# alphaXiv agent skills for Claude Code, Cursor and RevampKey

> Ready-made alphaXiv playbooks for AI agents: literature review from alphaXiv, deep-read one paper with alphaXiv AI. Free SKILL.md files for Claude Code, Cursor and Codex, or one click in RevampKey.

## Skills

- [Use the alphaXiv connector with AI](https://revampkey.com/marketplace/alphaxiv/skills/essentials.md): Sets up and operates the alphaXiv connector: confirms sign-in or API-key access, picks the right search, feed, reading or code tool for the input you have, and reports errors clearly. The connector is read-only.
- [Literature review from alphaXiv](https://revampkey.com/marketplace/alphaxiv/skills/literature-review.md): Builds a sourced survey of prior work on one research question, running two discovery passes, triaging candidates and reading the shortlist. It returns an annotated bibliography with caveats and explicit coverage gaps.
- [Deep-read one paper with alphaXiv AI](https://revampkey.com/marketplace/alphaxiv/skills/paper-deep-read.md): Works through a single arXiv or alphaXiv paper: pulls the structured report and full text, answers targeted questions against the PDF with page citations, checks claims against linked code, and sorts what the paper shows from what it only asserts. Read-only; it never changes your account.

## Install

- RevampKey: connect alphaXiv at https://revampkey.com/marketplace/alphaxiv; the skills come with it.
- Any Agent Skills tool, into the current project:

```bash
for s in essentials literature-review paper-deep-read; do
  curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .agents/skills/alphaxiv-$s/SKILL.md https://revampkey.com/marketplace/alphaxiv/skills/$s/SKILL.md
done
```

### What is a alphaXiv agent skill?

A SKILL.md file: a short playbook an AI agent loads when your request matches it. Each alphaXiv skill describes one job, which alphaXiv tools to use in which order, what to check first and when to stop and ask you.

### Do the alphaXiv skills change anything on their own?

3 of the 3 only read. The others tell the agent to show you the change and wait for a yes before it creates, edits or deletes anything in alphaXiv.

### Which tools can use these skills?

Any agent that reads the open Agent Skills format: Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, VS Code with Copilot and RevampKey. In RevampKey they are attached when you connect alphaXiv; elsewhere you copy the folders into your project or skills directory.

### Do I need the alphaXiv MCP server too?

Yes. The skills tell the agent how to do the work; the alphaXiv MCP server gives it the tools to do it. The alphaXiv MCP setup guide covers every client.

MCP setup guide: https://revampkey.com/marketplace/alphaxiv.md