Literature Review
neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent
Conduct comprehensive, systematic literature reviews using multiple academic databases (PubMed, arXiv, bioRxiv, Semantic Scholar, etc.).
A skill your agent uses when the user wants to find related work, survey a research area, identify literature gaps, or discover open-source implementations.
Install Literature Research
$ npx skills add fcakyon/phd-skills --skill literature-research -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install fcakyon/phd-skills literature-research --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/fcakyon/phd-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugin/skills/literature-research .claude/skills/literature-research && 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-research" agent skill from https://github.com/fcakyon/phd-skills/tree/main/plugin/skills/literature-research into .claude/skills/literature-research/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "literature-research", 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/fcakyon/phd-skills/tree/main/plugin/skills/literature-researchType 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 fcakyon/phd-skills --skill literature-research -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install fcakyon/phd-skills literature-research --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/fcakyon/phd-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugin/skills/literature-research .agents/skills/literature-research && 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-research" agent skill from https://github.com/fcakyon/phd-skills/tree/main/plugin/skills/literature-research into .agents/skills/literature-research/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "literature-research", 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 fcakyon/phd-skills --skill literature-research -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install fcakyon/phd-skills literature-research --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/fcakyon/phd-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugin/skills/literature-research .cursor/skills/literature-research && 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-research" agent skill from https://github.com/fcakyon/phd-skills/tree/main/plugin/skills/literature-research into .cursor/skills/literature-research/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "literature-research", 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/fcakyon/phd-skills.git --path plugin/skills/literature-research--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 fcakyon/phd-skills --skill literature-research -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install fcakyon/phd-skills literature-research --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/fcakyon/phd-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugin/skills/literature-research .gemini/skills/literature-research && 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-research" agent skill from https://github.com/fcakyon/phd-skills/tree/main/plugin/skills/literature-research into .gemini/skills/literature-research/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "literature-research", 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 fcakyon/phd-skills literature-researchInstalls 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 fcakyon/phd-skills --skill literature-research -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/fcakyon/phd-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugin/skills/literature-research .github/skills/literature-research && 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-research" agent skill from https://github.com/fcakyon/phd-skills/tree/main/plugin/skills/literature-research into .github/skills/literature-research/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "literature-research", 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 fcakyon/phd-skills --skill literature-research -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install fcakyon/phd-skills literature-research --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/fcakyon/phd-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugin/skills/literature-research .opencode/skills/literature-research && 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-research" agent skill from https://github.com/fcakyon/phd-skills/tree/main/plugin/skills/literature-research into .opencode/skills/literature-research/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "literature-research", 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-research- GitHub stars
- 415
- Token cost
- ~999 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 491 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 12
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
A skill your agent uses when the user wants to find related work, survey a research area, identify literature gaps, or discover open-source implementations.
- Works in 6 steps: Scope Definition → Systematic Search → Categorization → …
- The user wants to find related work
- SKILL.md covers Step 1: Scope Definition, Step 2: Systematic Search, Step 3: Categorization and Step 4: Gap Identification, plus 3 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Literature Research is an agent skill from fcakyon/phd-skills. Use when the user wants to find related work, survey a research area, identify literature gaps, or discover open-source implementations. Triggers on phrases like "find papers on", "related work", "literature review", "what papers exist", "open source implementation", or "papers with code".
Its SKILL.md is about 1000 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 and Academic paper search. The repository describes itself as: PhD Research Skills for Claude Code: paper reproduction, experiment design, paper review, result comparison and more. The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- The user wants to find related work
- Survey a research area
- Identify literature gaps
- Discover open-source implementations
Example prompts
- “find papers on”
- “related work”
- “literature review”
- “/literature-research”
Workflow steps
6 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 67acd61. 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 Research loads about 999 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 78 tokens; SKILL.md has 491 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
The full file from fcakyon/phd-skills at commit 67acd61, republished under its MIT licence (© fcakyon). 491 words, ~999 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/literature-research/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- literature-research
- description
- Use when the user wants to find related work, survey a research area, identify literature gaps, or discover open-source implementations. Triggers on phrases like "find papers on", "related work", "literature review", "what papers exist", "open source implementation", or "papers with code".
Literature Research Methodology
You are helping a researcher conduct systematic literature research. Follow this methodology to ensure thorough, accurate coverage.
