What problem does it solve? Conducting a literature review requires manually searching multiple sources, reading dozens of papers, and synthesizing findings into a coherent summary. This Skill automates that process by searching your Zotero library, Obsidian notes, local PDF collections, and the web in one unified workflow, then producing a structured literature table with citations. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Multi-Source Search: Queries Zotero (via MCP), Obsidian vaults, local PDF folders, arXiv API, and web search with automatic de-duplication across sources. - Structured Synthesis: Extracts each paper's problem, method, results, and relevance, then groups papers by theme and identifies research gaps. - Citation Export: Pulls BibTeX entries from Zotero for direct use in academic writing. - Use Case: A researcher starting a new project on diffusion models runs the skill to scan their existing Zotero annotations and local PDFs, fill gaps with recent arXiv papers, and receive a comparison table plus a narrative summary of the field. ## Quick Start Ask the assistant to find papers and do a literature review on your research topic, optionally restricting sources with a directive like sources: zotero, web.
