literature-review

Summarize academic PDF publications into structured Markdown with per-claim source citations.

3|1|Updated Mar 7, 2026
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/Plusero/agentic-research-skills --skill literature-review-plusero
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Skill: literature-review
Source: https://github.com/Plusero/agentic-research-skills/tree/main/resources/skills/literature-review
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/Plusero/agentic-research-skills --skill literature-review-plusero

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve? Reading dense academic papers and manually tracking where each claim appears is slow and error-prone. This Skill converts an academic PDF into a structured Markdown summary where every contribution, limitation, open question, and reproducibility detail is tied to a pinpoint source location. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Categorized Extraction: Records claims under Contributions, Limitations, Open Questions, and Reproducibility Details with a fixed heading structure. - Pinpoint Citations: Attaches a page number plus a section, table, figure, equation, or short quoted phrase to every recorded claim. - Verification Checks: Validates that cited pages exist and that each cue appears on the cited page before writing the output file. - Use Case: A graduate student surveying papers for a thesis can point the Skill at a journal article PDF and receive a source-located summary file ready for a literature matrix. ## Quick Start Summarize the attached paper 'attention-survey.pdf' into a source-located Markdown literature review.

Frequently Asked Questions about literature-review

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

FAQPage Schema
How do I summarize a research paper PDF with source citations?

Provide the PDF path and the Skill extracts text with page boundaries, then records claims under Contributions, Limitations, Open Questions, and Reproducibility Details. Each claim gets a pinpoint citation with page number and a section, table, figure, or short quoted phrase.

How to track reproducibility details from academic papers?

The Skill captures dataset versions and splits, preprocessing, hyperparameters, initialization, stopping criteria, software versions, random seeds, hardware, and evaluation settings. Each detail is cited to its exact page and location in the paper.

What output format does the paper summary use?

The summary is written as a Markdown file named with a lowercase hyphenated slug of the paper title. It uses four fixed sections in order: Contributions, Limitations, Open Questions, and Reproducibility Details, each as a numbered list with source citations.

What happens if a paper has no stated limitations or future work?

The Skill does not force a minimum item count. If no source passage supports a category, it emits an empty section followed by the note 'No supported items found.' Unstated open questions may be labeled as Inferred with a supporting citation.

Does the summary verify that citations are accurate?

Yes. Before writing output, the Skill verifies that every cited page number exists in the PDF and that each section, table, figure, equation, or phrase cue actually occurs on the cited page.