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Write a literature review on a research question

Recent studies grouped by theme, what they agree on, where the evidence is weak, and a full reference list.

  • You start it: When you start it
  • Odyssey deep research
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What it does

The task

Find peer-reviewed studies on research question published since start year. Search Google Scholar, Semantic Scholar and PubMed, and read at least 20 abstracts and the full text when it is free. Group the studies by theme. For each theme, write what the studies agree on, where they disagree and how strong the evidence is. Write the review in a new Google Doc of 1,500 words or fewer, with in-text citations in citation style style and a reference list. End with the 3 largest gaps in the research.

  • It works in Google Scholar, Semantic Scholar, PubMed and Google Docs, in the workspace you pick, and signs in with passwords from your Cuiar vault.
  • It runs once, when you start it.
  • It uses Odyssey, the deep-research mode of the Pro and Team plans, and keeps a citation for each fact.

What you give it

BlankWhat to giveExample
research questionThe question, in one sentenceDoes remote work change employee productivity?
start yearThe oldest publication year to include2018
citation styleAPA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard or another styleAPA 7

What you get back

An example run with the example values above. Your run uses your own data.

Literature review: remote work and employee productivity, 2018 to 2026

27 studies read, 19 included. Google Doc: Remote work review, 1,430 words

Theme 1, self-reported output: 9 studies report higher output (Lee & Park, 2021; Ortega, 2023)

Theme 2, measured output: 6 field studies show results from -4% to +13%

Theme 3, collaboration: 4 studies find fewer ties between teams

Evidence: strong for call-center work, weak for creative work

Largest gaps:

  • Few studies longer than 12 months
  • Almost no data on firms with fewer than 50 staff
  • Hybrid work has no shared definition

Run it in Cuiar

  1. 01

    Open it

    Click Use in Cuiar on this page. The side panel opens with the task in the composer.

  2. 02

    Fill in 3 blanks

    Type research question, start year and citation style. Tab moves to the next blank.

  3. 03

    Run it

    Run sends it to the agent. Follow each step in the panel, and stop it at any time.

From the terminal

cuiar exec --odyssey "Find peer-reviewed studies on Does remote work change employee productivity? published since 2018. Search Google Scholar, Semantic Scholar and PubMed, and read at least 20 abstracts and the full text when it is free. Group the studies by theme. For each theme, write what the studies agree on, where they disagree and how strong the evidence is. Write the review in a new Google Doc of 1,500 words or fewer, with in-text citations in APA 7 style and a reference list. End with the 3 largest gaps in the research."

Run it from your AI agent

Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other MCP clients reach Cuiar at https://mcp.cuiar.com/mcp. Add the server one time, then ask for the task in plain words, or call run_task yourself.

1. Add Cuiar to Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http cuiar https://mcp.cuiar.com/mcp

2. Ask your agent

Use the Cuiar tool run_task to run my "Write a literature review on a research question" template with research question = Does remote work change employee productivity?; start year = 2018; citation style = APA 7.

Setup for other agents: AI agents.

The tool call

{
  "name": "run_task",
  "arguments": {
    "task": "Find peer-reviewed studies on Does remote work change employee productivity? published since 2018. Search Google Scholar, Semantic Scholar and PubMed, and read at least 20 abstracts and the full text when it is free. Group the studies by theme. For each theme, write what the studies agree on, where they disagree and how strong the evidence is. Write the review in a new Google Doc of 1,500 words or fewer, with in-text citations in APA 7 style and a reference list. End with the 3 largest gaps in the research.",
    "mode": "odyssey"
  }
}

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