Nature Paper Card
Yuan1z0825/nature-skills
Builds a structured deep-reading card for one scientific paper, covering methods, how experiments support claims, limitations and research ideas, with a script to prepare the source.
Agent skill
Literature Review
by brycewang-stanford in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills
Build or audit a literature review: evidence map, gaps, synthesis plan.
Install Literature Review
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill literature-review -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills literature-review --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/54-scdenney-open-science-skills/skills/literature-review .claude/skills/literature-review && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "literature-review" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/54-scdenney-open-science-skills/skills/literature-review into .claude/skills/literature-review/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "literature-review", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/54-scdenney-open-science-skills/skills/literature-reviewType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill literature-review -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills literature-review --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/54-scdenney-open-science-skills/skills/literature-review .agents/skills/literature-review && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "literature-review" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/54-scdenney-open-science-skills/skills/literature-review into .agents/skills/literature-review/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "literature-review", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill literature-review -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills literature-review --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/54-scdenney-open-science-skills/skills/literature-review .cursor/skills/literature-review && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "literature-review" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/54-scdenney-open-science-skills/skills/literature-review into .cursor/skills/literature-review/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "literature-review", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git --path skills/54-scdenney-open-science-skills/skills/literature-review--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill literature-review -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills literature-review --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/54-scdenney-open-science-skills/skills/literature-review .gemini/skills/literature-review && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "literature-review" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/54-scdenney-open-science-skills/skills/literature-review into .gemini/skills/literature-review/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "literature-review", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills literature-reviewInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill literature-review -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/54-scdenney-open-science-skills/skills/literature-review .github/skills/literature-review && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "literature-review" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/54-scdenney-open-science-skills/skills/literature-review into .github/skills/literature-review/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "literature-review", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill literature-review -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills literature-review --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/54-scdenney-open-science-skills/skills/literature-review .opencode/skills/literature-review && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "literature-review" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/54-scdenney-open-science-skills/skills/literature-review into .opencode/skills/literature-review/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "literature-review", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
literature-review- GitHub stars
- 4.6k
- Token cost
- ~1.5k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 657 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 383
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
Build or audit a literature review: evidence map, gaps, synthesis plan.
- Works in 7 steps: Classify the review task → Define the question and boundaries → Build the source base → …
- Tasks that involve Literature review
- SKILL.md covers Heritage and scope, Instructions, Output and Quality checks
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Literature Review is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Build or audit a literature review: evidence map, gaps, synthesis plan.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.5k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
It sits in Research & Science, covering Literature review. The repository describes itself as: 🔬 A curated collection of 23,000+ agent skills for empirical research across 8 social science disciplines. | 精选 23,000+ AI Agent 技能库，覆盖8大社会科学学科的实证研究。CoPaper.AI…
When your agent uses it
- Tasks that involve Literature review
Example prompts
- “/literature-review”
Workflow steps
7 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
- Classify the review task
- Define the question and boundaries
- Build the source base
- Extract evidence, not summaries
- Cluster the literature
- Test the claimed gap
- Compose with sibling skills
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9fa87d8. 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.
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
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.
Context cost
Literature Review loads about 1.5k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 22 tokens; SKILL.md has 657 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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 657 words (~1,501 tokens).
“This is an original Open Science Skills workflow for experimental and computational social science. It remixes high-level ideas from Cheng-I Wu's Academic Research Skills for Claude Code (CC BY-NC 4.0), especially evidence mapping, source verification, and mode separation between narrative…”
- name
- literature-review
- argument-hint
- [topic, draft literature review, paper list, Zotero export, or claimed contribution]
Files
Just SKILL.md in skills/54-scdenney-open-science-skills/skills/literature-review of brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9fa87d8
Compare with similar skills
Literature Review next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Literature Review this skillbrycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills | 4.6k | — | ~1.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Nature Paper CardYuan1z0825/nature-skills | 47k | 2 repos | ~2.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Systematic Review ScreenerImbad0202/academic-research-skills | 51k | — | ~8.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Literature Reviewneflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent | 126 | 20 repos | ~5.9k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Preprint Search on bioRxivLigphiDonk/Oh-my--paper | 739 | 12 repos | ~3.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Academic Paper Writing PipelineImbad0202/academic-research-skills | 51k | — | ~16k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence |
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Questions about Literature Review
What does Literature Review do?
Build or audit a literature review: evidence map, gaps, synthesis plan. Literature Review is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Build or audit a literature review: evidence map, gaps, synthesis plan.
When should I use Literature Review?
Literature Review fits situations like: tasks that involve Literature review.
How do I install Literature Review in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill literature-review -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/54-scdenney-open-science-skills/skills/literature-review in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .claude/skills/literature-review in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Literature Review in Codex?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill literature-review -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/54-scdenney-open-science-skills/skills/literature-review in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .agents/skills/literature-review in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Literature Review 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 brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill literature-review -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/literature-review, .gemini/skills/literature-review, .github/skills/literature-review and .opencode/skills/literature-review in your project.
What does Literature Review need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Literature Review is instructions for the agent only.
Does Literature Review access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Literature Review 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 Literature Review use?
Literature Review 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 Literature Review use?
About 1.5k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6k 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 Literature Review?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Literature Review: Nature Paper Card (Yuan1z0825/nature-skills, 47k stars), Systematic Review Screener (Imbad0202/academic-research-skills, 51k stars), Literature Review (neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent, 126 stars) and Preprint Search on bioRxiv (LigphiDonk/Oh-my--paper, 739 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Literature Review?
brycewang-stanford (a GitHub user) maintains it in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills, which has 4,556 GitHub stars. The repository holds 383 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 5, 2026.
Source: brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.