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Comparative synthesis

Skill papersflow-ai/papersflow-skills/skills/comparative-synthesis

Reusable PapersFlow research skills for literature search, citation graph exploration, and DeepScan monitoring powered by papersflow-mcp.

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npx -y skills add papersflow-ai/papersflow-skills --skill comparative-synthesis

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Compare and synthesize findings across multiple completed DeepScan reports. Use when the user wants cross-run analysis, trend comparison, or a unified summary from several research sessions.

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Comparative Synthesis

Use this skill when the user wants to compare, contrast, or synthesize findings across multiple completed DeepScan runs rather than monitor a single active job.

Workflow

  1. Use summarize_evidence to pull cross-report summaries from the user's DeepScan history.
  2. If the user references specific runs, use get_deepscan_report for each to get full report data.
  3. Identify overlapping papers, conflicting findings, and complementary themes across runs.
  4. Use run_python_plot to visualize comparisons when the data supports it.

Output Style

Structure the synthesis around:

  • Common ground — papers, methods, or findings that appear across multiple runs
  • Divergences — where different runs reached different conclusions or surfaced different literature
  • Gaps — topics or questions that no run adequately covered
  • Trends — temporal patterns, emerging methods, or shifting consensus visible across runs

Keep sections short and reference specific papers by title and year.

Tool Guidance

Use summarize_evidence

Call this first. It aggregates across the user's stored DeepScan history and is the fastest way to get a cross-run view.

Use for:

  • "What do my recent DeepScans say about X?"
  • "Summarize everything I've researched on topic Y"
  • "Compare findings across my last three runs"

Use get_deepscan_report

Call for specific runs when the user wants:

  • side-by-side comparison of two named runs
  • detailed data from a particular session that summarize_evidence condensed too aggressively

Use run_python_plot

Use after you have structured data from reports. Good comparison plots include:

  • paper overlap Venn or bar chart across runs
  • citation count distributions side by side
  • publication year histograms per run
  • venue frequency comparison
  • topic/method co-occurrence heatmap

Only plot when there is enough data to be meaningful. Say so if the data is too sparse.

Do NOT use

  • run_deepscan — this skill synthesizes completed runs, not starts new ones
  • search_literature — use the existing DeepScan data, not new searches

Examples

  • User asks: "Compare my DeepScan on transformer efficiency with the one on model distillation."
  • User asks: "What themes keep showing up across all my recent research sessions?"
  • User asks: "Plot the publication year distribution from my last two DeepScans side by side."
  • User asks: "Synthesize everything I've researched on protein folding this month."

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