lit-review-synthesis skillA
lit-review-synthesis is agent-read markdown (skill) from khaledsaeed18/dotclaude: Build a literature review as an argument from paper-reader notes: cluster the notes into themes, surface agreements, tensions, and methodological patterns, locate the gap the thesis fills, and draft the review chapter so that each paragraph advances a claim rather than summarising one paper. Every citation comes from the notes and the .bib. Use when the reading is done and the related-work or background chapter needs writing, or when a draft review reads like an annotated bibliography..
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What the file says
A literature review is an argument that ends in the gap. It is not a sequence of "Smith (2023) did X. Jones (2024) did Y." Every paragraph makes a point about the field, and papers appear as evidence for that point. This skill works only from `paper-reader` notes so that every sentence about a paper is traceable. ## Inputs 1. `research/notes/*.md` (the notes; refuse to proceed with fewer than five, and say why). 2. `research/QUESTION.md` (the research question the review must lead to). 3. `references.bib` (keys must match note front matter). 4. Target length and the department's expected structure, if any. ## Step 1: build the evidence matrix Read every note and tabulate, in `research/evidence-matrix.md`: | key | year | type | setting | method | main finding | limitation | relevance | themes | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | The `themes` column is filled in Step 2. This table is a thesis artifact in its own right (appendix material) and lets the student see the field at a glance. ## Step 2: find the structure …
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How to install
mdr add khaledsaeed18/dotclaude/lit-review-synthesis@git:20260921.3cfc2b3mdr add khaledsaeed18/dotclaude/lit-review-synthesis@sha256:bee3204f374d636bPin to a label to follow the author's releases, or to a sha256 to freeze the exact bytes forever. Either way the resolved hash is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install reproduces it on any machine.
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Source
khaledsaeed18/dotclaude · 5 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-22 · branch main
API
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