literature-review

Automate systematic literature reviews across multiple databases with verified citations.

2|Updated Nov 15, 2025
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/dakesan/hiro-favorite-skills --skill literature-review-dakesan
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Skill: literature-review
Source: https://github.com/dakesan/hiro-favorite-skills/tree/main/skills/literature-review
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/dakesan/hiro-favorite-skills --skill literature-review-dakesan

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

💡 This Skill requires pandoc, requests, and includes scripts (resource) and references (resource) and assets (resource) components.

What problem does it solve?

This Skill automates comprehensive literature reviews across databases, synthesizes findings, verifies citations, and outputs professional Markdown and PDF documents.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Database integration: access PubMed, arXiv, bioRxiv, Semantic Scholar, and more.
  • Citation verification: validates DOIs, retrieves metadata, and formats references.
  • Output generation: produces Markdown and PDF deliverables with consistent citation styles.

Quick Start

Run the literature-review skill to search PubMed for "CRISPR" and generate a formatted literature summary in Markdown.

Frequently Asked Questions about literature-review

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

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How do I automate a systematic literature review across multiple databases?

Systematic literature reviews automate comprehensive searches across PubMed, arXiv, bioRxiv, and Semantic Scholar, then aggregate results with verified citations. This Skill integrates multi-database queries, validates DOIs, and formats references in multiple styles to produce professional Markdown and PDF outputs for meta-analyses and research syntheses.

Can I generate formatted citations and verify DOIs automatically?

Citation verification retrieves and validates DOI metadata, then formats references in multiple styles automatically. The Skill checks citation accuracy across databases and integrates verified metadata into your output documents, eliminating manual reference checking.

What's the best way to convert literature review data into PDF and Markdown?

Document generation produces professional Markdown and PDF deliverables with consistent citation styles from aggregated literature data. Pandoc handles conversion while the Skill maintains formatting integrity and citation rigor across both output formats.

Does this work with PubMed, arXiv, and other academic databases?

Multi-database integration accesses PubMed, arXiv, bioRxiv, Semantic Scholar, and additional sources through tools like gget and bioservices. The Skill aggregates results across all connected databases into a single unified literature review.

Can I use this for scoping reviews and research syntheses beyond meta-analyses?

This Skill supports meta-analyses, scoping reviews, and research syntheses with the same database integration and citation rigor. Each review type receives professional formatted output with verified references appropriate to your research methodology.

What dependencies do I need to run a literature review?

Pandoc and requests are required; the Skill also uses gget, bioservices, and datacommons-client for database access and citation retrieval. These handle document generation, HTTP requests, and cross-database queries seamlessly.