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Research Dossier is a free, open-source agent skill that turns a set of papers into a documented, visual, citation-checked literature review. It is the third step of the Research Suite, after Paper Scout finds the papers and Claim Conflict Finder maps where they disagree.
How it works
The agent writes the synthesis: the answer to the question, key takeaways, themes, debates, open questions and an annotation for each paper. It saves this to synthesis.json and cites papers only by key, as [@key]. A Python script, scripts/dossier.py, then builds the review:
- Checks every citation against
papers.json, and refuses to build if any key is unknown or typed by hand. - Numbers citations in reading order and builds an APA-style annotated bibliography.
- Draws charts as inline SVG:
- papers per year, with preprints marked;
- the top venues;
- papers per theme.
- Adds the debates and evidence table from Claim Conflict Finder when they are present.
- Records the search strings, sources, screening counts and excluded papers, so the review can be reproduced.
Outputs
| File | Use |
|---|---|
dossier.html | The report: one offline file, light and dark themes, table of contents, prints cleanly to PDF |
dossier.md | Numbered citations and a reference list, to paste into Word or Google Docs |
dossier.pandoc.md | [@key] citations for Pandoc, so the review can be rendered in any citation style |
references.bib | Every cited and included paper |
The script makes no network requests and writes only inside its output folder. The repository includes the real run on galaxy merger histories used across the suite: 114 papers from OpenAlex and arXiv.
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