# Information Synthesis

> Information Synthesis

- Skill: `sethdford/information-synthesis` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add sethdford/information-synthesis`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/sethdford/information-synthesis/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: sethdford (https://skillmd.com/u/sethdford)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/sethdford/information-synthesis

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# Information Synthesis

**Synthesis ≠ summary.** Summaries compress one source; synthesis **integrates many** into a **new, more useful** view—explicit about agreement, tension, and **unknowns**.


## When to Use
- Literature reviews, competitive scans, incident timelines, policy comparisons, or any “many docs, one answer” request.

## Workflow
**Gather** diverse sources (not only the ones that agree). **Extract** the core **claims** from each. **Compare:** note **agreements**, **contradictions**, and **silence** (what nobody covers). **Pattern-find** across sources for stable themes. **Integrate** into one narrative or decision frame. **Weight** sources by **credibility** and **method** (data vs opinion). **Flag conflicts** openly—don’t silently pick a winner. **Deliver** insight the user can **act on**, plus **gaps** where evidence is thin.

## Examples
**Example 1:** Five postmortems mention “config drift”; synthesis proposes one control (golden image + drift check) and lists what past docs disagreed on (rollback vs forward-fix).

**Example 2:** Three vendors claim “best latency”; synthesis table shows different test setups, flags incomparable metrics, recommends a single benchmark harness before buying.