lit-review

Searches academic APIs and audits draft citations for existence, bibliography accuracy, and claim support.

31|3|Updated Jul 29, 2026
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/Zachariah9420/lit-review-skill --skill lit-review-zachariah9420
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent
Please help me install this Agent Skill.
Skill: lit-review
Source: https://github.com/Zachariah9420/lit-review-skill
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/Zachariah9420/lit-review-skill --skill lit-review-zachariah9420

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

💡 This Skill includes scripts (resource) and references (resource) and assets (resource) components.

What problem does it solve? Academic drafts often contain hallucinated references, incorrect bibliographic fields, and citations that do not actually support the sentences they are attached to. This Skill verifies every reference against Semantic Scholar, Crossref, arXiv, and OpenAlex, finds supporting literature for uncited claims, and produces grounded writing where every cited claim traces back to retrieved evidence. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Citation Auditing: Cross-checks each reference for existence, retraction status, field-by-field bibliography accuracy against Crossref, and whether the abstract supports the specific sentence citing it. - Literature Discovery: Extracts claims from a draft, searches academic databases, snowballs through citation networks, and exports RIS, BibTeX, or EndNote XML files. - Grad Toolkit: Thirteen thesis-lifecycle commands including literature matrix, field map, research-gap verification, note cards, citation-integrity checks, counter-evidence search, and evidence-strength grading. - Use Case: A graduate student runs check chapter2.docx before a thesis defense and receives a report flagging one fabricated reference, two wrong years, a retracted paper, and three citations whose abstracts only partially support the claims. ## Quick Start Ask the agent to check the citations in your draft file, or paste a paragraph and ask it to find supporting literature for that paragraph.

Frequently Asked Questions about lit-review

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

FAQPage Schema
How do I check if citations in my paper are real?

Run the check command on your draft file, such as a .docx or .md file. Each reference is cross-checked against Crossref and Semantic Scholar for existence, then compared field-by-field for bibliographic accuracy, with a retraction lookup on every DOI.

How to find supporting literature for a thesis paragraph?

Paste the paragraph and use the find command. The skill extracts claims, searches Semantic Scholar, OpenAlex, and arXiv in English, snowballs through citation networks, and exports an RIS file importable into EndNote or Zotero.

Does it work with Chinese-language references?

Structured academic APIs barely index Chinese-language literature, so those entries are checked via Google Scholar when available at medium confidence, or flagged for manual review. Titles are never translated and force-matched against English databases.

Do I need API keys or paid accounts to use it?

No keys are required; the helper script is pure Python 3.8+ standard library. An optional free Semantic Scholar key and a Crossref mailto address in a .env file improve rate limits and stability.

What are the limitations of automated citation checking?

Default judgments are abstract-based, so paywalled papers without accessible abstracts are marked as cannot-judge rather than guessed. Books, industry proceedings, and PubMed/MEDLINE content have weak coverage, and APA author-year integrity checks are unsupported.