| name | obsidian-literature-workflow |
| description | Use this skill for project-scoped literature review built on Sources/Papers, with synthesis landing in Knowledge, writing handoff in Writing, and the default literature canvas under Maps/literature.canvas. |
| version | 1.0.0 |
Obsidian Literature Workflow
This skill owns the project literature workflow.
Main flow
Sources/Papers/ -> Knowledge/ -> Writing/ -> Maps/literature.canvas
Default outputs
Sources/Papers/{paper-slug}.md
Knowledge/Literature Overview.md
Knowledge/Method Taxonomy.md
Knowledge/Research Gaps.md
Knowledge/Claim Map.md
Writing/related-work-draft.md only after promoted claims pass the evidence gate
Writing/comparison-matrix.md only after promoted claims pass the evidence gate
Maps/literature.canvas
Rules
- paper notes stay under
Sources/Papers/
- literature synthesis does not live inside source notes
- every synthesis note must link its supporting source notes
- every research gap must carry evidence
- every promoted claim must carry an Evidence Record ID, source type, claim strength, allowed wording, and forbidden stronger wording when it may flow into writing or rebuttal
- weak paper notes, abstract-only pages, and webpage placeholders may update coverage or
To-Read, but they cannot support Knowledge or Writing conclusions
- default graph output is
Maps/literature.canvas
- do not generate extra canvases unless explicitly requested
Read next
references/PAPER-NOTE-SCHEMA.md
references/LITERATURE-OVERVIEW.md
references/CLAIM-EXTRACTION.md
references/METHOD-TAXONOMY.md
references/RESEARCH-GAPS.md
references/LITERATURE-CANVAS.md