Is the Write Literature Review skill free?

Yes. The skill itself is free from Zsun79/LitReviewSkill. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.

What is the Write Literature Review SkillProof Score?

9.2/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 8/10, docs & honesty 5/5.

How do I install Write Literature Review?

Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.

Can I use Write Literature Review with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?

The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.

Write Literature Review

Iterative OpenAlex literature review: seed, citation-expand, screen, rank, synthesize

by Zsun79 · Zsun79/LitReviewSkill

Tested · Works

Install — copy the command Download source ↗

Test report

Verdict: Tested · Works
Score: 9.2/10
Tested: Jul 17, 2026
Environment: Claude Code 2.x (agent harness)
Upstream re-checked: Aug 10, 2026 · cc02405

Ran the bundled pipeline live against OpenAlex: it returned eight real, deduped papers on biochar soil carbon with verified DOIs, actual venues (Chemosphere, Environmental Science & Technology) and true citation counts (4494, 3100), then ranked them into a reproducible table. A no-skill baseline recalls papers from memory and risks fabricated or stale citations; this fetches and ranks verifiable records with machine-readable JSONL/CSV artifacts. Search, dedupe, and rank subcommands all executed cleanly with no API key required.

Scored on four weighted criteria — install, triggering, output vs. baseline, docs. How scoring works

Installs cleanly 5/5
Triggers reliably 5/5
Output vs. baseline 8/10
Docs & honesty 5/5

What Write Literature Review does

An iterative literature-review workflow that drafts keywords, builds a seed set from live OpenAlex title-and-abstract matches, expands by backward/forward citations, screens to saturation, ranks, and writes a review grounded only in included references. Triggers when the user wants a real literature review or citation-expansion survey on a research topic, not a quick reading list.

How to install Write Literature Review

git clone https://github.com/Zsun79/LitReviewSkill
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cd LitReviewSkill && cp -r skills/write-literature-review ~/.claude/skills/

Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ (per-project). Restart Claude Code after installing.

Commands — how to trigger Write Literature Review

/write-literature-review Iterative OpenAlex literature review: seed, citation-expand, screen, rank, synthesize

It also activates on plain-language prompts like these:

Write me a real literature review on biochar soil carbon
Build a seed set of papers on this topic and expand by citations
I need a ranked reading list on this topic with verified DOIs

Frequently asked questions

Is the Write Literature Review skill free?: Yes. The skill itself is free from Zsun79/LitReviewSkill. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.
Does Write Literature Review work with Claude Code?: We tested it with Claude Code 2.x (agent harness) on Jul 17, 2026. Verdict: Tested · Works. Ran the bundled pipeline live against OpenAlex: it returned eight real, deduped papers on biochar soil carbon with verified DOIs, actual venues (Chemosphere, Environmental Science & Technology) and true citation counts (4494, 3100), then ranked them into a reproducible table. A no-skill baseline recalls papers from memory and risks fabricated or stale citations; this fetches and ranks verifiable records with machine-readable JSONL/CSV artifacts. Search, dedupe, and rank subcommands all executed cleanly with no API key required.
What is the Write Literature Review SkillProof Score?: 9.2/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 8/10, docs & honesty 5/5.
How do I install Write Literature Review?: Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.
Can I use Write Literature Review with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?: The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.