literature-survey-skill

Run `npx skills add SNL-UCSB/literature-survey-skill --all -g -y` in your terminal to install the skill globally. You also need the NotebookLM MCP CLI configured as a backend, which takes about five minutes using the included setup guide.

This skill offloads the plumbing of a survey: it ingests papers into NotebookLM, extracts claims with exact quotes, builds landscape maps, and prioritizes which papers deserve deep reading. You focus on forming hypotheses and spotting research gaps instead of chasing citations.

It is built for PhD students and researchers running surveys of 10 to 150+ papers. It is tuned for systems and networking venues like SIGCOMM and NSDI but adapts to any research field.

Yes. The skill runs inside Claude Code and uses NotebookLM as a grounded query backend, while all your notes and synthesis files stay in local markdown files you fully control.

Yes. The reading note, triage, and synthesis templates work standalone in Obsidian or any markdown editor, and the writing craft and figure analysis guides are useful for lab reading groups.