review-literature SKILL.md skillA

review-literature from sebastianelvis/reaper is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add sebastianelvis/reaper/review-literature@git:20260928.53b1c6a

Pins git:20260928.53b1c6a in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
sebastianelvis/reaper
Path
skills/review-literature/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
5
Latest version
git:20260928.53b1c6a, committed Sep 28, 2026
First version recorded
Apr 18, 2026
Size
10,955 bytes
Repository stars
10
License
Apache-2.0

This skill searches and reads related academic work. You use it to find prior results, related papers, or competing approaches.

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

# Review Literature

You must read and apply `references/language.md` from the installed `reaper` skill before you write any output.

## Usage

You invoke this skill by name with a quoted topic. Slash-command hosts use `/review-literature "<topic>"`.

```
review-literature "post-quantum threshold signatures"
```

## Instructions

### 1. Gather Context

You read `reaper-workspace/notes/paper-summary.md` if it exists. You extract technical terms, authors, cited works, and the research domain. You combine these details with the research goal to create queries.

### 2. Search Structured Sources

You invoke the `search-paper` skill for all paper searches. The `/search-paper` skill selects archives, categories, and filters. You supply at least one query for each primary search target. You assign each query to one target:

- **Direct:** The query names the exact problem without an author, technique, negative-result, or survey filter.
- **Author:** The query names key authors and the topic.
- **Technique:** The query names the proof or construction technique.
- **Variants:** The query changes the direct query to a related problem or different assumption.
…

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How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add sebastianelvis/reaper/review-literature@sha256:fd4443f3739bbd7f

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260928.53b1c6a, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.

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Versions

The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Apr 18, 2026 and Sep 28, 2026, about one every 41 days.

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git:20260928.53b1c6a latest2026-09-28 53b1c6a 10,955 BA view · diff
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git:20260912.5e864352026-09-12 5e86435 8,374 BA view · diff
git:20260502.5bc84e82026-05-02 5bc84e8 13,795 BA view · diff
git:20260418.ad012112026-04-18 ad01211 13,645 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (10955 bytes)
  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
  • pass: No text hidden with inline styles
  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
  • pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
  • pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
  • pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
  • pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
  • pass: No link to a raw IP address
  • pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

sebastianelvis/reaper · 10 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-09-28 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_526xu6qxrajuqohv
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=sebastianelvis/reaper/review-literature
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/fd4443f3739bbd7ffd5eed1953eceb98178169cde3e89b3b3f8ccfc70c0541c3

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