Scientific Literature Review
Systematic, scoping or narrative reviews from PubMed, arXiv and Semantic Scholar.
Community, verifiedby K-DenseChecked October 18, 2026
From K-Dense's large scientific skills library, this skill runs reproducible literature reviews. It tracks search coverage, screens records, checks citations and produces Markdown or PDF reviews with honest notes on evidence limits.
Who it is for
- Graduate students
- Researchers
- Science writers
- Clinicians
Prompts to try
Once the skill is installed, ask for the result in plain words. Claude picks the skill up on its own.
Do a scoping review of recent research on microplastics in drinking waterFind and summarize randomized trials on intermittent fasting since 2022Check the citations in this review draftHow to install it
In Claude Code
npx skills add K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills
In Claude.ai
Not practical in Claude.ai because the skill drives local command-line tools, so use Claude Code.
Good to know
The installer lets you pick literature-review from 170 plus scientific skills.
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How we checked it
Confirmed SKILL.md at skills/literature-review/SKILL.md in K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills via the GitHub API; skill folder last changed 2026-10-01, repo has 52,188 stars and was pushed 2026-10-15.
Source: github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/literature-review