literature-review

Overview: Write literature reviews by searching academic sources via Semantic Scholar, OpenAlex, Crossref, and PubMed APIs. Use when the user needs to find papers on a topic, get details for specific DOIs, or draft sections of a literature review with proper citations.

Key Features:

• Multi-Source Search: Find relevant academic papers using Semantic Scholar, OpenAlex, Crossref, and PubMed.
• Full Abstracts: All sources now return complete abstracts (PubMed uses efetch for full XML records).
• DOI Extraction: DOIs are extracted from all sources for cross-referencing and deduplication.
• Automatic Deduplication: When searching multiple sources (--source all or --source both), results are automatically deduplicated by DOI.
• Polite Access: Automatic email identification for OpenAlex/Crossref “Polite Pool” (via USER_EMAIL env var).
• Abstract Reconstruction: Reconstructs abstracts from OpenAlex inverted index format.
• Synthesis: Group papers by theme and draft review sections based on metadata.

How It Works: The skill uses a multi-engine search integration to find relevant academic papers. It then extracts DOIs, abstracts, and other metadata for deduplication and synthesis.

Use Cases:

• Writing a literature review on a specific topic.
• Finding papers on a topic and getting details for specific DOIs.
• Drafting sections of a literature review with proper citations.