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.
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- 1.8
- License
- MIT
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- skills/literature-review/SKILL.md
- skills/literature-review/assets/review_template.md
- skills/literature-review/references/citation_styles.md
- skills/literature-review/references/core_workflow.md
- skills/literature-review/references/database_strategies.md
- skills/literature-review/references/example_workflow.md
- skills/literature-review/references/search_and_citation.md
- skills/literature-review/scripts/generate_pdf.py
- skills/literature-review/scripts/generate_schematic.py
- skills/literature-review/scripts/generate_schematic_ai.py
- skills/literature-review/scripts/search_databases.py
- skills/literature-review/scripts/verify_citations.py
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