corbis-literature-starter-kit

Generate 10 ranked research ideas from a topic area using structured heuristic lenses

Screen a research idea with scoring and novelty check

Generate figures visualizing literature trends, citation patterns, and research gaps

Write a structured literature review on a topic with Corbis-backed searches and BibTeX citations

Search the literature and build a positioning memo

Use this agent when the user wants to read, understand, or summarize academic papers in finance, economics, statistics, econometrics, or computer science. This includes requests to analyze PDFs of research papers, create structured summaries, extract key contributions, methods, or findings from academic literature, or when the user mentions reading a paper or asks for help understanding research. Examples:\n\n<example>\nContext: User has a PDF of a research paper they want summarized.\nuser: "Can you summarize this paper on asset pricing? It's in my downloads folder: fama_french_1993.pdf"\nassistant: "I'll use the paper-reader agent to analyze this asset pricing paper and create a structured summary for you."\n<commentary>\nSince the user is asking to summarize an academic paper in finance, use the Task tool to launch the paper-reader agent to read the PDF and create a comprehensive summary.\n</commentary>\n</example>\n\n<example>\nContext: User wants to understand a technical econometrics paper.\nuser: "I'm struggling to understand the methodology in this GMM paper. Can you help me break it down?"\nassistant: "Let me use the paper-reader agent to analyze the methodology section and provide a clear explanation."\n<commentary>\nSince the user needs help understanding an econometrics paper's methods, use the Task tool to launch the paper-reader agent to read and explain the technical content.\n</commentary>\n</example>\n\n<example>\nContext: User has multiple papers to review.\nuser: "I have three papers on machine learning in finance. Can you create summaries for each?"\nassistant: "I'll use the paper-reader agent to read each paper and create structured markdown summaries for your review."\n<commentary>\nSince the user wants summaries of academic papers in finance/CS, use the Task tool to launch the paper-reader agent to process the papers and generate summary files.\n</commentary>\n</example>

Write a comprehensive, structured literature review on a topic. Searches the literature via Corbis, organizes into thematic strands, writes synthesized prose (not paper-by-paper enumeration), and outputs as Markdown, LaTeX section, or standalone LaTeX document with proper BibTeX citations.

Map the closest literature and sharpen contribution claims for finance or real-estate papers. Use for related-literature sections, novelty maps, and closest-paper comparisons.

Generate figures that visualize patterns in an academic literature: publication trends, citation landmarks, journal distributions, thematic evolution, method timelines, and coverage gap maps. Uses Corbis search data and Python/matplotlib.

Generate novel research ideas in finance and real estate using structured heuristic lenses with internal rejection filtering. Produces a curated Idea Menu of survivors, not a brainstorming list.

Screen and refine research ideas in corporate finance, investments, asset pricing, and real estate. Use for brainstorming, novelty checks, contribution framing, and journal-fit triage.