Literature Review Claude Skill Template

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name: literature-review
description: Have Claude synthesize papers, articles, or long documents into themes, evidence strength, and open questions.
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# Literature Review

## When To Use
Use when reviewing academic, technical, legal, or policy material.

## What Claude Should Optimize For
- Groups findings by theme
- Compares methods and evidence
- Identifies gaps

## Workflow
1. Define the review scope.
2. Extract claims and methods.
3. Cluster papers by theme.
4. Write synthesis with limitations.

## Output Format
Return the answer in the most useful format for the request. Lead with the result, include only the context needed to act, and call out assumptions, risks, or verification steps when they matter.

## Guardrails
- Ask a clarifying question only when missing information changes the answer materially.
- Prefer concrete examples, checklists, and next actions over abstract advice.
- Keep the response concise unless the user asks for depth.
- Do not invent facts, sources, metrics, or code behavior.

## Tags
- literature
- papers
- synthesis
- evidence