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…
Pipeline for ML/AI research papers — lit review to LaTeX submission
Install Research Paper Writing
$ npx skills add taracodlabs/aiden --skill research-paper-writing -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install taracodlabs/aiden research-paper-writing --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/taracodlabs/aiden.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/research-paper-writing .claude/skills/research-paper-writing && 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 "research-paper-writing" agent skill from https://github.com/taracodlabs/aiden/tree/main/skills/research-paper-writing into .claude/skills/research-paper-writing/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "research-paper-writing", 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/taracodlabs/aiden/tree/main/skills/research-paper-writingType 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 taracodlabs/aiden --skill research-paper-writing -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install taracodlabs/aiden research-paper-writing --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/taracodlabs/aiden.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/research-paper-writing .agents/skills/research-paper-writing && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "research-paper-writing" agent skill from https://github.com/taracodlabs/aiden/tree/main/skills/research-paper-writing into .agents/skills/research-paper-writing/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "research-paper-writing", 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 taracodlabs/aiden --skill research-paper-writing -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install taracodlabs/aiden research-paper-writing --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/taracodlabs/aiden.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/research-paper-writing .cursor/skills/research-paper-writing && 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 "research-paper-writing" agent skill from https://github.com/taracodlabs/aiden/tree/main/skills/research-paper-writing into .cursor/skills/research-paper-writing/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "research-paper-writing", 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/taracodlabs/aiden.git --path skills/research-paper-writing--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 taracodlabs/aiden --skill research-paper-writing -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install taracodlabs/aiden research-paper-writing --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/taracodlabs/aiden.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/research-paper-writing .gemini/skills/research-paper-writing && 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 "research-paper-writing" agent skill from https://github.com/taracodlabs/aiden/tree/main/skills/research-paper-writing into .gemini/skills/research-paper-writing/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "research-paper-writing", 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 taracodlabs/aiden research-paper-writingInstalls 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 taracodlabs/aiden --skill research-paper-writing -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/taracodlabs/aiden.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/research-paper-writing .github/skills/research-paper-writing && 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 "research-paper-writing" agent skill from https://github.com/taracodlabs/aiden/tree/main/skills/research-paper-writing into .github/skills/research-paper-writing/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "research-paper-writing", 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 taracodlabs/aiden --skill research-paper-writing -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install taracodlabs/aiden research-paper-writing --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/taracodlabs/aiden.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/research-paper-writing .opencode/skills/research-paper-writing && 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 "research-paper-writing" agent skill from https://github.com/taracodlabs/aiden/tree/main/skills/research-paper-writing into .opencode/skills/research-paper-writing/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "research-paper-writing", 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
research-paper-writing- GitHub stars
- 852
- Token cost
- ~1.2k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 294 words
- Files
- 2
- Skills in repo
- 63
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
At a glance
Pipeline for ML/AI research papers — lit review to LaTeX submission
- Works in 6 steps: Frame the contribution → Literature review → Structure the paper → …
- Tasks that involve LaTeX
- SKILL.md covers When to Use, How to Use, Examples and Cautions
- Reaches api.semanticscholar.org and github.com
What it does
Research Paper Writing is an agent skill from taracodlabs/aiden. Pipeline for ML/AI research papers — lit review to LaTeX submission
Its SKILL.md is about 1.2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 1 other file (for example `skill.json`).
It sits in Research & Science, covering LaTeX and Literature review. It works with LaTeX and arXiv. The repository describes itself as: Aiden — an autonomous AI agent and work engine built solo. It can operate your browser, terminal, files, apps, APIs, skills and tools, remember context, recover from failures… The licence is Apache-2.0.
When your agent uses it
- Tasks that involve LaTeX
- Tasks that involve Literature review
Example prompts
- “/research-paper-writing”
Requirements
- Python 3
Workflow steps
6 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 3704204. 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
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are latex, python and powershell).
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:
api.semanticscholar.orggithub.com
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
Research Paper Writing loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 23 tokens; SKILL.md has 294 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); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
SKILL.md
The full file from taracodlabs/aiden at commit 3704204, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© taracodlabs). 294 words, ~1,218 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/research-paper-writing/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- research-paper-writing
- description
- Pipeline for ML/AI research papers — lit review to LaTeX submission
- category
- research
- version
- 1.0.0
- origin
- aiden
- license
- Apache-2.0
- tags
- research, paper, writing, latex, ml, ai, academic, arxiv, publication, citation
Research Paper Writing Pipeline
A structured, step-by-step pipeline for writing ML/AI research papers: from problem framing through literature review, experiment design, writing, and LaTeX formatting for arXiv submission.
When to Use
- User wants to write or structure an academic research paper
- User wants help organizing experiments and results for a paper
- User wants to format a paper in LaTeX for arXiv or a conference
- User wants to do a literature review on a topic
- User wants to write an abstract, introduction, or related work section
How to Use
Phase 1: Frame the contribution
Define the paper's core claim before writing anything else.
