literature-review

Conduct systematic literature reviews across academic databases with verified citations and PDF output.

Updated Jun 18, 2026
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/svpfahad/RES200 --skill literature-review-svpfahad
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Skill: literature-review
Source: https://github.com/svpfahad/RES200/tree/main/claude-scientific-writer-main/.claude/skills/literature-review
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/svpfahad/RES200 --skill literature-review-svpfahad

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

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

What problem does it solve? Conducting a rigorous literature review requires searching multiple academic databases, deduplicating results, verifying every citation, and formatting output to publication standards—a slow, error-prone manual process. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Multi-Database Search: Query PubMed, bioRxiv, arXiv, Semantic Scholar, and specialized biomedical databases, then aggregate, deduplicate, and rank results by citation count. - Citation Verification: Automatically validate every DOI against CrossRef and generate correctly formatted references in APA, Nature, Vancouver, Chicago, or IEEE styles. - Professional Document Generation: Produce structured markdown reviews from a PRISMA-compliant template and convert them to PDFs via pandoc with table of contents and section numbering. - Use Case: A researcher writing a systematic review on CRISPR therapies for sickle cell disease searches three databases, screens 217 papers down to 52, synthesizes findings thematically, verifies all DOIs, and exports a publication-ready PDF. ## Quick Start Ask the AI to conduct a systematic literature review on your research topic, searching PubMed and bioRxiv, and generate a verified PDF report.

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 conduct a systematic literature review with multiple databases?

Define a research question using the PICO framework, then search at least three databases such as PubMed, bioRxiv, and Semantic Scholar. Aggregate results with search_databases.py to deduplicate by DOI, screen titles and abstracts against inclusion criteria, and synthesize findings thematically.

How do I verify DOIs and citations in a research paper?

Run verify_citations.py on your markdown file to extract every DOI, check it resolves via the DOI handle API, and pull metadata from CrossRef. The script outputs a JSON report of verified and failed DOIs plus formatted APA citations.

Which citation styles are supported for literature reviews?

The skill supports APA 7th edition, Nature, Vancouver, Chicago author-date, and IEEE styles. Detailed formatting rules are in references/citation_styles.md, and generate_pdf.py accepts a --citation-style flag for PDF rendering.

What dependencies are needed to generate a PDF from markdown?

PDF generation requires pandoc and a LaTeX engine such as xelatex installed on your system, plus the Python requests package for citation verification. Run generate_pdf.py --check-deps to confirm everything is installed.

Why should literature reviews include preprints from bioRxiv or arXiv?

Preprints capture the latest unpublished findings that peer-reviewed databases miss, which matters in fast-moving fields. The skill recommends including them while noting they are not peer-reviewed and checking whether a published version exists via CrossRef.