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name: arxivterminal description: CLI tool (arxivterminal) for fetching, searching, and managing arXiv papers locally. Use when working with arXiv papers using the arxivterminal command - fetching new papers by category, searching the local database, viewing papers from specific dates, or managing the local paper database.

arXivTerminal

CLI tool for managing arXiv papers with local database storage.

Quick Reference

Fetch Papers from arXiv

When you need to download papers from arXiv and store them locally:

• Use arxiv fetch --num-days N --categories CATEGORIES
• See arxivterminal-fetch.md for detailed options and examples

Search Local Database

When you need to search papers already in your local database:

• Use arxiv search QUERY
• See arxivterminal-search.md for search options including experimental semantic search

Show Papers by Date

When you need to view papers from a specific time period:

• Use arxiv show --days-ago N
• See arxivterminal-show.md for details

Database Statistics

When you need to check what's in your database:

• Use arxiv stats
• See arxivterminal-stats.md for output format

Database Management

When you need to clean up or reset your database:

• Use arxiv delete-all
• See arxivterminal-management.md for database location and backup procedures

Data Storage

• Database: ~/Library/Application Support/arxivterminal/papers.db
• Logs: ~/Library/Logs/arxivterminal/arxivterminal.log

Common Workflows

Daily Research Workflow

Copyarxiv fetch --num-days 1 --categories cs.AI,cs.CL
arxiv search -e -l 20 "large language models"

Weekly Review

Copyarxiv fetch --num-days 7 --categories cs.AI,cs.LG,cs.CV
arxiv stats