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literature-review

Conducts systematic, scoping, and narrative literature reviews using PubMed, arXiv, bioRxiv, Semantic Scholar, and other appropriate sources. Use for research synthesis, reproducible literature searches, screening, citation checking, or preparing Markdown and PDF reviews. Tracks search coverage, records versus studies, and evidence limitations; supports meta-analysis planning but does not supply a

Type: Skill by K-Dense Inc.
Catalog: Scientific Agent Skills (K-Dense)
Source: K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills/skills/literature-review (12 files scanned)
Install and details: Agent Skills Index entry
License: MIT license (SKILL.md frontmatter)
Signals: Pre-approved shellBundled scriptsNetwork calls in codeReads credentialsSpawns processes

Pre-approved tools

Shell (any command). Tools listed in allowed-tools (or an agent's tools) can be used without a permission prompt while the skill is active, depending on your agent and settings.

Kind	Tools
read/search	`Read`
write/edit files	`WriteEdit`
shell, any command	`Bash`

Declared in literature-review/SKILL.md.

Hooks

No hooks.

MCP servers and apps

None.

Bundled code

5 code files (Python):

Network calls

2 files with a network call pattern. First match per file:

skills/literature-review/scripts/verify_citations.py:28
```
self.session = requests.Session()
```
skills/literature-review/scripts/generate_schematic_ai.py:263
```
response = requests.post(
```

Starts other programs

2 files. First match per file:

skills/literature-review/scripts/generate_pdf.py:15

subprocess.run([name, '--version'], capture_output=True, check=True)

skills/literature-review/scripts/generate_schematic.py:192

result = subprocess.run(cmd, check=False, env=build_subprocess_env(api_key))

Credentials referenced

OPENROUTER_API_KEY

Static scan of commit 5f2bc03 on 2026-10-27. Signals are patterns found in the files, not a verdict: a network call can be the whole point of a skill. Read the linked lines before you decide. How the scan works.