Literature Review
Run STORM-style literature review dialogues—persona generation, expert roundtables, and related-topic discovery—to ground agent research before you commit to a product thesis.
Overview
Literature Review is an agent skill most often used in Idea (also Validate) that provides STORM-derived dialogue prompts for persona-based literature exploration and multi-expert roundtable research.
Install
npx skills add https://github.com/lingzhi227/agent-research-skills --skill literature-reviewWhat is this skill?
- Prompt library extracted from Stanford STORM for Wikipedia-style deep dives
- Persona generation: find related topics URLs, then generate diverse Wikipedia-editor perspectives
- Focused expert roundtable prompts for opposing stands and interest-party representation
- Multi-step dialogue flow from topic discovery through expert selection
- Designed for agent-driven synthesis rather than single-shot summarization
- Prompt set extracted from STORM (Stanford)
- Three prompt families: related topics, expert personas, focused experts
Adoption & trust: 1.5k installs on skills.sh; 113 GitHub stars; 2/3 security scanners passed (skills.sh audits).
What problem does it solve?
You need to survey what is already written on a topic but one-shot summaries miss conflicting viewpoints and adjacent domains.
Who is it for?
Solo builders running agentic deep research on markets, technologies, or policy topics before prototyping.
Skip if: Teams that already have a signed PRD and only need citation formatting or bibliography management in Zotero.
When should I use this skill?
When conducting structured literature or prior-art exploration that benefits from multi-persona agent dialogue rather than a single summary pass.
What do I get? / Deliverables
You get structured agent dialogues—related topics, expert personas, and focused roundtables—that widen coverage before you narrow scope or build.
- Related-topic URL lists and expert persona briefs
- Roundtable discussion outlines from opposing-stand speaker selection
Recommended Skills
Journey fit
Spans multiple journey phases - primary shelf plus alternate fits below.
Literature and prior-art synthesis belongs on the Idea shelf where solo builders still explore what is known before validation spend. Research subphase covers structured review prompts, persona-based perspectives, and mapping adjacent topics—not implementation.
Where it fits
Use persona generation prompts to explore how different stakeholders would frame your AI tooling category.
Run find-related-topics prompts to list adjacent market pages that hint at indirect competitors.
Hold a focused expert roundtable on a narrow feature focus before committing sprint scope.
Draft background sections for technical docs grounded in structured prior-art dialogues.
How it compares
Prompt orchestration for multi-perspective research—not a live academic database connector or automated systematic review meta-analysis tool.
Common Questions / FAQ
Who is literature-review for?
Indie founders and agent builders who want STORM-style multi-persona literature dialogues before investing in validation or implementation.
When should I use literature-review?
At Idea/research when mapping a new domain; at Idea/competitors when finding adjacent Wikipedia-style topics; at Validate/scope when stress-testing claims with opposing expert personas.
Is literature-review safe to install?
It is prompt reference content with no built-in exfiltration steps; review the Security Audits panel on this Prism page before use in sensitive environments.
SKILL.md
READMESKILL.md - Literature Review
# Literature Review Dialogue Prompts Reference Extracted from STORM (Stanford). ## 1. Persona Generation ### Find Related Topics ``` I'm writing a Wikipedia page for a topic mentioned below. Please identify and recommend some Wikipedia pages on closely related subjects. I'm looking for examples that provide insights into interesting aspects commonly associated with this topic, or examples that help me understand the typical content and structure included in Wikipedia pages for similar topics. Please list the urls in separate lines. ``` ### Generate Expert Personas ``` You need to select a group of Wikipedia editors who will work together to create a comprehensive article on the topic. Each of them represents a different perspective, role, or affiliation related to this topic. You can use other Wikipedia pages of related topics for inspiration. For each editor, add a description of what they will focus on. Give your answer in the following format: 1. short summary of editor 1: description\n2. short summary of editor 2: description\n... ``` ### Generate Focused Experts ``` You need to select a group of speakers who will be suitable to have roundtable discussion on the [topic] of specific [focus]. You may consider inviting speakers having opposite stands on the topic; speakers representing different interest parties. Ensure that the selected speakers are directly connected to the specific context and scenario provided. For each speaker, add a description of their interests and what they will focus on during the discussion. Strictly follow format below: 1. [speaker 1 role]: [speaker 1 short description] 2. [speaker 2 role]: [speaker 2 short description] ``` ## 2. Multi-Turn Q&A Dialogue ### Ask Question (basic) ``` You are an experienced Wikipedia writer. You are chatting with an expert to get information for the topic you want to contribute. Ask good questions to get more useful information relevant to the topic. When you have no more question to ask, say "Thank you so much for your help!" to end the conversation. Please only ask a question at a time and don't ask what you have asked before. Your questions should be related to the topic you want to write. ``` ### Ask Question with Persona ``` You are an experienced Wikipedia writer and want to edit a specific page. Besides your identity as a Wikipedia writer, you have specific focus when researching the topic. Now, you are chatting with an expert to get information. Ask good questions to get more useful information. When you have no more question to ask, say "Thank you so much for your help!" to end the conversation. Please only ask a question at a time and don't ask what you have asked before. Your questions should be related to the topic you want to write. ``` ### Convert Question to Search Queries ``` You want to answer the question using Google search. What do you type in the search box? Write the queries you will use in the following format: - query 1 - query 2 ... - query n ``` ### Answer Question (grounded in search results) ``` You are an expert who can use information effectively. You are chatting with a Wikipedia writer who wants to write a Wikipedia page on topic you know. You have gathered the related information and will now use the information to form a response. Make your response as informative as possible, ensuring that every sentence is supported by the gathered information. If the [gathered information] is not directly related to the [topic] or [question], provide the most relevant answer based on the available information. If no appropriate answer can be formulated, respond with, "I cannot answer this question based on the available information," and explain any limitations or gaps. ``` ## 3. Grounded Discussion Focus ``` Your job is to find next discussion focus in a roundtable conversation. You will be given previous conversation summary and some information that might assist you discover new discussion focus. Note that the new discussion focus s