claude-skills/research/litreview
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fix: resolve the actionable reported issues (#954, #949, #933, #931, #969, #968, #924, #885)
- #954: strip non-spec source/attribution keys from all 39 plugin.json
  manifests so Claude Code's validator accepts them; metadata preserved in
  new .claude-plugin/authoring-notes.json sidecars; check_plugin_json.py now
  hard-fails manifests carrying those keys and sanity-checks the sidecar;
  CLAUDE.md ClawHub schema section updated to the new rule.
- #949: move the c-level-agents plugin out of c-level-advisor/ to a
  top-level directory so the two marketplace sources no longer overlap;
  updated marketplace.json source, homepage, descriptions, all
  cross-references, docs, harness manifest, mirror-tree symlinks/indexes,
  and rebased the moved files' relative links; domain counters trued up
  (18 -> 19 domains).
- #933: replace dead links to the gitignored maintainer-local megaprompts/
  tree with annotated plain-text references (44 files: SKILL.md, READMEs,
  agents, commands).
- #931: DynamoDB on-demand pricing updated to post-Nov-2024 rates
  ($0.625/M writes, $0.125/M strongly consistent reads).
- #969: skill_security_auditor.py and the three dossier scripts reconfigure
  stdout/stderr to UTF-8 (errors=replace) so legacy Windows codepages no
  longer crash at print time; PYTHONUTF8=1 documented.
- #968: Windows Notes section in INSTALLATION.md + README pointer for the
  core.symlinks mirror-tree checkout caveat.
- #924/#885 residuals: hook commands quote "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}" paths in
  all plugin hooks.json/settings.json (space-safe roots); removed the stale
  pre-rename status/review mirror symlinks and index entries left over from
  the memory-status/memory-review rename.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Qgc6RYXWJPr5oW9DHU7zR4
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agents fix: resolve the actionable reported issues (#954, #949, #933, #931, #969, #968, #924, #885) 2026-08-21 05:47:37 +00:00
commands fix: resolve the actionable reported issues (#954, #949, #933, #931, #969, #968, #924, #885) 2026-08-21 05:47:37 +00:00
skills/litreview fix: resolve the actionable reported issues (#954, #949, #933, #931, #969, #968, #924, #885) 2026-08-21 05:47:37 +00:00
README.md fix: resolve the actionable reported issues (#954, #949, #933, #931, #969, #968, #924, #885) 2026-08-21 05:47:37 +00:00

litreview

Academic literature orientation skill. Turns a research question into a strategically planned mini literature review, delivered as a researcher-friendly Word document (.docx).

The output is a launching pad — not a finished review, but the orientation document that lets a researcher entering an unfamiliar field start reading and searching with confidence. Think: what a generous colleague who knows the field would tell you over coffee.

What this skill does

  1. Phase 0 — Grill-me intake (3 forcing questions): research question specificity + framework hint + tentative depth
  2. Phase 1 — Initial reconnaissance (one broad search via the free lane — PubMed E-utilities + OpenAlex, keyless — to map themes, terminology, methodological distinctions; if the Consensus MCP is connected, additionally search there)
  3. Phase 2 — Framework + sub-areas (PICO default; SPIDER / Decomposition / hybrid fallbacks)
  4. Interactive checkpoint — show framework breakdown table + sub-areas + depth-selector; wait for user confirmation before consuming search budget
  5. Phase 3 — Targeted searches (sequential, 1 q/sec, budget-allocated by depth tier)
  6. Phase 4 — DOCX research guide (8 sections: Topic Overview, Start Here, How the Field Got Here, Sub-area Guides, Key Research Groups, Open Questions, Bibliography, Audit Log)

Sibling skill relationship

litreview is part of the research pack (sibling of pulse, future siblings: grants, patent, dossier, syllabus). All share:

  • The Agent Integrity Rules block (1 q/sec rate limit, source discipline, three-count tracking, retry-once-after-3s, stop-after-3-consecutive-failures)
  • The grill-me intake discipline
  • The hard rule: cite only what the search tool returned this session

Different from pulse:

  • Source: PubMed + OpenAlex, optionally Consensus (academic) vs Reddit/HN/Web (recency)
  • Output: 8-section DOCX vs multi-platform briefing
  • Discipline: sequential within single source vs parallel across sources

Source spec

megaprompts/09-litreview-megaprompt.md (maintainer-local draft spec — gitignored, not in the public repo) (PR #657). Canonical. Drift = bug.

Plugin layout

research/litreview/
├── .claude-plugin/plugin.json
├── README.md
├── agents/cs-litreview.md             ← academic-research persona, checkpoint enforcer
├── commands/cs-litreview.md           ← /cs:litreview <research-question>
└── skills/litreview/
    ├── SKILL.md                        ← Path-B converted from megaprompt 09
    ├── references/
    │   ├── framework_selection.md      ← PICO / SPIDER / Decomposition canon (7+ sources)
    │   ├── search_budget_allocation.md ← 5/10/20 depth tiers + cross-search intelligence (7+ sources)
    │   └── docx_8_sections.md          ← Research guide DOCX spec + technical requirements (7+ sources)
    └── scripts/
        ├── free_search.py              ← stdlib: free keyless search lane (PubMed E-utilities + OpenAlex via urllib)
        ├── citation_tracker.py         ← stdlib: JSON-backed three-count audit (sent/received/cited)
        ├── framework_recommender.py    ← stdlib: heuristic PICO/SPIDER/Decomp suggestion from Q1
        └── cross_search_aggregator.py  ← stdlib: repeat-hits + recurring-authors + citation-per-year

Dependencies

  • Free keyless APIs (default search lane, no key/account) — PubMed E-utilities (eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov, ≤3 req/s keyless) + OpenAlex (api.openalex.org, polite pool via mailto)
  • Consensus MCP (optional enhancement) — used only when connected in the session; one runtime check, no plan-tier detection
  • docx Node.js library (required) — npm install docx
  • DOCX skill (reference) — hyperlink / table / list / validation patterns
  • DOCX validation step — zip-integrity check: python3 -c "import zipfile,sys; zipfile.ZipFile(sys.argv[1]).testzip()" output.docx (no output = intact), then confirm required sections present

Quick start

# Free-lane search (keyless: PubMed + OpenAlex)
python skills/litreview/scripts/free_search.py --query "LLM clinical reasoning" --source both --max 10

# Track citations across the session
python skills/litreview/scripts/citation_tracker.py --action start --session litreview-2026-05-15

# Recommend a framework from a research question
python skills/litreview/scripts/framework_recommender.py --question "How do LLMs perform on clinical reasoning?"

# After all searches complete, aggregate cross-search intelligence
python skills/litreview/scripts/cross_search_aggregator.py --session litreview-2026-05-15

License

MIT.