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Literature Review Tools
by brycewang-stanford in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills
Recommend AND run open-source AI tools, agents, Claude Code / Codex skills, and MCP servers for any stage of a literature review — searching, reading, extracting, synthesizing, screening…
Install Literature Review Tools
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill literature-review-tools -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills literature-review-tools --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/71-brycewang-lit-review-agent-tools/literature-review-tools .claude/skills/literature-review-tools && 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-tools" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/71-brycewang-lit-review-agent-tools/literature-review-tools into .claude/skills/literature-review-tools/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "literature-review-tools", 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/71-brycewang-lit-review-agent-tools/literature-review-toolsType 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-tools -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills literature-review-tools --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/71-brycewang-lit-review-agent-tools/literature-review-tools .agents/skills/literature-review-tools && 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-tools" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/71-brycewang-lit-review-agent-tools/literature-review-tools into .agents/skills/literature-review-tools/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "literature-review-tools", 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-tools -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills literature-review-tools --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/71-brycewang-lit-review-agent-tools/literature-review-tools .cursor/skills/literature-review-tools && 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-tools" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/71-brycewang-lit-review-agent-tools/literature-review-tools into .cursor/skills/literature-review-tools/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "literature-review-tools", 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/71-brycewang-lit-review-agent-tools/literature-review-tools--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-tools -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills literature-review-tools --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/71-brycewang-lit-review-agent-tools/literature-review-tools .gemini/skills/literature-review-tools && 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-tools" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/71-brycewang-lit-review-agent-tools/literature-review-tools into .gemini/skills/literature-review-tools/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "literature-review-tools", 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-review-toolsInstalls 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-tools -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/71-brycewang-lit-review-agent-tools/literature-review-tools .github/skills/literature-review-tools && 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-tools" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/71-brycewang-lit-review-agent-tools/literature-review-tools into .github/skills/literature-review-tools/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "literature-review-tools", 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-tools -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-tools --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/71-brycewang-lit-review-agent-tools/literature-review-tools .opencode/skills/literature-review-tools && 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-tools" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/71-brycewang-lit-review-agent-tools/literature-review-tools into .opencode/skills/literature-review-tools/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "literature-review-tools", 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-tools- GitHub stars
- 4.6k
- Token cost
- ~2.5k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 1,002 words
- Files
- 6 (incl. scripts)
- Skills in repo
- 383
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
Recommend AND run open-source AI tools, agents, Claude Code / Codex skills, and MCP servers for any stage of a literature review — searching, reading, extracting, synthesizing, screening…
- Works in 5 steps: python3 scripts/litrun.py doctor — check… → python3 scripts/litrun.py info — confirm… → If a required key is missing, ask the… → …
- The user asks what tool should I use to... OR install/run/use <tool to ... for research/lit-review work: automating a survey
- SKILL.md covers Two modes, Run mode — how to drive…, Recommend mode — how to route and ⚡ 30-second picker, plus 3 more sections
- Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls python3 and python; needs OPENAI_API_KEY and TAVILY_API_KEY
What it does
Literature Review Tools is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Recommend AND run open-source AI tools, agents, Claude Code / Codex skills, and MCP servers for any stage of a literature review — searching, reading, extracting, synthesizing, screening, citation-checking, and paper writing. Use when the user asks "what tool should I use to..." OR "install/run/use <tool to ..." for research/lit-review work: automating a survey or related-work section, PDF→Markdown extraction for LLMs (MinerU/marker/docling), PRISMA / systematic review (ASReview), citation-backed Q&A over PDFs…
Its SKILL.md is about 2.5k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 8 other files, including scripts (for example `recipes/recipes.json`, `recipes/workflows.json` and `reference/catalog.md`).
It sits in Research & Science, covering Literature review, Citation management and Academic paper search. It works with Model Context Protocol, Zotero, Prisma and arXiv. 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
- The user asks what tool should I use to... OR install/run/use <tool to ... for research/lit-review work: automating a survey
- Related-work section
- PDF→Markdown extraction for LLMs (MinerU/marker/docling)
- PRISMA / systematic review (ASReview)
Example prompts
- “what tool should I use to...”
- “install/run/use <tool to ...”
- “/literature-review-tools”
Requirements
- Python 3
- A credential in OPENAI_API_KEY
- A credential in TAVILY_API_KEY
Workflow steps
5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- python3 scripts/litrun.py doctor — check toolchain + which API keys are already set.
