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literature-review

Conduct comprehensive, systematic literature reviews using multiple academic databases (PubMed, arXiv, bioRxiv, Semantic Scholar, etc.). This skill should be used when conducting systematic literature reviews, meta-analyses, research synthesis, or comprehensive literature searches across biomedical, scientific, and technical domains. Creates professionally formatted markdown documents and PDFs with verified citations in multiple citation styles (APA, Nature, Vancouver, etc.).

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Quality

92%

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Quality

Content

85%

Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

The skill body is highly actionable with executable scripts, clear sequenced phases, validation feedback loops, and well-organized one-level-deep bundle references. Its main weakness is conciseness: duplicated sections (Screening and Selection appears twice) and restated boilerplate about basic search methodology add tokens without new information.

Suggestions

Remove the duplicated '### Screening and Selection' block (lines 414-418 repeat the Search Strategy list verbatim) and the duplicate search-strategy bullets to eliminate redundancy.

Tighten the database-specific guidance by removing explanations of concepts Claude already knows (e.g., what Boolean operators are, that preprints are not peer-reviewed) and linking to references/database_strategies.md instead.

Consolidate the 'Best Practices' section with the corresponding phase descriptions to avoid re-stating the same methodology twice.

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Conciseness

Largely actionable and well-structured, but the body repeats material verbatim — '### Screening and Selection' appears twice (lines 414-418 and 420-424) with identical content, and the 'Best Practices' search-strategy block duplicates Phase 1/2 guidance — adding tokens that restate what Claude already knows about Boolean operators and multi-database search.

2 / 3

Actionability

Provides fully executable commands throughout: 'python scripts/search_databases.py combined_results.json --deduplicate', 'python scripts/verify_citations.py my_literature_review.md', 'cp assets/review_template.md my_literature_review.md', with concrete flags and a complete worked end-to-end example workflow.

3 / 3

Workflow Clarity

A clearly sequenced seven-phase workflow with explicit validation checkpoints and a feedback loop — 'Re-run verification until all citations pass' (line 219), a PRISMA flow diagram, and a closing Quality Checklist (lines 249-259) that functions as a verification gate before submission.

3 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

The body acts as an overview pointing one level deep to real, verified bundle files: scripts/verify_citations.py, scripts/generate_pdf.py, scripts/search_databases.py, references/citation_styles.md, references/database_strategies.md, and assets/review_template.md — all confirmed to exist and clearly signaled in the Resources section.

3 / 3

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12

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Description

100%

Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

The description is strong across all dimensions: it names concrete capabilities, includes an explicit 'Use when' trigger clause, uses third person, and occupies a distinct niche. It is slightly long but not padded with fluff.

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Specificity

Lists multiple concrete actions: 'systematic literature reviews', 'meta-analyses', 'research synthesis', 'comprehensive literature searches', and 'verified citations in multiple citation styles (APA, Nature, Vancouver, etc.)' with named databases (PubMed, arXiv, bioRxiv, Semantic Scholar).

3 / 3

Completeness

Explicitly answers both 'what' (conducts reviews, searches multiple databases, verifies citations, produces markdown/PDF) and 'when' via the explicit 'This skill should be used when conducting systematic literature reviews, meta-analyses, research synthesis...'.

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Natural user-facing terms are well covered: 'systematic literature reviews', 'meta-analyses', 'research synthesis', 'comprehensive literature searches' — phrases a user would actually say when needing this skill.

3 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

A clear niche — systematic academic literature review with citation verification and PDF output — with distinct triggers unlikely to conflict with other skills.

3 / 3

Total

12

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12

Passed

Validation

87%

Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation14 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

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skill_md_line_count

SKILL.md is long (579 lines); consider splitting into references/ and linking

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metadata_version

'metadata.version' is missing

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Total

14

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16

Passed

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