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literature-review

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Conducts systematic, scoping, and narrative literature reviews using PubMed, arXiv, bioRxiv, Semantic Scholar, and other appropriate sources. Use for research synthesis, reproducible literature searches, screening, citation checking, or preparing Markdown and PDF reviews. Tracks search coverage, records versus studies, and evidence limitations; supports meta-analysis planning but does not supply a meta-analysis engine. Conduct comprehensive, systematic literature reviews using multiple academic databases (PubMed, arXiv, bioRxiv, Semantic Scholar, etc.). Creates professionally formatted markdown documents and PDFs with verified citations in multiple citation styles.

When to use

• Conducting a systematic literature review for research or publication
• Synthesizing current knowledge on a specific topic across multiple sources
• Performing meta-analysis or scoping reviews
• Writing the literature review section of a research paper or thesis
• Investigating the state of the art in a research domain
• Identifying research gaps and future directions
• Requiring verified citations and professional formatting

When not to use

• Only a simple keyword search is needed (use gget or PubMed directly)
• The task is citation management/formatting only (use reference-style-sync)
• The user needs a single paper summary (use gget or direct reading)
• The task is bibliometric analysis only (use citation-chasing-mapping)

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Conflict

The K-Dense-AI copy is the upstream, versioned source (v1.11) and contains the most rigorous, current methodology (PRISMA 2020, records/reports/studies distinction, explicit limitations of web search). The other copies are reproductions or variants that either omit these critical constraints (zLanqing, foryourhealth111) or add conflicting procedural requirements (aipoch's 'When NOT to Use' and specific skill integrations like gget/bioservices). Because the copies disagree on whether AI schematics are mandatory (K-Dense says optional, others say mandatory) and on the specific tools to use for database access, crowning one would hide real alternatives and conflicting constraints.