literature-review

name	literature-review
description	Review economics and related social-science literature. Use when Codex needs to survey papers on a topic, build an annotated bibliography, compare a draft to prior work, identify contribution gaps, or turn notes and citations into a literature positioning memo.

Literature Review

Use this skill for synthesis, not citation dumping. The goal is to explain what the literature says, where papers disagree, and what gap the current project fills.

Workflow

1. Start from local material first:
   • manuscript draft
   • notes in quality_reports/
   • bibliography files
   • existing review memos
2. If outside search is needed, favor primary or publisher-hosted sources and recent surveys.
3. Group papers by question or mechanism, not by publication year.
4. End with a contribution memo that states:
   • the closest papers
   • the margin of difference
   • what evidence this project adds

Output rules

• Prefer an annotated table or short memo over long prose.
• Separate established facts from your inference about the gap.
• Quote sparingly and keep citations precise.

Load references as needed

• Read references/review-patterns.md for output formats and a compact review checklist.