Literature Review Sprint

Turn a broad topic, rough idea, or uncertain project direction into a ranked literature map and concrete research implications.

Use this skill when:

• a user needs to understand a new field quickly
• novelty depends on whether close prior work already exists
• a project needs canonical, closest, and recent/concurrent papers before algorithm or experiment design
• a paper draft has weak related-work positioning but the goal is still field understanding, not final citation cleanup
• an advisor meeting needs a crisp paper map, gap analysis, or next reading plan
• early experiments or writing reveal that the project may be in the wrong literature frame

Do not use this skill as a metadata or BibTeX checker. Use citation-audit for citation correctness and citation-coverage-audit for submission-time missing-reference review.

Pair this skill with:

• research-project-memory when literature findings should persist as risks, actions, claims, or positioning decisions
• research-idea-validator before or after the sprint when the result should become a pursue/revise/park/kill decision