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Lit Review Assistant

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meleantonio·vlatest·frontend

Quickly synthesizes relevant research papers and extracts key findings for your literature review needs.

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    $ npx skills add meleantonio/awesome-econ-ai-stuff --skill lit-review-assistant -a claude-code

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meleantonio

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About this skill

The lit-review-assistant skill streamlines academic research by automatically searching for relevant literature and synthesizing findings into structured summaries. It helps researchers quickly identify key themes, methodologies, and gaps in existing studies within specific domains.

When to use it

  • Conducting rapid background research before starting a new thesis or dissertation chapter.
  • Generating an initial annotated bibliography for a systematic review project.
  • Identifying conflicting conclusions across multiple papers on the same topic.
  • Preparing concise literature overviews for grant proposals or conference submissions.

Key capabilities

  • Automated discovery of relevant academic papers based on user-defined criteria.
  • Synthesis of complex research findings into coherent narrative summaries.
  • Extraction of key methodological approaches and data sources from source texts.
  • Organization of scattered literature into thematic clusters for easier analysis.

Example prompts

  • "Find the top 10 recent papers on machine learning applications in climate modeling and summarize their main contributions."
  • "Analyze the methodologies used in studies regarding remote work productivity over the last five years."
  • "Identify gaps in current research concerning the economic impact of AI regulation in the European Union."

Tips & gotchas

Ensure you provide clear, specific search parameters to avoid retrieving irrelevant or overly broad results. While the assistant excels at synthesis, always verify citations against original sources for critical academic work.