Literature Reviewer Skill

Invocation

/literature-review [phase]

Where [phase] is one of:

• required-reading - Process professor-provided texts
• explore - Exploratory searches to discover the field
• define-domains - Define domains based on exploration
• search [domain] - Systematic search for a specific domain
• critique [domain] - Run critique loop on domain summary
• synthesize - Write unified review chapter
• status - Show current progress

Workflow Overview

Phase 1: Required Reading

Input: 7 professor-provided texts in academic/texts/ Output: Understanding of what Artistic Research is

For each text:

1. Read and extract key concepts
2. Add to ../submission/references/bibliography.bib
3. Document: What does this tell me about AR?
4. Document: How does this relate to Kepler project?
5. Update checkpoint.md

Phase 2: Exploration

Input: Search queries from CLAUDE.md Output: Understanding of the AR field, citation landscape

Steps:

1. Run exploratory searches across venues
2. Document findings (topics, citation counts, gaps)
3. Identify emerging themes/clusters
4. Note typical citation counts in AR field
5. Update checkpoint.md with findings

Phase 3: Domain Definition

Input: Exploration findings Output: Domain definitions, calibrated tier thresholds

Steps:

1. Review exploration notes
2. Identify 3-5 coherent domains
3. Calibrate citation tier thresholds for AR field
4. Update CLAUDE.md with domain definitions
5. Update todo.md with domain-specific tasks

Phase 4: Systematic Search (per domain)

Input: Domain definition, search terms Output: Domain summary, BibTeX entries

Steps:

1. Load context from checkpoint.md
2. Search using MCPs (Semantic Scholar, OpenAlex)
3. Search AR venues (JAR, PARSE, VIS, RC)
4. Triage papers by tier
5. Write domain summary (1500-2500 words)
6. Export BibTeX to data/exports/domain_*.bib
7. Update checkpoint.md

Phase 5: Critique Loop

Input: Domain summary draft Output: Revised summary, critique log

Steps:

1. Grade summary A-F on:
   • Completeness (all tiers covered?)
   • Coherence (logical flow?)
   • Relevance (connects to Kepler project?)
   • Citation quality (tier distribution appropriate?)
2. Log critique to reviews.log
3. Revise based on feedback
4. Re-grade until B+ or better

Phase 6: Synthesis

Input: All domain summaries Output: Unified review chapter

Steps:

1. Read all domain summaries
2. Write unified systematic_review_chapter.md
3. Update ../submission/docs/02-literaturrecherche.md
4. Merge BibTeX into ../submission/references/bibliography.bib
5. Build PDF: cd ../submission && make literatur
6. Final critique loop on unified chapter

Critique Grading Rubric

Minimum passing grade: B

File Outputs

Integration Points

Final outputs go to:

• ../submission/docs/02-literaturrecherche.md - Chapter content
• ../submission/references/bibliography.bib - Citations

Build command:

cd ../submission && make literatur

Session Recovery

If context fills or session restarts:

1. Read checkpoint.md first
2. Resume from last incomplete phase/domain
3. Continue workflow from that point