lit-review-scanner

name	lit_review_scanner
description	Run a literature scan over arXiv-oriented search results and return deduplicated candidate papers with lightweight metadata for downstream filtering.
backend	local_function
backend_ref	fn:lit_review_scanner
default_agent	retriever
output_artifact_type	rag_result
visibility	both
tags	["retrieval","multi-source","arxiv","academic","research"]
input_schema	{"topic":{"type":"string"},"sub_questions":{"type":"array"},"max_results":{"type":"integer"},"year_filter":{"type":"string"}}

Literature Review Scanner

Use this skill when the workflow needs a broad first-pass paper list before stricter reranking.

Workflow

1. Expand the topic with a small set of sub-question queries.
2. Search arXiv-oriented engines.
3. Deduplicate by URL.
4. Return a compact candidate list for stronger downstream filtering and extraction.