Reference Corpus Analyzer

Synthesize a literature corpus into a structured comparison matrix. This skill answers: across these N papers, who does what, how do they differ, and where is the open space?

Use this skill when:

• related-work writing requires a side-by-side method comparison across multiple papers
• you want to identify the closest 3–5 papers and understand exactly how they differ from each other
• a literature survey needs trend identification across publication years or venues
• you want to map open gaps across a set of existing approaches before writing the related-work section
• you have 5+ source cards and want a comparison table rather than individual summaries

Do not use this skill to create per-paper source cards — use reference-reading-summarizer for that. Do not use this skill to link a paper to your project's claims — use reference-project-synthesizer for that. Use this skill after source cards exist; avoid re-reading raw PDFs unless a card is insufficient.

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