 | — | ~887 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Literature ReviewNorman-bury/research-writing-skill | 3.4k | — | ~2.2k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT |
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Questions about Paper Orchestra
What does Paper Orchestra do?
Orchestrate the full PaperOrchestra (Song et al., 2026, arXiv:2604.05018) five-agent pipeline to turn unstructured research materials (idea, experimental log, LaTeX template, conference guidelines…. Paper Orchestra is an agent skill from Ar9av/PaperOrchestra.05018) five-agent pipeline to turn unstructured research materials (idea, experimental log, LaTeX template, conference guidelines, optional figures) into a submission-ready LaTeX manuscript and compiled PDF.
When should I use Paper Orchestra?
Paper Orchestra fits situations like: the user asks to write a paper from my experiments; turn this idea and these results into a paper; generate a conference submission; run paper-orchestra on X.
How do I install Paper Orchestra in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add Ar9av/PaperOrchestra --skill paper-orchestra -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/paper-orchestra in Ar9av/PaperOrchestra) into .claude/skills/paper-orchestra in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Paper Orchestra in Codex?
Run `npx skills add Ar9av/PaperOrchestra --skill paper-orchestra -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/paper-orchestra in Ar9av/PaperOrchestra) into .agents/skills/paper-orchestra in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Paper Orchestra in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add Ar9av/PaperOrchestra --skill paper-orchestra -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/paper-orchestra, .gemini/skills/paper-orchestra, .github/skills/paper-orchestra and .opencode/skills/paper-orchestra in your project.
What does Paper Orchestra need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Paper Orchestra needs Python for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (python). Our summary lists: Python 3.
Does Paper Orchestra access the network?
SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: arxiv.org. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Paper Orchestra safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.
What licence does Paper Orchestra use?
Paper Orchestra has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.
How many tokens does Paper Orchestra use?
About 3.5k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 14k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 8.5k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Paper Orchestra?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Paper Orchestra: Arxiv MCP Server (blazickjp/arxiv-mcp-server, 3.2k stars), Arxiv Paper Writer (appautomaton/latex-arxiv-SKILL, 458 stars), Arxiv Paper Writer (yunshenwuchuxun/latex-paper-skills, 266 stars) and Academic Research (voidful/academic-skills, 134 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Paper Orchestra?
Ar9av (a GitHub user) maintains it in Ar9av/PaperOrchestra, which has 677 GitHub stars. The repository holds 9 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 21, 2026.
Source: Ar9av/PaperOrchestra on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.