Agent skill

Literature Reviewer Skill

by Drchronx in Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit

Build high-quality literature reviews from a research topic using a 10-phase workflow.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Literature Reviewer Skill

skills CLI
$ npx skills add Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit --skill literature-reviewer-skill -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit literature-reviewer-skill --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/Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/'综合学术部署包/02_文献检索综述引用Skills/literature-reviewer-skill' .claude/skills/literature-reviewer-skill && 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
literature-reviewer-skill
GitHub stars
139
Token cost
~2.5k tokens
SKILL.md length
379 words
Files
35 (incl. scripts, references)
Skills in repo
36
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Build high-quality literature reviews from a research topic using a 10-phase workflow.

  • Works in 9 steps: CNKI v2.0 多排序采集策略 → 检索式强制验证 → 文献计量分析(Phase 6) → …
  • The user asks for 文献综述,文献回顾,literature review
  • SKILL.md covers 核心规则, v5.2 完整工作流, 存储架构设计 and 关键功能详解, plus 5 more sections
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls python

What it does

Literature Reviewer Skill is an agent skill from Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit. Build high-quality literature reviews from a research topic using a 10-phase workflow. Use when the user asks for 文献综述,文献回顾,literature review, literature survey, 帮我找文献,or 中英文文献整理. ⚠️ 依赖声明: 本技能依赖以下外部组件,使用前请确保已安装: - cnki-crawler (CNKI 爬虫技能) - academic-research (OpenAlex 检索技能) - academic-research-hub (Google Scholar 检索技能) - PostgreSQL 数据库 (cnkidb) 📦 首次使用: 请先阅读 INSTALL.md 并运行 python scripts/checkdependencies.py

Its SKILL.md is about 2.5k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 37 other files, including scripts and reference files (for example `AGENTS.md`, `IMPLEMENTATION_SUMMARY.md` and `INSTALL.md`).

It sits in Research & Science, covering Literature review, Academic paper search and Web scraping. It works with Python and PostgreSQL. The repository describes itself as: AI Agent 科研全流程教学包,能教学生从零部署 Codex、Claude Code、OpenClaw、Hermes 等 Agent,学会使用 Skills、飞书、AMiner、AI4Scholar、Zotero、Obsidian…

When your agent uses it

  • The user asks for 文献综述,文献回顾,literature review
  • Literature survey
  • 帮我找文献,or 中英文文献整理

Example prompts

  • “/literature-reviewer-skill”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

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

  1. CNKI v2.0 多排序采集策略
  2. 检索式强制验证
  3. 文献计量分析(Phase 6)
  4. 方法论评价(Phase 7)
  5. 演进分析(Phase 8)
  6. 理论框架图(Phase 10)
  7. 唯一 Session ID
  8. CNKI 数据立即导出
  9. 后续分析只使用会话文件

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit aab1133. 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, from the files we listed), which the agent can run.

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • python

    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 Reviewer Skill loads about 2.5k tokens when it runs, and up to ~7.5k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 113 tokens; SKILL.md has 379 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~113
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2.5k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~7.5k

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 379 words (~2,490 tokens).

name
literature-reviewer-skill

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 34 other files (scripts, references) in 综合学术部署包/02_文献检索综述引用Skills/literature-reviewer-skill of Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit.

  • SKILL.md
  • AGENTS.md
  • IMPLEMENTATION_SUMMARY.md
  • INSTALL.md
  • INTEGRATION.md
  • README.md
  • _meta.json
  • agents/explore-agent.md
  • agents/orchestrator.md
  • agents/synthesize-agent.md
  • agents/verify-agent.md
  • references/cnki-guide.md
  • references/database-access.md
  • references/gb-t-7714-2015.md
  • references/search-backends.md
  • requirements.txt
  • scripts/__init__.py
  • scripts/check_dependencies.py
  • … and 17 more

Open the folder on GitHubat commit aab1133

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Questions about Literature Reviewer Skill

What does Literature Reviewer Skill do?

Build high-quality literature reviews from a research topic using a 10-phase workflow. Literature Reviewer Skill is an agent skill from Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit. Build high-quality literature reviews from a research topic using a 10-phase workflow.

When should I use Literature Reviewer Skill?

Literature Reviewer Skill fits situations like: the user asks for 文献综述,文献回顾,literature review; literature survey; 帮我找文献,or 中英文文献整理.

How do I install Literature Reviewer Skill in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit --skill literature-reviewer-skill -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (综合学术部署包/02_文献检索综述引用Skills/literature-reviewer-skill in Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit) into .claude/skills/literature-reviewer-skill in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Literature Reviewer Skill in Codex?

Run `npx skills add Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit --skill literature-reviewer-skill -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (综合学术部署包/02_文献检索综述引用Skills/literature-reviewer-skill in Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit) into .agents/skills/literature-reviewer-skill in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Literature Reviewer Skill 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 Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit --skill literature-reviewer-skill -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-reviewer-skill, .gemini/skills/literature-reviewer-skill, .github/skills/literature-reviewer-skill and .opencode/skills/literature-reviewer-skill in your project.

What does Literature Reviewer Skill need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Literature Reviewer Skill needs Python for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (python). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Literature Reviewer Skill 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 Reviewer Skill 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 Literature Reviewer Skill use?

Literature Reviewer Skill 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 Reviewer Skill use?

About 2.5k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 10k 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 5.1k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Literature Reviewer Skill?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Literature Reviewer Skill: Preprint Search on bioRxiv (LigphiDonk/Oh-my--paper, 739 stars), Paper Research on arXiv (XiaomiMiMo/MiMo-Code, 14k stars), Conference Paper Recommender (juliye2025/evil-read-arxiv, 1.7k stars) and Autonomous Research (federicodeponte/opendraft, 507 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Literature Reviewer Skill?

Drchronx (a GitHub user) maintains it in Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit, which has 139 GitHub stars. The repository holds 36 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on May 19, 2026.

Source: Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.