alaliqing/claude-paper/webui

Claude Code and agent skill by alaliqing/claude-paper

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Start the Claude Paper web viewer to browse and study papers

Install

npx vskill@latest install alaliqing/claude-paper/webui

SKILL.md

Start Web UI

This skill starts the Claude Paper web viewer using the production Nuxt.js server.

Step 1: Check and Install Dependencies (First Run Only)

Check if web dependencies are installed (with corruption check):

bash
cd "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/src/web"
if [ ! -d "node_modules" ]; then
echo "First run - installing web dependencies..."
npm ci
echo "Web dependencies installed!"
elif [ ! -f "node_modules/.package-lock.json" ] || [ ! -d "node_modules/nuxt" ]; then
echo "ERROR: node_modules is corrupted, performing clean install..."
rm -rf node_modules
npm ci
echo "Web dependencies installed!"
else
echo "Dependencies already installed"
fi

Step 2: Build Production Server (auto-rebuilds on plugin update)

Build if needed or if plugin version changed:

bash
cd ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/src/web
PLUGIN_VERSION=$(node -e "console.log(require('${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/.claude-plugin/plugin.json').version)")
BUILD_VERSION=""
if [ -f ".output/.build-version" ]; then
BUILD_VERSION=$(cat ".output/.build-version")
fi
if [ ! -f ".output/server/index.mjs" ] || [ "$PLUGIN_VERSION" != "$BUILD_VERSION" ]; then
echo "Building production server (v${PLUGIN_VERSION})..."
npm run build
echo "$PLUGIN_VERSION" > .output/.build-version
echo "Build complete!"
else
echo "Production build is up to date (v${BUILD_VERSION})"
fi

Step 3: Check Port Availability

Ensure port 5815 is available (with version check restart):

bash
# Get version info for comparison
PLUGIN_VERSION=$(node -e "console.log(require('${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/.claude-plugin/plugin.json').version)")
BUILD_VERSION=""
if [ -f ".output/.build-version" ]; then
BUILD_VERSION=$(cat ".output/.build-version")
fi
if lsof -i :5815 > /dev/null 2>&1; then
echo "INFO: Port 5815 is already in use"
PID_FILE="/tmp/claude-paper-webui.pid"
if [ -f "$PID_FILE" ] && kill -0 $(cat "$PID_FILE") 2>/dev/null; then
# Check version match - restart if plugin was updated
if [ "$PLUGIN_VERSION" = "$BUILD_VERSION" ]; then
echo "Claude Paper web UI is already running (version ${PLUGIN_VERSION})"
echo "Access it at: http://localhost:5815"
exit 0
else
echo "Version mismatch: running ${BUILD_VERSION}, need ${PLUGIN_VERSION}"
echo "Stopping old server..."
kill $(cat "$PID_FILE") 2>/dev/null
sleep 2
rm -f "$PID_FILE"
echo "Old server stopped, will restart with new version"
fi
else
echo "ERROR: Port 5815 is occupied by another process"
exit 1
fi
fi

Step 4: Start Production Server

Start the server in background:

bash
HOST=127.0.0.1 PORT=5815 node .output/server/index.mjs &
SERVER_PID=$!
# Save PID for later cleanup
echo $SERVER_PID > /tmp/claude-paper-webui.pid
echo "Server PID: $SERVER_PID"

Step 5: Verify Server Health

Wait for server to be ready:

bash
timeout=10
while [ $timeout -gt 0 ]; do
if curl -s http://localhost:5815/api/papers > /dev/null 2>&1; then
echo "Server is ready!"
break
fi
sleep 1
timeout=$((timeout - 1))
done
if [ $timeout -eq 0 ]; then
echo "ERROR: Server failed to start properly"
kill $SERVER_PID 2>/dev/null
rm -f /tmp/claude-paper-webui.pid
exit 1
fi

Step 6: Inform User

Tell the user the web viewer is available and provide cleanup instructions:

Claude Paper web UI is now running!
Access it at: http://localhost:5815
To stop the server, run:
kill $(cat /tmp/claude-paper-webui.pid)

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