What do I need to use Literature Review Builder?

The sources; The research question or thesis topic; The level; Citation style.

Is Literature Review Builder free to use?

Yes — run it free in the browser playground (no API key needed for the sponsored trial, or bring any provider key), or install it into Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT and more via npx pm-claude-skills. MIT-licensed and open source.

Literature Review Builder

Q: How do I know the Literature Review Builder output is good?

The skill verifies itself against its own quality checks: Sections are themes/debates — no section is one paper's summary; Every citation traces to a provided source; Conflicting findings are examined via their methods; The gap statement follows from the reviewed material.

🔵 Stable🕐 updated 2026-07-17 🔷 SkillSpec L3 pm-students

Structure a literature review that argues, not lists — thematic synthesis from your sources with the debate mapped and the gap identified. Use when asked to write or structure a literature review, organize my sources, synthesize these papers, or find the gap for my thesis. Produces a themed review skeleton with your sources placed in conversation, the points of scholarly disagreement, the gap your work addresses, and an honest register of what you haven't read yet.

▶ Run it free — no key needed 📝 Grade your existing draft View SKILL.md ↗

What to give it

▸The sources — abstracts, notes, or full summaries of what the student has actually read (author/year minimum)

▸The research question or thesis topic — the review argues *toward* it

▸The level — course essay vs honors thesis vs graduate calibrates depth and voice

▸Citation style — if it matters (APA/MLA/Chicago)

✅ The bar it holds itself to

Every skill in this library self-verifies — these are this skill's own quality checks, straight from its definition.

✓Sections are themes/debates — no section is one paper's summary

✓Every citation traces to a provided source

✓Conflicting findings are examined via their methods

✓The gap statement follows from the reviewed material

✓The unread register is present and honest

⚠️ What it refuses to do

Do not organize paper-by-paper — "Smith found… Jones found…" is a list; reviewers call it exactly that

Do not invent or embellish citations — a fabricated source is an integrity case, not a shortcut; work only from what was provided

Do not flatten disagreements into "scholars have various views" — name who disagrees with whom about what

Do not let the gap appear from nowhere — if the review didn't establish it, the review isn't done

Do not write the student's analysis for them at thesis level — the skeleton and the connections are scaffolding; the argument in their voice is theirs

Install

npx pm-claude-skills add --agent claude   # or codex · cursor · gemini · hermes
# or one-line MCP (every skill, any client):
claude mcp add pm-skills -- npx -y pm-claude-skills-mcp

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