What problem does it solve?
It solves the problem of spending too long manually searching, sorting, and summarizing literature by turning a query into a structured, citation-backed literature review with identified gaps.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Structured literature synthesis: Organizes results into theoretical contributions, empirical findings, methodological innovations, and open debates.
- Relevance-focused key papers: Produces a 5–15 paper shortlist ordered by relevance, including contributions, methods, and key findings where available.
- Gap identification with next steps: Extracts unanswered questions and suggests concrete follow-up actions for research design or reading priorities.
- BibTeX citation extraction: Outputs BibTeX entries for all discussed works, while explicitly avoiding fabricated citations and flagging uncertainty.
Quick Start
Ask Codex to run lit-review for your topic so it searches the repository’s supporting papers (and, when needed, the web), synthesizes the findings, identifies gaps, and writes the report to quality_reports/lit_review_[topic].md.