Literature Review Synthesis

Cluster papers by claim, evaluate evidence quality, surface contrasts and gaps.

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Literature review synthesis

  • Group hits by claim, not by paper: which papers say X, which say not-X, which side-step it.
  • Score each cluster by evidence quality: theorem with proof > simulation > anecdote.
  • Call out contradictions explicitly; do not paper over them.
  • Flag gaps — questions the literature avoids — as candidate research directions.
  • Save the synthesis as /agent-filesystem/research/<slug>/lit-review.md with one section per cluster and inline citation keys.

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