# literature-review

Conducts academic literature reviews by simulating multi-persona expert dialogue. Organizes retrieved papers and identifies research gaps for new survey papers.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 4000 installs · ★ 433
- Author: lingzhi227
- License: not stated · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/lingzhi227/agent-research-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/literature-review/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-02-27
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/lingzhi227-literature-review

## What it does

The skill implements the STORM research workflow to inspect a topic through simulated expert perspectives. It accepts a core subject and an optional subfield focus. Next, it defines three to five specialist personas, each viewing the inquiry from a distinct angle.

During simulated Q&A rounds, the skill drafts queries and calls Python scripts to retrieve papers from Semantic Scholar, OpenAlex, and arXiv. Retrieved claims are linked to inline citations. Crucially, execution relies directly on local Python utilities from `deep-research` and `literature-search`, which will break the process if missing.

After completing dialogue turns, it synthesizes the collected findings by removing duplicates and clustering insights into themes. The resulting output contains an outline, section summaries, a table of surveyed papers, and identified research gaps.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add lingzhi227/agent-research-skills --skill literature-review -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/literature-review/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/literature-review/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add lingzhi227/agent-research-skills --skill literature-review -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/literature-review/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add lingzhi227/agent-research-skills --skill literature-review -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/literature-review/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install lingzhi227/agent-research-skills literature-review
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/literature-review/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add lingzhi227/agent-research-skills --skill literature-review -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/lingzhi227/agent-research-skills --path skills/literature-review
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/literature-review/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add lingzhi227/agent-research-skills --skill literature-review -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/lingzhi227/agent-research-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/literature-review/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- search academic papers across Semantic Scholar, OpenAlex, and arXiv
- simulate multi-perspective expert discussions on a research problem
- identify unanswered questions and gaps in existing literature
- compile a structured survey outline with per-section summaries and inline citations

## Example prompts
- Use literature-review to evaluate quantum computing applied to portfolio optimization
- literature-review: review graph neural network papers focusing on model scalability
- Run literature-review on multi-agent consensus mechanisms

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