> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# literature-review — AI agent skill for literature review

> Runs systematic literature reviews by searching PubMed, arXiv, bioRxiv, and Semantic Scholar (plus web search via parallel-cli), screening studies, extrac…

# `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](/skills#literature-review) · **License:** MIT · **Version:** 1.8

## Install

```bash theme={null}
npx research-agent-skills install literature-review
npx skills add KalarisLabs/research-agent-skills --skill literature-review
```

## 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.

## Full playbook

Read [SKILL.md](https://github.com/KalarisLabs/research-agent-skills/blob/main/skills/literature-review/SKILL.md) for the complete workflow, references and any scripts. The agent installer copies the full skill folder.