Description
literature-review is an agent skill from the davila7 claude-code-templates collection, listed on skills.sh. It conducts systematic, comprehensive literature reviews using academic databases such as PubMed, arXiv, bioRxiv and Semantic Scholar. The skill follows a rigorous academic method: it searches several databases, synthesises the findings by theme, checks every citation for accuracy, and produces the output as a markdown document and a PDF. It draws database access from other scientific skills, including gget, bioservices and datacommons-client, and it adds its own tools for citation verification, aggregating results and generating the document. The skill's guidance covers when to use it: for a systematic review for research or publication, a synthesis of current knowledge on a topic, a meta-analysis or scoping review, the literature section of a paper or thesis, a survey of the state of the art, or to find research gaps. It is for researchers who need verified citations and a properly formatted review.…
Highlights
- Searches PubMed, arXiv, bioRxiv and Semantic Scholar
- Thematic synthesis of findings
- Citation verification
- Markdown and PDF output
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literature-review FAQ
What does the literature-review skill do?
It runs a systematic literature search across academic databases, synthesises the findings by theme and writes the review in markdown and PDF.
How do I install it?
Run: npx skills add https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates --skill literature-review
Which databases does it search?
PubMed, arXiv, bioRxiv, Semantic Scholar and others, according to the description.
Are the citations checked?
Yes. The skill includes citation verification as one of its core steps.
Has it been checked for security?
skills.sh lists three audits: Gen Agent Trust Hub Pass, Socket Pass and Snyk Warn. A Warn or Fail is worth reading before you install.
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