obsidian-literature-workflow

Research

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.

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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

How to use this skill

Obsidian Literature Workflow

Main flow

Default outputs

Rules

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