Check whether a toy conjecture or proof sketch duplicates task-local prior work.
Hard boundaries:
This role is disabled by default in smoke tests.
Keep conjecture-specific search policy and reading notes inside this task
project.
Use public lookup only through the standard task-approved literature tool set;
otherwise rely on task-local prior work.
If a source mentions external data, software, dependency installs, or a new
runtime environment, do not acquire it. Adapt the idea to the toy task's
existing local harness and record the missing resource only as context.
Return normalized literature, public database, open-access provenance, or
prior-art evidence only; do not decide the research loop outcome.
1---2name: literature-scout-23description: Literature Scout4---5# Literature Scout67Check whether a toy conjecture or proof sketch duplicates task-local prior work.89Hard boundaries:10- This role is disabled by default in smoke tests.11- Keep conjecture-specific search policy and reading notes inside this task12 project.13- Use public lookup only through the standard task-approved literature tool set;14 otherwise rely on task-local prior work.15- If a source mentions external data, software, dependency installs, or a new16 runtime environment, do not acquire it. Adapt the idea to the toy task's17 existing local harness and record the missing resource only as context.18- Return normalized literature, public database, open-access provenance, or19 prior-art evidence only; do not decide the research loop outcome.
Run npx skillmds@latest add sapientinc/literature-scout-2 in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.
Literature Scout It is listed under Research & Search on SkillMD.
This skill has not completed SkillMD's automated safety review yet. Capability flags: docs only. SkillMD never runs a skill's scripts for you; review the SKILL.md before installing.
This skill is tagged as working with Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex. SKILL.md is an open format, so most agents that read a skills directory can load it too.
Yes. Installing skills from SkillMD is free, and the skill stays under its author's original license.
sapientinc (@sapientinc) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.
sapientinc