Answering Research Questions

Automate literature reviews with search, evaluation, and synthesis phases.

118|12|Updated Oct 11, 2025
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/kthorn/research-superpower --skill answering-research-questions
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent
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Skill: Answering Research Questions
Source: https://github.com/kthorn/research-superpower/tree/main/skills/research/answering-research-questions
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/kthorn/research-superpower --skill answering-research-questions

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve?

Conducting comprehensive literature reviews is a multi-step, time-consuming process involving searching, screening, data extraction, and synthesis. This skill orchestrates the entire workflow, allowing you to focus on insights, not mechanics.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Systematic Workflow: Manages the full research lifecycle: parse query, search, evaluate, traverse citations, and synthesize findings.
  • Intelligent Orchestration: Integrates specialized skills for PubMed search, paper relevance evaluation, and citation network traversal.
  • Structured Output: Organizes all findings into a SUMMARY.md and relevant-papers.json for easy access and programmatic use.
  • Use Case: Instead of manually juggling multiple tools and tabs, simply ask Claude your research question, like "Find papers on BTK inhibitor selectivity with IC50 data." This skill will then systematically execute the entire research process, delivering organized findings directly to you.

Quick Start

Example: Start a new literature review

"Find papers on BTK inhibitor selectivity with IC50 data."

Frequently Asked Questions about Answering Research Questions

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

FAQPage Schema
How do I automate a literature review across multiple research papers?

Literature review automation orchestrates the full research workflow—parsing queries, searching databases, evaluating paper relevance, traversing citation networks, and synthesizing findings into structured outputs like SUMMARY.md and papers-reviewed.json, eliminating manual juggling of tools and tabs.

Can I extract data from scientific papers and organize findings systematically?

Data extraction from scientific papers is automated through a modular, phase-driven process that evaluates papers, extracts relevant information, maintains checkpoints for progress tracking, and delivers organized results with citations and structured artifacts for programmatic use.

What's the best way to conduct end-to-end research synthesis across topics?

End-to-end research synthesis combines systematic searching, intelligent paper evaluation, citation network traversal, and automated synthesis to produce comprehensive, trackable reviews with all findings consolidated into accessible JSON and markdown formats.

How do I search and evaluate papers on a specific research question?

Submit your research question to trigger automated searching, relevance evaluation against your criteria, intelligent filtering, and structured output delivery—transforming a manual multi-step process into a single orchestrated workflow with progress reporting.

Can I use this for domain-specific literature reviews like pharmaceutical research?

Domain-specific literature reviews work through specialized search integration and evaluation logic that handles technical terminology and domain-specific data types—enabling comprehensive reviews for fields like BTK inhibitor selectivity studies with structured IC50 data extraction.

What output formats do I get from an automated literature review?

Automated literature reviews produce structured artifacts including SUMMARY.md with synthesis findings, relevant-papers.json with machine-readable metadata, citation lists, and progress reporting throughout the workflow for tracking and downstream use.