- python3 scripts/litrun.py info — confirm what the tool needs (entry, required env).
- If a required key is missing, ask the user for it, then litrun.py env --set KEY=VALUE (never echo the value back in full).
- python3 scripts/litrun.py run -- — installs on first use, then runs. For PDF tools pass the real file path; e.g. run mineru -- -p…
- For MCP servers, don't "run" them — litrun.py mcp prints the client config block to register in Claude Code / Cursor.
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
Ships 2 files in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
python3python
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):
github.com
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:
OPENAI_API_KEYTAVILY_API_KEY
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Literature Review Tools loads about 2.5k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 208 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,002 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: notes
The automated check noted patterns worth knowing about, such as sudo or a known installer.
- NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:37
`~/.lit-review-tools/.env`. Machine-readable recipes: [`recipes/recipes.json`](recipes/recipes.json). - NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:55
rst (litrun writes them into the repo's `.env`); STORM takes its keys in the app sidebar.
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); the scripts in this folder 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 1,002 words (~2,451 tokens).
“A curated, use-case-organized catalog of the strongest open-source AI tools for literature review — plus a launcher that actually installs and runs the top ones. Covers: end-to-end research agents, deep-research / auto-survey generators, autonomous "idea→paper" systems, citation-backed RAG over PDFs…”
- name
- literature-review-tools
Files
SKILL.md and 5 other files (scripts) in skills/71-brycewang-lit-review-agent-tools/literature-review-tools of brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.
- SKILL.md
- recipes/recipes.json
- recipes/workflows.json
- reference/catalog.md
- scripts/fetch_arxiv.py
- scripts/litrun.py
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9fa87d8
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| NSFC Literature Review WriterHuiyuLi-2000/Chinese-Grant-Writer-Skills | 439 | 1 repos | ~1.4k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Arxiv Paper Writeryunshenwuchuxun/latex-paper-skills | 267 | — | ~3.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Literature Review Tools
What does Literature Review Tools do?
Recommend AND run open-source AI tools, agents, Claude Code / Codex skills, and MCP servers for any stage of a literature review — searching, reading, extracting, synthesizing, screening…. Literature Review Tools is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Recommend AND run open-source AI tools, agents, Claude Code / Codex skills, and MCP servers for any stage of a literature review — searching, reading, extracting, synthesizing, screening, citation-checking, and paper writing.
When should I use Literature Review Tools?
Literature Review Tools fits situations like: the user asks what tool should I use to... OR install/run/use <tool to ... for research/lit-review work: automating a survey; related-work section; PDF→Markdown extraction for LLMs (MinerU/marker/docling); PRISMA / systematic review (ASReview).
How do I install Literature Review Tools in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill literature-review-tools -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/71-brycewang-lit-review-agent-tools/literature-review-tools in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .claude/skills/literature-review-tools in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Literature Review Tools in Codex?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill literature-review-tools -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/71-brycewang-lit-review-agent-tools/literature-review-tools in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .agents/skills/literature-review-tools in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Literature Review Tools 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-tools -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-tools, .gemini/skills/literature-review-tools, .github/skills/literature-review-tools and .opencode/skills/literature-review-tools in your project.
What does Literature Review Tools need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Literature Review Tools needs Python for the scripts in its folder, the command-line tools its instructions call (python3 and python) and credentials named OPENAI_API_KEY and TAVILY_API_KEY. Our summary lists: Python 3; A credential in OPENAI_API_KEY; A credential in TAVILY_API_KEY.
Does Literature Review Tools access the network?
SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: github.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Literature Review Tools safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found notes only (mentions a .env file), nothing it rates as a warning. It is not a guarantee. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.
What licence does Literature Review Tools use?
Literature Review Tools 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 Tools use?
About 2.5k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 9.8k 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 Tools?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Literature Review Tools: Arxiv MCP Server (blazickjp/arxiv-mcp-server, 3.2k stars), Nature Academic Search (aiskillstore/marketplace, 433 stars), Paper Research on arXiv (XiaomiMiMo/MiMo-Code, 14k stars) and NSFC Literature Review Writer (HuiyuLi-2000/Chinese-Grant-Writer-Skills, 439 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Literature Review Tools?
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.