literature-review

name	literature-review
description	Plan, conduct, evaluate, and write rigorous literature reviews, scoping reviews, systematic review drafts, annotated bibliographies, evidence maps, and research syntheses. Use when the user asks for literature search strategy, paper screening, inclusion/exclusion criteria, PRISMA-style workflow, evidence tables, thematic synthesis, gap analysis, research background sections, related work sections, citation quality checks, or review of medical, scientific, technical, product, policy, or academic literature.
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Literature Review

Use this skill to turn a broad research question into a traceable review process with explicit search logic, screened evidence, and defensible synthesis.

Workflow

1. Define the review question.

   • Convert vague topics into a focused question using PICO, SPIDER, PCC, or a simpler topic-scope-outcome frame.
   • State population/domain, intervention or concept, comparator if any, outcomes, timeframe, geography, and document types.
   • If the user has not provided scope, make conservative assumptions and label them.

2. Plan the search.

   • Use references/search-strategy.md when designing queries, databases, source types, or grey literature searches.
   • Build query blocks from concepts, synonyms, acronyms, variant spellings, standards/regulations, and product or method names.
   • For current, medical, legal, regulatory, or safety-sensitive topics, browse and cite primary or authoritative sources.

3. Screen sources.

   • Use references/screening-and-extraction.md for inclusion/exclusion criteria and extraction fields.