arpsych-literature-synthesis
Use when systematically gathering, reading, and structuring the literature for an Annual Review of Psychology (ARPsych) review so coverage is comprehensive and current. Builds the evidence base; it does not design the analytical spine (arpsych-organizing-framework) or judge balance (arpsych-comprehensiveness-and-balance).
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill arpsych-literature-synthesis --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Literature Synthesis — Reading the Whole Field (arpsych-literature-synthesis) ## When to trigger - An invitation is in hand and the reading must start in earnest - The user has "read a lot" but has no system for tracking what is covered - Coverage gaps are likely (one paradigm, one lab, or one decade dominates the notes) - An embedded meta-analysis is planned and the search must be documentable ## Coverage is the price of admission, not the contribution ARPsych readers trust a review to be **comprehensive within its frame and current to the frontier**. A reviewer caught missing a major line of work loses authority instantly. But coverage is the floor: the *contribution* is the framework you impose later (`arpsych-organizing-framework`). This skill builds an evidence base broad and well-recorded enough that (a) nothing important is missed and (b) you can later be *selective in prose* without being *incomplete in coverage*. ## A systematic, documentable search Even a narrative review benefits from a near-systematic search you can describe: 1. **Seed set** — the canonical and recent agenda-setting papers you already know. 2. **Forward + backward citation chasing** — who cites the se
- When to trigger
- Coverage is the price of admission, not the contribution
- A systematic, documentable search
- The evidence matrix (one row per study/finding)
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
What does the arpsych-literature-synthesis skill do?
Use when systematically gathering, reading, and structuring the literature for an Annual Review of Psychology (ARPsych) review so coverage is comprehensive and current. Builds the evidence base; it does not design the analytical spine (arpsych-organizing-framework) or judge balance (arpsych-comprehensiveness-and-balance).
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill arpsych-literature-synthesis --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, a repository with 909 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.