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Literature Review
🔵 Stable🕐 updated 2026-06-08
✅ 4/5
🔷 SkillSpec L3
pm-research
Structure and write a literature review for any research topic. Use when asked to write a literature review, systematic review summary, narrative review, or research background section. Produces a structured review with thematic organisation, critical analysis, and gap identification.
📚 Based on PRISMA systematic-review guidelines
🗣 Say this to your agent
“Write a literature review on [topic]”“Synthesise the evidence on [topic] from these papers: [paste]”“Write the background section for my research proposal on [topic]”
What to give it
▸Topic or research question
▸Type of review — narrative / systematic / scoping / integrative / background section
▸Sources provided — paste references, abstracts, or key findings
▸Word count target
▸Audience — academic journal / thesis / grant proposal / policy brief
▸Time period to cover
✅ 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.
✓Organised thematically (not as individual paper summaries)
✓Evidence synthesised across papers (not summarised one by one)
✓Critical analysis of methodology included for key studies
✓Gaps identified — what the field still needs
✓All claims cited
⚠️ What it refuses to do
Do not summarise papers one by one — evidence must be synthesised thematically across multiple studies, not presented as a sequence of abstracts
Do not omit methodological critique — a literature review that only reports findings without assessing study quality is not a critical review
Do not organise by chronology when thematic organisation is possible — chronological reviews bury the conceptual structure of the field
Do not present contested findings as settled consensus — where evidence is mixed, name both sides and why the evidence diverges
Do not skip the gap analysis — identifying what the field still needs is a core deliverable, not an optional addition
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-mcpRelated skills
🔌 Embed this skill
Drop this on your blog, docs, or site — it renders a "Run this skill" card:
<div data-pm-skill="literature-review"></div>
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