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literature-review
Conducts systematic, scoping, and narrative literature reviews using PubMed, arXiv, bioRxiv, Semantic Scholar, and other appropriate sources. Use for research synthesis, reproducible literature searches, screening, citation checking, or preparing Markdown and PDF reviews. Tracks search coverage, records versus studies, and evidence limitations; supports meta-analysis planning but does not supply a meta-analysis engine.
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# Literature Review
## Overview
Conduct systematic, comprehensive literature reviews following rigorous academic methodology. Search multiple literature databases, synthesize findings thematically, verify all citations for accuracy, and generate professional output documents in markdown and PDF formats.
Use discipline-appropriate bibliographic databases for the reproducible search, with **parallel-web** (`parallel-cli search`) for scoping and supplementary discovery. Ranked web results and extracted excerpts cannot establish exhaustive coverage or substitute for full-text assessment. Bundled scripts process normalized records, check DOI registration, and render documents; they do not run a complete systematic review automatically.
## When to Use This Skill
Use this skill when:
- Conducting a systematic literature review for research or publication
- Synthesizing current knowledge on a specific topic across multiple sources
- Performing meta-analysis or scoping reviews