Conduct comprehensive literature reviews using multi-perspective dialogue simulation. Generate diverse expert personas, conduct grounded Q&A conversations, and synthesize findings into structured knowledge. Use when starting a new research project or writing a survey section.

Literature Review Conduct deep literature reviews through multi perspective dialogue and systematic search. Input $0 — Research topic or question $1 — Optional: specific focus or angle References Multi perspective dialogue prompts (STORM): ~/.claude/skills/literature review/references/dialogue prompts.md Literature review workflow (AgentLaboratory): ~/.claude/skills/literature review/references/review workflow.md Scripts (from literature search skill) Workflow Step 1: Generate Expert Personas (from STORM) Given the topic, create 3 5 diverse expert personas: Each represents a different perspective, role, or research angle Example: "ML systems researcher focused on efficiency", "Theoretical statistician concerned with guarantees" Use the persona generation prompts from references Step 2: Multi Perspective Dialogue For each persona, simulate a multi turn Q&A conversation: 1. Persona asks a question from their unique angle 2. Generate search queries from the question 3. Search literature using the search scripts 4. Synthesize an answer grounded in retrieved papers with inline citations 5. Record the dialogue turn with search results 6. Repeat for 3 5 turns per persona 7. End when persona says "Thank you so much for your help!" Step 3: Synthesize Knowledge Combine all persona conversations into a unified knowledge base Remove redundancy across personas Organize by theme/subtopic Generate an outline based on the collected information Step 4: Generate Literature Review Write a structured review organized by the generated outline Every claim must be supported by a citation Include a summary table of key papers (method, contribution, limitations) Output A structured literature review with: 1. Outline — Hierarchical topic structure 2. Per section summaries — Each grounded in retrieved papers 3. Paper database — Structured entries for all reviewed papers 4. Knowledge gaps — Identified areas needing further investigation Rules Every sentence in the review must be supported by gathered information If information is not found, explicitly state the gap Cite broadly — cover diverse approaches, not just the most popular Include recent papers (last 2 3 years) alongside foundational work Use inline citations: "Smith et al. [1] propose..." Related Skills Upstream: [literature search](../literature search/), [deep research](../deep research/) Downstream: [related work writing](../related work writing/), [research planning](../research planning/) See also: [survey generation](../survey generation/)

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