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literature-review

Runs systematic literature reviews by searching PubMed, arXiv, bioRxiv, and Semantic Scholar (plus web search via parallel-cli), screening studies, extracting data, synthesizing themes, and verifying citations with verify_citations.py. Produces a markdown and PDF review with a PRISMA-style flow diagram and a bibliography in APA, Nature, or Vancouver style. Use when conducting a systematic or scoping review, synthesizing research on a topic, writing the literature review section of a paper or thesis, identifying research gaps, or checking citations in a review. Not for looking up a single paper or database record; use the specific database skill instead.
Category: literature-review · License: MIT · Version: 1.8

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When to use it

Runs systematic literature reviews by searching PubMed, arXiv, bioRxiv, and Semantic Scholar (plus web search via parallel-cli), screening studies, extracting data, synthesizing themes, and verifying citations with verify_citations.py. Produces a markdown and PDF review with a PRISMA-style flow diagram and a bibliography in APA, Nature, or Vancouver style. Use when conducting a systematic or scoping review, synthesizing research on a topic, writing the literature review section of a paper or thesis, identifying research gaps, or checking citations in a review. Not for looking up a single paper or database record; use the specific database skill instead.

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Full playbook

Read SKILL.md for the complete workflow, references and any scripts. The agent installer copies the full skill folder.