Agent skill

Lit Review Assistant

by meleantonio in meleantonio/awesome-econ-ai-stuff

Search, summarize, and synthesize economics literature. An agent skill from meleantonio/awesome-econ-ai-stuff.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Lit Review Assistant

skills CLI
$ npx skills add meleantonio/awesome-econ-ai-stuff --skill lit-review-assistant -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install meleantonio/awesome-econ-ai-stuff lit-review-assistant --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/meleantonio/awesome-econ-ai-stuff.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/_skills/literature/lit-review-assistant .claude/skills/lit-review-assistant && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
lit-review-assistant
GitHub stars
646
Used in
2 other repos
Token cost
~1.7k tokens
SKILL.md length
389 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
14
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Search, summarize, and synthesize economics literature. An agent skill from meleantonio/awesome-econ-ai-stuff.

  • Works in 4 steps: Define the Research Domain → Structure the Search → Organize and Synthesize → …
  • Tasks that involve Citation management
  • SKILL.md covers Purpose, When to Use, Instructions and Example Output: Literature…, plus 6 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Lit Review Assistant is an agent skill from meleantonio/awesome-econ-ai-stuff. Search, summarize, and synthesize economics literature

Its SKILL.md is about 1.7k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 1 other file (for example `index.md`). Compatibility notes: ["claude-code","cursor","codex","gemini-cli"]

It sits in Research & Science, covering Citation management and Literature review. The repository describes itself as: AI Skills for Economists.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Citation management
  • Tasks that involve Literature review

Example prompts

  • “/lit-review-assistant”

Requirements

  • Compatibility (from SKILL.md): ["claude-code","cursor","codex","gemini-cli"]

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Define the Research Domain
  2. Structure the Search
  3. Organize and Synthesize
  4. Identify Patterns and Gaps

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit dd890d5. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are markdown).

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • aeaweb.org
    • nber.org
    • ideas.repec.org
    • connectedpapers.com

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

  • Compatibility

    ["claude-code","cursor","codex","gemini-cli"]

    From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Lit Review Assistant loads about 1.7k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 19 tokens; SKILL.md has 389 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~19
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.7k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 389 words (~1,672 tokens).

“This skill helps economists conduct literature reviews by structuring searches, summarizing papers, and synthesizing findings. It provides templates for organizing literature and identifying research gaps.”

— opening of SKILL.md by meleantonio, Custom licence
name
lit-review-assistant
compatibility
["claude-code","cursor","codex","gemini-cli"]
workflow_stage
literature
author
Awesome Econ AI Community
version
1.0.0
tags
literature-review, papers, citations, synthesis

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in _skills/literature/lit-review-assistant of meleantonio/awesome-econ-ai-stuff.

  • SKILL.md
  • index.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit dd890d5

Used in 2 other repositories

We found 3 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 2 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in meleantonio/awesome-econ-ai-stuff, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Literature Reviewneflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent12620 repos~5.9kAutomated safety check: NotesMIT
Preprint Search on bioRxivLigphiDonk/Oh-my--paper73912 repos~3.7kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Academic Paper Writing PipelineImbad0202/academic-research-skills51k—~16kAutomated safety check: PassCustom licence
Deep Research WorkflowTokenRhythm/opensquilla7.1k—~1.3kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0

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Questions about Lit Review Assistant

What does Lit Review Assistant do?

Search, summarize, and synthesize economics literature. An agent skill from meleantonio/awesome-econ-ai-stuff. Lit Review Assistant is an agent skill from meleantonio/awesome-econ-ai-stuff.

When should I use Lit Review Assistant?

Lit Review Assistant fits situations like: tasks that involve Citation management; tasks that involve Literature review.

How do I install Lit Review Assistant in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add meleantonio/awesome-econ-ai-stuff --skill lit-review-assistant -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (_skills/literature/lit-review-assistant in meleantonio/awesome-econ-ai-stuff) into .claude/skills/lit-review-assistant in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Lit Review Assistant in Codex?

Run `npx skills add meleantonio/awesome-econ-ai-stuff --skill lit-review-assistant -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (_skills/literature/lit-review-assistant in meleantonio/awesome-econ-ai-stuff) into .agents/skills/lit-review-assistant in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Lit Review Assistant in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add meleantonio/awesome-econ-ai-stuff --skill lit-review-assistant -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/lit-review-assistant, .gemini/skills/lit-review-assistant, .github/skills/lit-review-assistant and .opencode/skills/lit-review-assistant in your project.

What does Lit Review Assistant need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Lit Review Assistant is instructions for the agent only. Compatibility (from SKILL.md): ["claude-code","cursor","codex","gemini-cli"].

Does Lit Review Assistant access the network?

SKILL.md names 4 domains. As links in the text: aeaweb.org, nber.org, ideas.repec.org and connectedpapers.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Lit Review Assistant safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Lit Review Assistant use?

Lit Review Assistant has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Lit Review Assistant use?

About 1.7k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.7k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Lit Review Assistant?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Lit Review Assistant: Systematic Review Screener (Imbad0202/academic-research-skills, 51k stars), Literature Review (neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent, 126 stars), Preprint Search on bioRxiv (LigphiDonk/Oh-my--paper, 739 stars) and Academic Paper Writing Pipeline (Imbad0202/academic-research-skills, 51k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Lit Review Assistant?

meleantonio (a GitHub user) maintains it in meleantonio/awesome-econ-ai-stuff, which has 646 GitHub stars. The repository holds 14 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 26, 2026.

Source: meleantonio/awesome-econ-ai-stuff on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.