literature-evidence

I need to turn literature into evidence, not just collect PDFs

Move from search, full-text reading, and citation checks to evidence tables that support research judgment.

Who it helps

Researchers entering a fieldReview and proposal writersAuthors checking citationsResearch assistants

Bring these materials

Topics, keywords, or DOIsSeed papers or a PDF folderTarget databases or venuesEvidence questions to answer

Skills used

sa.paper-lookupcs.literature-reviewns.nature-readersa.citation-managementcite-verify

Before you start

Install the Skills for this workflow

Choose your system and agent, then run the command in your terminal. After installation, send the prompts below to your agent.

System
Agent
curl -sSL https://paperskills.com/scripts/paperskills-install.sh | bash -s -- \
  --tool codex \
  --skills sa.paper-lookup,cs.literature-review,ns.nature-reader,sa.citation-management,cite-verify \
  --registry https://paperskills.com/api/registry

Recommended workflow

Step 1 · sa.paper-lookup

Search and deduplicate the first paper pool

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Task for your agent

Use paper-lookup to search PubMed, arXiv, OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar, and Crossref for this question. Deduplicate and group by evidence type, year, and open-access status.

Expected outputs

Search stringsDeduplicated paper poolOpen-access links

Step 2 · ns.nature-reader

Read full text into an evidence table

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Task for your agent

Use nature-reader to read these PDFs/DOIs with figure/table placement, key experiments, sample sizes, limitations, and source anchors. Output a bilingual evidence table.

Expected outputs

Evidence tableFigure/table anchorsMethod limitations

Step 3 · cs.literature-review

Synthesize into writable claims

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Task for your agent

Use literature-review to synthesize the evidence table into 5-8 writable claims with strength, counterexamples, debates, and remaining search gaps.

Expected outputs

Core claimsEvidence strengthFollow-up search list

paper-lookup

Search 10 academic paper databases via REST APIs for research papers, preprints, and scholarly articles. Covers PubMed, PMC (full text), bioRxiv, medRxiv, arXiv, OpenAlex, Crossref, Semantic Scholar, CORE, Unpaywall. Use when searching for papers, citations, DOI/PMID lookups, abstracts, full text, open access, preprints, citation graphs, author search, or any scholarly literature query. Triggers on mentions of any supported database or requests like "find papers on X" or "look up this DOI".

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literature-review

Find, verify, and synthesize scientific literature — from "what's the seminal paper for X" through full multi-source reviews. Covers grounding claims in real retrieved sources, avoiding fabricated citations, handling retractions, and calibrating confidence to evidence strength.

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nature-reader

Build full-paper Chinese-English side-by-side, figure/table-aware, source-grounded Markdown readers for journal or conference papers from PDF, DOI, arXiv, publisher HTML, or pasted text. Use whenever the user asks to translate or read a paper, make 中英文对照/原文对照/全文翻译解读, extract figures or tables into the right positions, preserve figure/table placement near relevant prose, or keep exact source anchors for every block. This skill must not degrade into a summary-only output unless the user explicitly asks for a summary. Also trigger on general paper-reading and translation requests even without the word "Nature", such as reading/translating an academic paper, literature reading, understanding a paper, and Chinese phrasings like 读论文、精读论文、论文翻译、文献翻译、文献阅读、学术阅读、帮我读这篇文章、翻译这篇paper.

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citation-management

Comprehensive citation management for academic research. Search Google Scholar and PubMed for papers, extract accurate metadata, validate citations, and generate properly formatted BibTeX entries. This skill should be used when you need to find papers, verify citation information, convert DOIs to BibTeX, or ensure reference accuracy in scientific writing.

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Citation Verify

Verify whether cited sources support manuscript claims and reduce citation risk.

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Design and statisticsManuscript and submission