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Agent skill
Obsidian Literature Workflow
by brycewang-stanford in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills
A skill your agent uses when the user keeps paper notes inside an Obsidian project knowledge base and wants filesystem-first literature review, explicit agent-first Zotero ingestion, Papers/ plus…
Install Obsidian Literature Workflow
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill obsidian-literature-workflow -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills obsidian-literature-workflow --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/33-Galaxy-Dawn-claude-scholar/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow .claude/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow && 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 "obsidian-literature-workflow" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/33-Galaxy-Dawn-claude-scholar/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow into .claude/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "obsidian-literature-workflow", 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/33-Galaxy-Dawn-claude-scholar/skills/obsidian-literature-workflowType 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 obsidian-literature-workflow -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills obsidian-literature-workflow --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/33-Galaxy-Dawn-claude-scholar/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow .agents/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "obsidian-literature-workflow" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/33-Galaxy-Dawn-claude-scholar/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow into .agents/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "obsidian-literature-workflow", 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 obsidian-literature-workflow -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills obsidian-literature-workflow --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/33-Galaxy-Dawn-claude-scholar/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow .cursor/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow && 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 "obsidian-literature-workflow" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/33-Galaxy-Dawn-claude-scholar/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow into .cursor/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "obsidian-literature-workflow", 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/33-Galaxy-Dawn-claude-scholar/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow--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 obsidian-literature-workflow -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills obsidian-literature-workflow --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/33-Galaxy-Dawn-claude-scholar/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow .gemini/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow && 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 "obsidian-literature-workflow" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/33-Galaxy-Dawn-claude-scholar/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow into .gemini/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "obsidian-literature-workflow", 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 obsidian-literature-workflowInstalls 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 obsidian-literature-workflow -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/33-Galaxy-Dawn-claude-scholar/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow .github/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow && 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 "obsidian-literature-workflow" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/33-Galaxy-Dawn-claude-scholar/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow into .github/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "obsidian-literature-workflow", 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 obsidian-literature-workflow -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 obsidian-literature-workflow --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/33-Galaxy-Dawn-claude-scholar/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow .opencode/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow && 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 "obsidian-literature-workflow" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/33-Galaxy-Dawn-claude-scholar/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow into .opencode/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "obsidian-literature-workflow", 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
obsidian-literature-workflow- GitHub stars
- 4.6k
- Token cost
- ~976 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 438 words
- Files
- 6 (incl. scripts, references)
- Skills in repo
- 383
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
A skill your agent uses when the user keeps paper notes inside an Obsidian project knowledge base and wants filesystem-first literature review, explicit agent-first Zotero ingestion, Papers/ plus…
- Works in 10 steps: Read bound project memory and locate the… → If the source papers are in Zotero,… → Scan Papers/ and adjacent synthesis… → …
- The user keeps paper notes inside an Obsidian project knowledge base and wants filesystem-first literature review
- SKILL.md covers Role in the workflow, Assumptions, Default workflow and Default outputs, plus 2 more sections
- Runs Python scripts from its folder
What it does
Obsidian Literature Workflow is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Use this skill when the user keeps paper notes inside an Obsidian project knowledge base and wants filesystem-first literature review, explicit agent-first Zotero ingestion, Papers/ plus Knowledge/ synthesis, collection-wide normalization, and a default literature canvas without Obsidian MCP.
Its SKILL.md is about 980 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 7 other files, including scripts and reference files (for example `references/CANVAS-WORKFLOW.md`, `references/GRAPH-WORKFLOW.md` and `references/PAPER-NOTE-SCHEMA.md`).
It sits in Research & Science, covering Citation management, Database schema design and Literature review. It works with Obsidian, Zotero and Model Context Protocol. 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 keeps paper notes inside an Obsidian project knowledge base and wants filesystem-first literature review
- Explicit agent-first Zotero ingestion
- Papers/ plus Knowledge/ synthesis
- Collection-wide normalization
Example prompts
- “/obsidian-literature-workflow”
Requirements
- Python 3
Workflow steps
10 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Read bound project memory and locate the vault root.
- If the source papers are in Zotero, explicitly use $zotero-obsidian-bridge to pull them into canonical Papers/*.md notes.
