Literature Review

When to Use

• Before starting a new project (understand existing solutions)
• Evaluating technology choices (what has been tried, what worked)
• Writing the "Related Work" section of a paper
• Conducting due diligence on an approach

Workflow

Step 1: Define Scope

review_scope:
  topic: "Exact topic description"
  research_questions:
    - "RQ1: What approaches exist for X?"
    - "RQ2: What are the trade-offs between approaches?"
    - "RQ3: What gaps remain?"
  inclusion_criteria:
    - "Published 2020-2026"
    - "Peer-reviewed or official documentation"
    - "English or Portuguese"
  exclusion_criteria:
    - "Blog posts without data"
    - "Preprints not yet peer-reviewed (unless seminal)"
  search_terms:
    - '"exact phrase" AND keyword'
    - "synonym1 OR synonym2"

Step 2: Search Strategy