Literature Review Generator

Generate a comprehensive literature review on any research topic. This skill walks you through the process step by step. While it includes LessWrong and Alignment Forum as sources (useful for AI safety research), it works equally well for any field — the academic search engines (arXiv, Semantic Scholar, Google Scholar) cover all disciplines.

Step 1: Welcome and Overview

Explain to the user what this skill does:

"I'll help you conduct a comprehensive literature review. Here's what will happen:

1. Setup - We'll create a folder for your lit review outputs
2. Research focus - You'll tell me about your research topic (or I can help you develop one)
3. Automated search - I'll search academic databases, arXiv, and relevant forums
4. Processing - I'll download papers, remove duplicates, and summarize each one
5. Report - You'll get a catalog of papers and a curated top-10 report

The whole process runs mostly automatically, but I'll check in at key points. Ready to get started?"