PaperScope CLI

Website: https://paperscope.ai CLI Tool: paperscope NPM Package: @paperscope/cli Repository: https://npmjs.com/package/@paperscope/cli Authentication: API Key (browser login)

Description

PaperScope CLI is a command-line tool for searching and reading AI research papers. It provides access to 49,467+ AI papers with features like trending papers, keyword search, AI-generated paper summaries, quizzes, and conference paper browsing. Designed for developers and AI agents to quickly access academic research from the terminal.

Install

npm install -g @paperscope/cli
# or
bun install -g @paperscope/cli

Or run directly with npx:

npx @paperscope/cli trending

Setup

# Login to get API key (opens browser)
paperscope login

# Verify login
paperscope trending

Commands

Examples

View Trending Papers

paperscope trending

Search Papers

# Search by keyword
paperscope search "transformer attention"

# Search with tag filter (20 research direction tags available)
paperscope search "vision" --tags cv

Read Paper with AI Summary

# Get paper details
paperscope read 2401.12345

# Get AI-generated blog-style explanation
paperscope read 2401.12345 --blog

Browse Conference Papers

# Browse CVPR papers
paperscope conf cvpr

# Browse NeurIPS papers
paperscope conf neurips

# Browse ACL papers
paperscope conf acl

Quiz Yourself

# Test your understanding of a paper
paperscope quiz 2401.12345

AI Agent Integration

PaperScope CLI works as a paper information source for AI agents. Use with Claude Code or Cursor to let your AI assistant search latest papers.

# In Claude Code / Cursor
# Ask the agent to search for papers
paperscope search "multimodal learning"

MCP Server also available for direct integration.

Notes

• Paper count: 49,467+ AI papers indexed
• Conferences: CVPR, ACL, NeurIPS and more
• AI summaries: --blog flag generates readable explanations
• Research tags: 20 research direction tags for filtering
• Agent-friendly: Designed for both human developers and AI agents