Literature Review

This handles the full systematic literature review workflow, from defining your research question through PICO frameworks to generating professionally formatted documents with verified citations. It searches across PubMed, arXiv, bioRxiv, and Semantic Scholar simultaneously, then walks you through deduplication, screening phases, and PRISMA flow diagrams. The standout requirement here is mandatory visual elements: every review must include at least one AI-generated schematic using the scientific-schematics skill, whether that's a PRISMA diagram, thematic synthesis visualization, or conceptual framework. It's built for researchers who need publication-ready literature reviews with proper methodology documentation, not just a pile of references. Supports multiple citation styles and exports to both markdown and PDF.

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last updated: Aug 21, 2026

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$ npx -y skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill literature-review --agent claude-code

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Literature Review

Overview

Conduct systematic, comprehensive literature reviews following rigorous academic methodology. Search multiple literature databases, synthesize findings thematically, verify all citations for accuracy, and generate professional output documents in markdown and PDF formats.

This skill integrates with multiple scientific skills for database access (gget, bioservices, datacommons-client) and provides specialized tools for citation verification, result aggregation, and document generation.