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name: obsidian-literature-workflow description: Use this skill for project-scoped literature review built on Sources/Papers, with synthesis landing in Knowledge, writing handoff in Writing, and the default literature canvas under Maps/literature.canvas. version: 1.0.0

Obsidian Literature Workflow

This skill owns the project literature workflow.

Main flow

Sources/Papers/ -> Knowledge/ -> Writing/ -> Maps/literature.canvas

Default outputs

• Sources/Papers/{paper-slug}.md
• Knowledge/Literature Overview.md
• Knowledge/Method Taxonomy.md
• Knowledge/Research Gaps.md
• Knowledge/Claim Map.md
• Writing/related-work-draft.md only after promoted claims pass the evidence gate
• Writing/comparison-matrix.md only after promoted claims pass the evidence gate
• Maps/literature.canvas

Rules

• paper notes stay under Sources/Papers/
• literature synthesis does not live inside source notes
• every synthesis note must link its supporting source notes
• every research gap must carry evidence
• every promoted claim must carry an Evidence Record ID, source type, claim strength, allowed wording, and forbidden stronger wording when it may flow into writing or rebuttal
• weak paper notes, abstract-only pages, and webpage placeholders may update coverage or To-Read, but they cannot support Knowledge or Writing conclusions
• default graph output is Maps/literature.canvas
• do not generate extra canvases unless explicitly requested

Read next

• references/PAPER-NOTE-SCHEMA.md
• references/LITERATURE-OVERVIEW.md
• references/CLAIM-EXTRACTION.md
• references/METHOD-TAXONOMY.md
• references/RESEARCH-GAPS.md
• references/LITERATURE-CANVAS.md