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literature-review · davila7 — Claude Code skill: reviews and setup

Builds structured literature reviews from academic databases, with screening, citation checks, and Markdown or PDF output. Useful for reviews and meta-analyses.

Install into Claude Code · claude-code-templates All methods and platforms ↓ 
npx claude-code-templates@latest --skill scientific/literature-review
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What literature-review does

This skill structures a literature review from the research question through search planning, database collection, deduplication, and study screening. It covers title, abstract, and full-text review, with documented inclusion and exclusion criteria. The workflow fits systematic, scoping, narrative, and meta-analytic research across scientific and technical subjects.

It can produce Markdown and PDF documents with citations formatted for APA, Nature, or Vancouver. The supplied workflow includes result aggregation with search_databases.py and a PRISMA diagram, plus at least one figure created through scientific-schematics. PubMed and bioRxiv searches use gget; other sources can be reached through APIs or domain-specific skills.

A connected gget skill is needed for the PubMed and bioRxiv routes, so those searches will not run without it.

What it helps with

  • define a research question and screening criteria
  • search several academic literature databases
  • deduplicate records by DOI or title
  • screen studies by title, abstract, and full text
  • generate a cited review in Markdown and PDF

Example prompts for the agent

  • Run a systematic review on CRISPR for sickle cell disease and define inclusion and exclusion criteria.
  • Search PubMed and bioRxiv, deduplicate the records with search_databases.py, and save aggregated_results.md.
  • Create a PRISMA diagram and format the final review with Vancouver citations.

How to install literature-review

1claude-code-templates

npx claude-code-templates@latest --skill scientific/literature-review

2Skills CLI (Vercel)

npx skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill literature-review -a claude-code

3Manually: put the files in place

~/.claude/skills/literature-review/SKILL.md

Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/literature-review/

Step by step, with commands for each platform: How to install skills in Claude Code: five ways

Questions about literature-review

How do I install literature-review in Claude Code?

Run npx skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill literature-review -a claude-code, then use ~/.claude/skills/literature-review/SKILL.md.

What does literature-review do?

It organizes database searches, combines records, removes duplicates, and guides study screening. The resulting review can be formatted as Markdown or PDF with a selected citation style.

What is needed to search PubMed and bioRxiv?

Those search paths use gget, so that skill must be connected before running searches against these databases.

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