Literature Search & Review
Overview
Comprehensive academic literature search and synthesis across 15+ sources.
Capabilities
- Multi-database parallel search (PubMed, arXiv, bioRxiv, medRxiv, OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar, Crossref, DBLP, CORE, DOAJ, Europe PMC)
- Web search via Agent-Reach (Exa semantic search, Jina Reader for any URL/PDF)
- Social academic search (Twitter/X threads, YouTube talks, GitHub repos)
- Structured literature reviews with citation networks
- Knowledge gap identification
- Hypothesis generation from literature analysis
Search Strategy
- Query optimization: Short, keyword-based queries (max 7 words). PubMed-friendly syntax.
- Multi-source fan-out: Parallel queries across all sources for maximum coverage.
- Deduplication: By PMID, DOI, then normalized title.