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Literature Review · sundial-org | DecimalAI

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Literature Review

sundial-org/literature-review

Source sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills ↗License Not recorded

Assistance with writing literature reviews by searching for academic sources via Semantic Scholar, OpenAlex, Crossref and PubMed APIs.

SkillScore77Maintained

Automatic

Research pack

Last verified 8/19/2026

What it changes

Passed 15 of 19 test cases with the skill, and 8 of 19 without it.

Without skill41%

With skill77%

Checks it passed that the model alone missed

Includes --limit 5 in the CLI flags.
Includes --source cr in the CLI invocation.
Invokes scripts/lit_search.py search for the query.

and 6 more in the full report

8 fixed9 passed either way5 still failing0 broke

Pass-rate lift: +36 pp
Tokens: +23%
Agent turns: 0%
Response time: -50%

Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 8/19/2026v117 of 22 cases passed with skill · 19 comparable

Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.

Use this skill

Save it into your project's skills folder. Claude Code picks it up in its next session.

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/sundial-org-literature-review/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/sundial-org-literature-review/SKILL.md

Want it pinned and updatable? pip install "decimalai>=0.15", then decimalai skills add sundial-org-literature-review, and start Claude Code with claude --plugin-dir "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/.agents"

1 · One-time — install the CLI (docs ↗)

pip install "decimalai>=0.15"

2 · Get the skill — writes .agents/skills/sundial-org-literature-review/ and pins it in .decimal/skills.lock

decimalai skills add sundial-org-literature-review

No CLI? Get the same file — curl · raw file

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/sundial-org-literature-review/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/sundial-org-literature-review/SKILL.md

Raw file: /s/sundial-org-literature-review/SKILL.md ↗ · machine-readable summary at /s/sundial-org-literature-review.json ↗

Safety checks: 3 of 3 passed

Code scan CleanIntent PassedContent Clean

See it in action

One of 8 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.

1 of 8

Prompt

If USER_EMAIL is unset in the environment, which fallback environment variable does the literature review search script check for email identification?

What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked	Without skill	With skill
Identifies CLAWDBOT_EMAIL as the fallback environment variable.	Missed	Passed

case-09 · gemini-3.6-flash · 8/19/2026 · answers are capped and redacted

What's inside

The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.

SKILL.md77 lines2 filesincludes scripts

Literature Review

Help write academic literature reviews using a multi-engine search integration (S2, OA, CR, PM).

Capabilities

Multi-Source Search: Find relevant academic papers using Semantic Scholar (S2), OpenAlex (OA), Crossref (CR), and PubMed (PM).
Full Abstracts: All sources now return complete abstracts (PubMed uses efetch for full XML records).
DOI Extraction: DOIs are extracted from all sources for cross-referencing and deduplication.
Automatic Deduplication: When searching multiple sources (--source all or --source both), results are automatically deduplicated by DOI.
Polite Access: Automatic email identification for OpenAlex/Crossref "Polite Pool" (via USER_EMAIL env var).
Abstract Reconstruction: Reconstructs abstracts from OpenAlex inverted index format.
Synthesis: Group papers by theme and draft review sections based on metadata.

Environment Variables

Variable	Purpose	Default
`USER_EMAIL`	Email for polite API access	`[email protected]`
`CLAWDBOT_EMAIL`	Fallback if USER_EMAIL not set	—
`SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY`	Optional S2 API key for higher rate limits	—
`OPENALEX_API_KEY`	Optional OpenAlex API key	—

Workflows

1. Broad Search (All Bases)

Get a comprehensive overview from all major academic databases. Results are automatically deduplicated by DOI.

python3 scripts/lit_search.py search "impact of glycyrrhiza on bifidobacterium" --limit 5 --source all

2. Targeted Search

OpenAlex (oa): Fast and comprehensive, good abstracts.
Semantic Scholar (s2): High-quality citation data and TL;DRs.
Crossref (cr): Precise DOI-based metadata (no abstracts).
PubMed (pm): Gold standard for biomedical research, full abstracts and PMIDs.

python3 scripts/lit_search.py search "prebiotic effects of liquorice" --source pm

Track record

Benchmark

15 / 19

test cases passed, vs 8 / 19 without

Adoption

Users: 3
Times used: 121

Safety and source details

SkillSafety

✓ 3 of 3 passed

Code scan15 of 15 checks clean

0 critical · 0 warning · 0 info — scanner v4 — 8/3/2026

View 15 scanner checks

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IntentSafe

LLM judge · does the skill do what it claims

ContentClean

LLM judge · policy & harmful-content review

Source

Imported

sundial-org / awesome-openclaw-skills

skills/literature-review/SKILL.md

View on GitHub ↗

Imported 8/3/2026Version v1Bundled 1 file · scripts

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What's inside

Literature Review

Capabilities

Environment Variables

Workflows

1. Broad Search (All Bases)

2. Targeted Search

Track record

Benchmark

Adoption

SkillSafety

Source

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