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Systematic literature review, field mapping, bibliography building, and gap analysis. Use when the user wants to map an entire research area, build a structured bibliography, find gaps in the literature, or produce a survey. Also use when the user says 'what's the state of the art in X', 'map this field', 'build a bibliography on X', or 'where are the gaps'.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
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/research:research-reviewThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
Structured process for systematically mapping a research field. Produces a bibliography (`literature/`), an evolving synthesis (`_survey.md`), and identifies gaps and opportunities.
Structured process for systematically mapping a research field. Produces a bibliography (literature/), an evolving synthesis (_survey.md), and identifies gaps and opportunities.
Different from research (read one thing, take notes) — this is the disciplined process of covering a field.
1. SCOPE — define the question and boundaries
2. SEARCH — systematic search + snowball
3. SCREEN — triage papers (title → abstract → quick read)
4. EXTRACT — read and note (using research skill templates)
5. SYNTHESIZE — write and update _survey.md
6. GAPS — identify what's missing → feed to research-ideation
This is not strictly sequential — you loop between steps as understanding deepens.
| Step | Read |
|---|---|
| Planning the review | review-process.md |
| Identifying gaps and positioning | gap-analysis.md |
| Searching for papers | → research skill's search-strategies.md |
| Reading papers | → research skill's reading-strategies.md |
| Taking notes | → research skill's note-templates.md |
| Generating ideas from gaps | → research-ideation skill |
This skill manages the literature/ folder and _survey.md:
project/
├── literature/
│ ├── author2024-topic.md ← individual paper notes
│ ├── compare-methods.md ← comparison tables
│ └── _survey.md ← evolving synthesis (this skill owns this)
├── ideas/ ← owned by research-ideation
└── ...
The central synthesis artifact. Updated after every batch of papers read. Format defined in research-core skill's synthesis-methods.md.
Quality test: after 15+ papers read, someone unfamiliar with your project should be able to read _survey.md and understand the field in 10 minutes.
research(scope): define review on [topic]
research(search): initial search, [N] papers found
research(read): batch [N] papers, updated _survey.md
research(gaps): gap analysis complete, [N] opportunities identified
Commit _survey.md after each reading batch. This creates a timeline of how your understanding evolved.
literature/_survey.md_survey.mdCreates, edits, and optimizes skills for Claude Code, including drafting, evaluating with test prompts, iterating on performance, and improving skill descriptions for better triggering accuracy.
npx claudepluginhub tncrd/skills --plugin design