Mohit
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Propagates Anti-Patterns sections, description rewrites, Required Inputs additions, and Quality Checks format fixes from skills/ to matching plugin SKILL.md copies. https://claude.ai/code/session_01MuGKn3a3Gbqoe8uM5Lmuqt
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name: literature-review
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description: "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."
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# Literature Review Skill
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Structures and writes literature reviews — from background sections of a dissertation through to standalone narrative reviews for publication.
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## Required Inputs
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- **Topic or research question**
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- **Type of review** (narrative / systematic / scoping / integrative / background section)
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- **Sources provided** (paste references, abstracts, or key findings)
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- **Word count target**
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- **Audience** (academic journal / thesis / grant proposal / policy brief)
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- **Time period to cover**
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## Output Structure
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### 1. Search Strategy Summary (for systematic/scoping reviews)
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**Databases:** [PubMed, EMBASE, PsycINFO, etc.]
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**Search terms:** [Key terms and Boolean combinations]
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**Inclusion criteria:** Study types, population, date range, language
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**Exclusion criteria:** [List]
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**Results:** [n] identified → [n] after deduplication → [n] screened → [n] included
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### 2. Literature Review Body
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Organised thematically — not chronologically. Each theme = one section.
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**Structure per thematic section:**
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**[Theme heading]**
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[Opening: state what this section covers and what evidence shows overall]
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[Evidence synthesis: present what multiple studies found, compare and contrast. Do NOT summarise one paper then the next — synthesise across them: "Three studies found X (Smith, 2019; Jones, 2020; Lee, 2021), while two found Y, with the difference attributable to..."]
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[Critical analysis: note methodological strengths and weaknesses — sample sizes, study designs, generalisability, risk of bias]
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[Closing: transition to next theme]
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### 3. Synthesis Table (systematic/scoping reviews)
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| Author, year | Study design | Population | n | Key findings | Quality/Limitations |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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### 4. Gap Analysis
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**Well-established:** [What literature consistently shows]
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**Contested:** [Areas where evidence is mixed and why]
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**Missing:** [Gaps the field needs to address]
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**How your study addresses the gap:** [If this is for a research proposal]
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### 5. Conclusion Paragraph
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[3-5 sentences. Current state of knowledge and what is needed next]
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## Critical Analysis Framework
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For each paper: internal validity, external validity, bias types, effect size significance vs clinical significance, funding conflicts.
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## Quality Checks
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- [ ] Organised thematically (not as individual paper summaries)
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- [ ] Evidence synthesised across papers (not summarised one by one)
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- [ ] Critical analysis of methodology included for key studies
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- [ ] Gaps identified — what the field still needs
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- [ ] All claims cited
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## Anti-Patterns
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- [ ] Do not summarise papers one by one — evidence must be synthesised thematically across multiple studies, not presented as a sequence of abstracts
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- [ ] Do not omit methodological critique — a literature review that only reports findings without assessing study quality is not a critical review
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- [ ] Do not organise by chronology when thematic organisation is possible — chronological reviews bury the conceptual structure of the field
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- [ ] Do not present contested findings as settled consensus — where evidence is mixed, name both sides and why the evidence diverges
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- [ ] Do not skip the gap analysis — identifying what the field still needs is a core deliverable, not an optional addition
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## Example Trigger Phrases
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- "Write a literature review on [topic]"
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- "Synthesise the evidence on [topic] from these papers: [paste]"
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- "Write the background section for my research proposal on [topic]"
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