1. One-sentence contribution: "We show that X outperforms Y on Z by doing W"
2. Key insight: what is non-obvious about your approach?
3. Research question: what question does the paper answer?
4. Limitations scope: what is explicitly out of scope?Phase 2: Literature review
Use the arXiv skill to find related work, then organize findings:
Search strategy:
- Start with 2-3 "seed" papers you know are relevant
- Find papers that cite them (via Semantic Scholar API)
- Search arXiv for your core keywords + recent date filter
- Organize into: direct predecessors, concurrent work, tangential work
For each related paper, note:
- Core method
- Dataset/benchmark used
- Key result number
- How your work differs# Semantic Scholar API — find papers citing a known paper
import requests
paper_id = "arXiv:2305.17333"
resp = requests.get(f"https://api.semanticscholar.org/graph/v1/paper/{paper_id}/citations?fields=title,year,authors,externalIds&limit=20")
for c in resp.json()["data"]:
print(c["citingPaper"]["title"])Phase 3: Structure the paper
Standard ML/AI paper structure:
Abstract (150-250 words) — problem, method, key result, significance
1. Introduction — motivation, gap, contribution, paper overview
2. Related Work — organize by theme, not chronologically
3. Method — notation, architecture/algorithm, key design choices
4. Experiments — datasets, baselines, metrics, implementation details
5. Results — main table, ablation study, qualitative examples
6. Discussion — limitations, failure modes, future work
7. Conclusion — restate contribution, broader impact
References
Appendix (optional) — proofs, additional experiments, hyperparametersPhase 4: Write in LaTeX
Basic arXiv-ready template:
\documentclass[10pt,twocolumn]{article}
\usepackage{arxiv} % from https://github.com/kourgeorge/arxiv-style
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb,graphicx,booktabs,hyperref}
\title{Your Paper Title}
\author{Author One \and Author Two}
\date{\today}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\begin{abstract}
Your abstract here. State the problem, method, key result, and significance in 150--250 words.
\end{abstract}
\section{Introduction}
...
\bibliography{refs}
\bibliographystyle{plain}
\end{document}Phase 5: Tables and figures
% Results table with booktabs
\begin{table}[t]
\centering
\caption{Comparison on benchmark dataset.}
\begin{tabular}{lcc}
\toprule
Method & Accuracy & F1 \\
\midrule
Baseline & 72.3 & 71.1 \\
Prior SOTA & 78.6 & 77.9 \\
\textbf{Ours} & \textbf{83.2} & \textbf{82.7} \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\label{tab:results}
\end{table}Phase 6: Compile and check
# Compile LaTeX (requires MiKTeX or TeX Live)
pdflatex paper.tex
bibtex paper
pdflatex paper.tex
pdflatex paper.tex # run twice to resolve references
# Check word count
texcount paper.texExamples
"Help me write the abstract for my paper on efficient transformers" → Use Phase 1 to extract the core claim, then write 4 sentences: problem → gap → method → key result.
"I need to find related papers on sparse attention before writing the related work section"
→ Use Phase 2: search arXiv (cs.LG + sparse attention), use Semantic Scholar to find citing papers.
"Format my experiment results as a LaTeX table" → Use Phase 5 with the booktabs template.
Cautions
- Write the related work section after the method section — you need to know your contribution to characterize prior work accurately
- Ablation studies are required at top venues (NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR) — plan them during experiment design, not after
- arXiv LaTeX compilation is strict — avoid non-standard packages; test with
pdflatexbefore submitting - Never include fabricated citations — use only papers you have actually read
- Check target venue formatting guidelines — ICML, NeurIPS, and ICLR each have distinct style files
© taracodlabs, Apache-2.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Files
SKILL.md and 1 other file in skills/research-paper-writing of taracodlabs/aiden.
- SKILL.md
- skill.json
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 3704204
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Questions about Research Paper Writing
What does Research Paper Writing do?
Pipeline for ML/AI research papers — lit review to LaTeX submission. Research Paper Writing is an agent skill from taracodlabs/aiden.
When should I use Research Paper Writing?
Research Paper Writing fits situations like: tasks that involve LaTeX; tasks that involve Literature review.
How do I install Research Paper Writing in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add taracodlabs/aiden --skill research-paper-writing -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/research-paper-writing in taracodlabs/aiden) into .claude/skills/research-paper-writing in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Research Paper Writing in Codex?
Run `npx skills add taracodlabs/aiden --skill research-paper-writing -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/research-paper-writing in taracodlabs/aiden) into .agents/skills/research-paper-writing in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Research Paper Writing 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 taracodlabs/aiden --skill research-paper-writing -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/research-paper-writing, .gemini/skills/research-paper-writing, .github/skills/research-paper-writing and .opencode/skills/research-paper-writing in your project.
What does Research Paper Writing need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Research Paper Writing is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: Python 3.
Does Research Paper Writing access the network?
SKILL.md names 2 domains. In commands or code: api.semanticscholar.org and github.com; the agent is likely to contact these when it follows the instructions. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Research Paper Writing 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. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Research Paper Writing use?
Research Paper Writing is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Research Paper Writing use?
About 1.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.9k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
What are the alternatives to Research Paper Writing?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Research Paper Writing: 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, 267 stars) and Paper Orchestra (Ar9av/PaperOrchestra, 679 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Research Paper Writing?
taracodlabs (a GitHub organization) maintains it in taracodlabs/aiden, which has 852 GitHub stars. The repository holds 63 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 13, 2026.
Source: taracodlabs/aiden on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.