revedres-literature-synthesis
Use when executing the systematic search, screening to a PRISMA flow, and extracting data for a Review of Educational Research (RER) review or meta-analysis. Builds the documented evidence corpus; it does not impose the conceptual spine (revedres-organizing-framework) or run robustness/risk-of-bias appraisal (revedres-comprehensiveness-and-balance).
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill revedres-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.
# Systematic Search & Synthesis (revedres-literature-synthesis) ## When to trigger - The protocol is fixed and it is time to search the literature exhaustively - Searching feels ad hoc; you cannot yet report a reproducible PRISMA flow - You have hundreds of records and need a defensible screening trail - A reviewer at RER is likely to ask "why did you omit study X / database Y?" ## Search to a documented PRISMA flow, not to memory An RER systematic review's credibility rests on a reader's belief that you found **everything that meets your criteria** — and can prove it. Execute the protocol, logging every number for the **PRISMA flow diagram** (identification → screening → eligibility → included). 1. **Run the registered search.** Search every database in the protocol (ERIC, PsycINFO, Education Source, Web of Science, Scopus, ProQuest Dissertations) with the recorded strings, plus grey-literature and hand-searches of key journals. Record hits per source and the search date. 2. **Deduplicate and log.** Report records identified, duplicates removed, and records screened — exact counts. 3. **Dual independent screening.** Two screeners at title/abstract, then full-text, against the elig
- When to trigger
- Search to a documented PRISMA flow, not to memory
- From extraction to synthesis (not summary)
- Education-specific search hazards
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
What does the revedres-literature-synthesis skill do?
Use when executing the systematic search, screening to a PRISMA flow, and extracting data for a Review of Educational Research (RER) review or meta-analysis. Builds the documented evidence corpus; it does not impose the conceptual spine (revedres-organizing-framework) or run robustness/risk-of-bias appraisal (revedres-comprehensiveness-and-balance).
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill revedres-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.