Literature Discovery

The problem

Starting a new research project and don't know where the field stands? This skill discovers and maps the scientific literature for any topic before you commit.

What it does:

• Searches recent publications (configurable 5–10 year window)
• Prioritizes Q1/Q2 journals and top conferences
• Identifies seminal papers and groups results into research clusters
• Detects trends and maps leading authors, institutions, datasets, tools, and metrics

What you get:

A structured literature map instead of an unstructured pile of PDFs, so you can see who's working on what, what's been done, and where the field is heading.

Why buy it:

It replaces hours of manual searching and reading with a ready-made expert workflow. Pair it with "state-of-the-art" and "research gap" to go from "I have a topic" to "I have a defensible contribution."

• Conducting a systematic literature review for a thesis or grant proposal.
• Onboarding a research team to a new technical domain or subfield.
• Identifying potential collaborators and high-impact venues for publication.
• Benchmarking new experimental results against established community datasets and metrics.

Known limitations

Initial search accuracy depends on the precision of the provided research topic and time window. The skill may have a language bias toward English-language publications, but I have tried with Spanish, and it worked very well too.