research-lit
Search and analyze research papers, find related work, summarize key ideas. Use when user says "find papers", "related work", "literature review", "what does this paper say", or needs to understand academic papers.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill research-lit --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.
# Research Literature Review Research topic: $ARGUMENTS ## Constants - **PAPER_LIBRARY** — Local directory containing user's paper collection (PDFs). Check these paths in order: 1. `papers/` in the current project directory 2. `literature/` in the current project directory 3. Custom path specified by user in `CLAUDE.md` under `## Paper Library` - **MAX_LOCAL_PAPERS = 20** — Maximum number of local
What does the research-lit skill do?
Search and analyze research papers, find related work, summarize key ideas. Use when user says "find papers", "related work", "literature review", "what does this paper say", or needs to understand academic papers.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill research-lit --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.