Literature Review
neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent
Conduct comprehensive, systematic literature reviews using multiple academic databases (PubMed, arXiv, bioRxiv, Semantic Scholar, etc.).
Agent skill
Literature Search
by brycewang-stanford in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills
A skill your agent uses when the user asks to search for papers, review literature, find references on a topic, verify a paper exists, or build a bibliography.
Install Literature Search
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill literature-search -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills literature-search --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/60-regisely-superpapers/skills/literature-search .claude/skills/literature-search && 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-search" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/60-regisely-superpapers/skills/literature-search into .claude/skills/literature-search/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "literature-search", 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/60-regisely-superpapers/skills/literature-searchType 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-search -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills literature-search --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/60-regisely-superpapers/skills/literature-search .agents/skills/literature-search && 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-search" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/60-regisely-superpapers/skills/literature-search into .agents/skills/literature-search/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "literature-search", 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-search -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills literature-search --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/60-regisely-superpapers/skills/literature-search .cursor/skills/literature-search && 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-search" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/60-regisely-superpapers/skills/literature-search into .cursor/skills/literature-search/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "literature-search", 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/60-regisely-superpapers/skills/literature-search--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-search -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills literature-search --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/60-regisely-superpapers/skills/literature-search .gemini/skills/literature-search && 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-search" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/60-regisely-superpapers/skills/literature-search into .gemini/skills/literature-search/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "literature-search", 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-searchInstalls 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-search -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/60-regisely-superpapers/skills/literature-search .github/skills/literature-search && 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-search" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/60-regisely-superpapers/skills/literature-search into .github/skills/literature-search/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "literature-search", 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-search -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-search --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/60-regisely-superpapers/skills/literature-search .opencode/skills/literature-search && 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-search" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/60-regisely-superpapers/skills/literature-search into .opencode/skills/literature-search/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "literature-search", 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-search- GitHub stars
- 4.6k
- Token cost
- ~1.4k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 696 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 383
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
A skill your agent uses when the user asks to search for papers, review literature, find references on a topic, verify a paper exists, or build a bibliography.
- Works in 7 steps: Identify the research field from… → Choose databases based on the field → Search with specific queries, not broad… → …
- The user asks to search for papers
- SKILL.md covers Overview, When to Use, Modes and Mandatory Steps, plus 3 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Literature Search is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Use when the user asks to search for papers, review literature, find references on a topic, verify a paper exists, or build a bibliography. Enforces web verification of every citation via web fetch to prevent hallucinated references.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.4k 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 Citation management, Literature review and Codebase onboarding. 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 to search for papers
- Review literature
- Find references on a topic
- Verify a paper exists
Example prompts
- “/literature-search”
Workflow steps
7 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Identify the research field from context. Resolve CLAUDE.superpapers.md by reading it from the current working directory, or walking up…
- Choose databases based on the field
- Search with specific queries, not broad terms. Include methodology keywords when relevant. For example, prefer "difference-in-differences"…
- For every candidate paper, web-fetch the landing page. Confirm title, authors, year, and DOI from the authoritative source. If the paper…
- Output a markdown table with columns: Authors (Year), Title, Venue, DOI, Relevance. Keep the relevance column to a single line of…
- Curate, do not dump. Prioritize seminal works, recent papers (last five years), highly cited results, and papers that directly address the…
- Bias toward the user's target journals. Use the target journal list resolved from CLAUDE.superpapers.md in step 1, or ask the user if the…
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 (its code samples are markdown).
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 Search loads about 1.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 63 tokens; SKILL.md has 696 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 696 words (~1,397 tokens).
“This skill searches academic literature with strict web verification of every result. The primary anti-pattern it prevents is hallucination of citations — plausible-sounding papers that do not exist. Every paper returned must be fetched from the web and confirmed to…”
- name
- literature-search
Files
Just SKILL.md in skills/60-regisely-superpapers/skills/literature-search of brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9fa87d8
Compare with similar skills
Literature Search 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 Search this skillbrycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills | 4.6k | — | ~1.4k | 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 | |
| Systematic Literature Review Builderbytedance/deer-flow | 84k | 2 repos | ~4.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Paper Research on arXivXiaomiMiMo/MiMo-Code | 14k | — | ~1.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Literature Review AgentAr9av/PaperOrchestra | 679 | 1 repos | ~5.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence |
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Questions about Literature Search
What does Literature Search do?
A skill your agent uses when the user asks to search for papers, review literature, find references on a topic, verify a paper exists, or build a bibliography. Literature Search is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Use when the user asks to search for papers, review literature, find references on a topic, verify a paper exists, or build a bibliography.
When should I use Literature Search?
Literature Search fits situations like: the user asks to search for papers; review literature; find references on a topic; verify a paper exists.
How do I install Literature Search in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill literature-search -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/60-regisely-superpapers/skills/literature-search in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .claude/skills/literature-search in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Literature Search in Codex?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill literature-search -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/60-regisely-superpapers/skills/literature-search in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .agents/skills/literature-search in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Literature Search 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-search -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-search, .gemini/skills/literature-search, .github/skills/literature-search and .opencode/skills/literature-search in your project.
What does Literature Search need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Literature Search is instructions for the agent only.
Does Literature Search 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 Search 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 Search use?
Literature Search 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 Search use?
About 1.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.6k 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 Search?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Literature Search: Literature Review (neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent, 126 stars), Preprint Search on bioRxiv (LigphiDonk/Oh-my--paper, 739 stars), Systematic Literature Review Builder (bytedance/deer-flow, 84k stars) and Paper Research on arXiv (XiaomiMiMo/MiMo-Code, 14k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Literature Search?
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.