- Scan Papers/ and adjacent synthesis notes using filesystem tools.
- Normalize note metadata and structure using $obsidian-markdown.
- Query narrowly first
- Prefer updating existing paper notes and literature synthesis notes over creating sibling notes.
- Default literature synthesis should land in Knowledge/, not Experiments/ or Results/
- If the source is a named collection and the user cares about completeness, maintain a collection inventory note with explicit coverage…
- Refresh Maps/literature.canvas after major paper-note changes or batch note creation.
- Update the daily note and project memory with what changed.
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.
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
Obsidian Literature Workflow loads about 976 tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.9k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 82 tokens; SKILL.md has 438 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); 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 438 words (~976 tokens).
“Handle the literature sub-workflow inside the filesystem-first Obsidian project knowledge base.”
- name
- obsidian-literature-workflow
- version
- 0.5.0
Files
SKILL.md and 5 other files (scripts, references) in skills/33-Galaxy-Dawn-claude-scholar/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow of brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.
- SKILL.md
- references/CANVAS-WORKFLOW.md
- references/GRAPH-WORKFLOW.md
- references/PAPER-NOTE-SCHEMA.md
- scripts/build_literature_canvas.py
- scripts/build_literature_graph.py
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9fa87d8
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obsidian Literature Workflow this skillbrycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills | 4.6k | — | ~976 | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Comm Lit Review Claude SingleAI4Scientist/nano-scientist | 128 | 4 repos | ~2.2k | Automated safety check: Notes | None | |
| NSFC Literature Review WriterHuiyuLi-2000/Chinese-Grant-Writer-Skills | 439 | 1 repos | ~1.4k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Zotero Taxonomy Curatorganzoth/zotero-taxonomy-curator | 160 | — | ~2.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Zotero Obsidian BridgeGalaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar | 5.7k | — | ~514 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Scholar RAGjoshzyj/open-scholar-skill | 168 | — | ~7.4k | Automated safety check: Notes | Custom licence |
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Questions about Obsidian Literature Workflow
What does Obsidian Literature Workflow do?
A skill your agent uses when the user keeps paper notes inside an Obsidian project knowledge base and wants filesystem-first literature review, explicit agent-first Zotero ingestion, Papers/ plus…. Obsidian Literature Workflow is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Use this skill when the user keeps paper notes inside an Obsidian project knowledge base and wants filesystem-first literature review, explicit agent-first Zotero ingestion, Papers/ plus Knowledge/ synthesis, collection-wide normalization, and a default literature canvas without Obsidian MCP.
When should I use Obsidian Literature Workflow?
Obsidian Literature Workflow fits situations like: the user keeps paper notes inside an Obsidian project knowledge base and wants filesystem-first literature review; explicit agent-first Zotero ingestion; papers/ plus Knowledge/ synthesis; collection-wide normalization.
How do I install Obsidian Literature Workflow in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill obsidian-literature-workflow -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/33-Galaxy-Dawn-claude-scholar/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .claude/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Obsidian Literature Workflow in Codex?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill obsidian-literature-workflow -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/33-Galaxy-Dawn-claude-scholar/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .agents/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Obsidian Literature Workflow 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 obsidian-literature-workflow -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow, .gemini/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow, .github/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow and .opencode/skills/obsidian-literature-workflow in your project.
What does Obsidian Literature Workflow need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Obsidian Literature Workflow needs Python for the scripts in its folder. Our summary lists: Python 3.
Does Obsidian Literature Workflow 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 Obsidian Literature Workflow 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. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.
What licence does Obsidian Literature Workflow use?
Obsidian Literature Workflow 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 Obsidian Literature Workflow use?
About 976 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.9k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 968 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Obsidian Literature Workflow?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Obsidian Literature Workflow: Comm Lit Review Claude Single (AI4Scientist/nano-scientist, 128 stars), NSFC Literature Review Writer (HuiyuLi-2000/Chinese-Grant-Writer-Skills, 439 stars), Zotero Taxonomy Curator (ganzoth/zotero-taxonomy-curator, 160 stars) and Zotero Obsidian Bridge (Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar, 5.7k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Obsidian Literature Workflow?
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.