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literature-review
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Synthesize academic literature through grounded discussions among simulated expert perspectives.
Conduct comprehensive literature reviews using multi-perspective dialogue simulation. Generate diverse expert personas, conduct grounded Q&A conversations, and synthesize findings into structured knowledge. Use when starting a new research project or writing a survey section.
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# Literature Review Conduct deep literature reviews through multi-perspective dialogue and systematic search. ## Input - `$0` — Research topic or question - `$1` — Optional: specific focus or angle ## References - Multi-perspective dialogue prompts (STORM): `~/.claude/skills/literature-review/references/dialogue-prompts.md` - Literature review workflow (AgentLaboratory): `~/.claude/skills/literature-review/references/review-workflow.md` ## Scripts (from literature-search skill) ```bash # Search Semantic Scholar python ~/.claude/skills/deep-research/scripts/search_semantic_scholar.py --query "topic" --max-results 20 # Search OpenAlex python ~/.claude/skills/literature-search/scripts/search_openalex.py --query "topic" --max-results 20 # Search arXiv python ~/.claude/skills/deep-research/scripts/search_arxiv.py --query "topic" --max-results 10 ``` ## Workflow ### Step 1: Generate Expert Personas (from STORM) Given the topic, create 3-5 diverse expert personas: - Each represents a different perspective, role, or research angle - Example: "ML systems researcher focused on efficiency", "Theoretical statistician concerned with guarantees" - Use the persona generation prompts from references ### Step 2: Multi-Perspective Dialogue For each persona, simulate a multi-turn Q&A conversation: 1. **Persona asks a question** from their unique angle 2. **Generate search queries** from the question 3. **Search literature** using the search scripts 4. **Synthesize an answer** grounded in retrieved papers with inline citations 5. **Record the dialogue turn** with search results 6. Repeat for 3-5 turns per persona 7. End when persona says "Thank you so much for your help!" ### Step 3: Synthesize Knowledge - Combine all persona conversations into a unified knowledge base - Remove redundancy across personas - Organize by theme/subtopic - Generate an outline based on the collected information ### Step 4: Generate Literature Review - Write a structured review organized by the generated outline - Every claim must be supported by a citation - Include a summary table of key papers (method, contribution, limitations) ## Output A structured literature review with: 1. **Outline** — Hierarchical topic structure 2. **Per-section summaries** — Each grounded in retrieved papers 3. **Paper database** — Structured entries for all reviewed papers 4. **Knowledge gaps** — Identified areas needing further investigation ## Rules - Every sentence in the review must be supported by gathered information - If information is not found, explicitly state the gap - Cite broadly — cover diverse approaches, not just the most popular - Include recent papers (last 2-3 years) alongside foundational work - Use inline citations: "Smith et al. [1] propose..." ## Related Skills - Upstream: [literature-search](../literature-search/), [deep-research](../deep-research/) - Downstream: [related-work-writing](../related-work-writing/), [research-planning](../research-planning/) - See also: [survey-generation](../survey-generation/)