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askalphaxiv promotes an alphaXiv workflow for Claude Code research that replaces direct PDF reading with a SKILL.md pulling structured paper overviews. The claim is that AI-friendly summaries are a better input format than raw PDFs, and the post received strong engagement shortly after publication on 2026-03-09.

title: @askalphaxiv: If you're using Claude Code for research: stop making it read directly from PDFs...
author: askalphaxiv
contenttype: twitterpost
published: 2026-03-09T21:29:08+00:00
source_url: https://x.com/askalphaxiv/status/2031120122619060445

word_count: 27

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If you're using Claude Code for research: stop making it read directly from PDFs We've introduced a SKILL.md that fetches structured, AI-friendly paper overviews from alphaXiv 👀

Posted: 2026-03-09T21:29:08.000Z
Engagement: 3279 likes, 417 retweets, 66 replies