obsidian-literature-workflow
Use this skill when the user keeps paper notes inside an Obsidian project knowledge base and wants filesystem-first literature review, explicit agent-first Zotero ingestion, `Papers/` plus `Knowledge/` synthesis, collection-wide normalization, and a default literature canvas without Obsidian MCP.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill obsidian-literature-workflow --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.
# Obsidian Literature Workflow Handle the **literature sub-workflow** inside the filesystem-first Obsidian project knowledge base. ## Role in the workflow This is a **supporting skill** under `obsidian-project-memory`. Use it when the user says things like: - “My papers are in Obsidian” - “Read papers from Zotero and create notes in the vault” - “Review the notes under `Papers/`” - “Generate liter
What does the obsidian-literature-workflow skill do?
Use this skill when the user keeps paper notes inside an Obsidian project knowledge base and wants filesystem-first literature review, explicit agent-first Zotero ingestion, `Papers/` plus `Knowledge/` synthesis, collection-wide normalization, and a default literature canvas without Obsidian MCP.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill obsidian-literature-workflow --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/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills, a repository with 3,244 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.