Systematic Literature Review Skill
Skill WarningUse this skill when the user wants a systematic literature review, survey, or synthesis across multiple academic papers on a topic. Also covers annotated bibliographies and cross-paper comparisons. Searches arXiv and outputs reports in APA, IEEE, or BibTeX format. Not for single-paper tasks — use academic-paper-review for reviewing one paper.
This skill automates literature surveys by searching arXiv, extracting metadata in parallel using sub-agents, and synthesizing themes. It supports APA, IEEE, and BibTeX formats, producing detailed reports with per-paper annotations and bibliographies. The workflow is designed for breadth-first synthesis across multiple papers.
Maintenance
- critical:Commit recencyThere are no commits on the default branch as of today's date (2026-05-06), indicating the project is likely unmaintained and poses a significant risk due to potential lack of updates for dependencies or underlying APIs.
Versioning
- warning:Release ManagementThere is no explicit version field in any manifest file (SKILL.md, package.json), no GitHub releases, and no CHANGELOG.md. The installation instructions do not reference a specific version, implying the `main` branch is used, which is a weak signal for version management.
Installation
npx skills add bytedance/deer-flowRuns the Vercel skills CLI (skills.sh) via npx — needs Node.js locally and at least one installed skills-compatible agent (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, …). Assumes the repo follows the agentskills.io format.
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