Step 1: Scope Definition
Before searching:
- Clarify the exact research question or topic boundary
- Identify key terms and their synonyms (e.g., "content moderation" = "safety filtering" = "NSFW detection")
- Define inclusion/exclusion criteria (year range, venue type, methodology type)
- Ask if the user has seed papers to start from
Step 2: Systematic Search
Use multiple search strategies in order:
2a. Direct Search
- Search for the topic using key terms via web search
- Target: Google Scholar, Semantic Scholar, arXiv, DBLP
- Vary search terms to catch different framings of the same concept
2b. Citation Chaining
From seed papers or initial results:
- Forward chaining: who cited this paper? (find via Semantic Scholar or Google Scholar)
- Backward chaining: what does this paper cite? (read its references)
- This catches papers that use different terminology but address the same problem
2c. Venue Mining
- Identify top venues for the topic (conferences, journals, workshops)
- Check recent proceedings of these venues for relevant papers
- Workshop papers often contain early-stage work not yet in main conferences
2d. Open Source Discovery
- Search GitHub for implementations related to the topic
- Check Papers With Code for the specific task/dataset
- Look for "awesome-X" lists curated by the community
Step 3: Categorization
Organize found papers into a structured taxonomy:
| Paper | Year | Venue | Approach | Key Result | Code? | Relevance |
|-------|------|-------|----------|-----------|-------|-----------|Group by methodology or approach type, not chronologically.
Step 4: Gap Identification
Map what exists vs. what's missing:
- Coverage matrix: rows = problem aspects, columns = existing approaches
- Empty cells = potential gaps
- For each candidate gap:
- Search specifically for work filling this gap (it may exist under different terms)
- Check very recent papers (last 6 months) that might have addressed it
- Assess whether the gap is meaningful (would filling it advance the field?)
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Step 5: Gap Validation
For each identified gap, verify it's real:
- Searched with at least 3 different phrasings
- Checked proceedings of top-3 venues from last 2 years
- No preprint on arXiv addressing this gap
- The gap is technically feasible to address
- Filling the gap would be a meaningful contribution
Rate confidence: HIGH (extensively searched, clearly missing), MEDIUM (searched but might have missed niche work), LOW (limited search, gap may exist elsewhere).
Step 6: Output Format
Produce a structured research landscape:
- Topic summary — 2-3 sentence overview of the research area
- Paper table — categorized list with year, venue, approach, results, code availability
- Gap table — identified gaps with confidence levels and evidence
- Recommended readings — top 5-10 most relevant papers for the user's specific work
- Candidate citations — BibTeX entries for papers worth citing (MUST verify against DBLP before presenting)
Citation Integrity
Every paper mentioned must have verified metadata:
- Author names: cross-check with DBLP or the paper's official page
- Venue and year: confirm against the published version (not preprint)
- Claims about results: only include numbers you can trace to a specific table/figure in the paper
- If uncertain about any detail, flag it explicitly rather than guessing
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Files
Just SKILL.md in plugin/skills/literature-research of fcakyon/phd-skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 67acd61
Compare with similar skills
Literature Research 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 Research this skillfcakyon/phd-skills | 415 | — | ~999 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| 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 Research
What does Literature Research do?
A skill your agent uses when the user wants to find related work, survey a research area, identify literature gaps, or discover open-source implementations. Literature Research is an agent skill from fcakyon/phd-skills. Use when the user wants to find related work, survey a research area, identify literature gaps, or discover open-source implementations.
When should I use Literature Research?
Literature Research fits situations like: the user wants to find related work; survey a research area; identify literature gaps; discover open-source implementations.
How do I install Literature Research in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add fcakyon/phd-skills --skill literature-research -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugin/skills/literature-research in fcakyon/phd-skills) into .claude/skills/literature-research in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Literature Research in Codex?
Run `npx skills add fcakyon/phd-skills --skill literature-research -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugin/skills/literature-research in fcakyon/phd-skills) into .agents/skills/literature-research in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Literature Research 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 fcakyon/phd-skills --skill literature-research -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-research, .gemini/skills/literature-research, .github/skills/literature-research and .opencode/skills/literature-research in your project.
What does Literature Research need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Literature Research is instructions for the agent only.
Does Literature Research 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 Research 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 Research use?
Literature Research is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Literature Research use?
About 999 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4k 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 Research?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Literature Research: 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 Research?
fcakyon (a GitHub user) maintains it in fcakyon/phd-skills, which has 415 GitHub stars. The repository holds 12 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 16, 2026.
Source: fcakyon/phd-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.