What problem does it solve? Machine learning literature research is slow and error-prone: papers are scattered across arXiv, OpenReview, and conference proceedings, and it is easy to misattribute results or fabricate citations. This Skill provides a disciplined find-read-synthesize-compare-reproduce workflow that produces honest, source-grounded summaries, comparisons, and reproduction plans. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Structured paper summaries: Extract problem, key idea, method, setup, as-reported results, limitations, and lineage for each paper using a consistent template. - SOTA and method comparisons: Build comparison tables that only contrast numbers from comparable setups, flagging non-apples-to-apples results. - Literature reviews and lineage tracing: Group papers by approach, identify consensus and open problems, and trace how a technique evolved. - Reproduction plans: Document code, weights, dataset availability, under-specified details, and baselines for replicating a paper's claims. - Use Case: Ask "What is the SOTA for long-context retrieval?" and receive a synthesis of 3-8 primary-source papers, a comparison table with as-reported metrics, full linked references, and a recommended reading order. ## Quick Start Ask the agent to find and compare recent papers on a machine learning topic, such as "summarize and compare the latest methods for parameter-efficient fine-tuning with full citations."