# Lit

> Use this tool when you need to streamline academic research and literature reviews by integrating multiple databases. Lit solves problems of tedious search and summary processes by providing advanced search, metadata retrieval, and AI-powered research prompts across arXiv and DBLP databases. It takes in search queries and outputs comprehensive summaries, related topics, and PDF access for efficient research workflows.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/gauravfs-14-lit  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/gauravfs-14-lit

## Description

Integrates with arXiv and DBLP academic databases to accelerate research workflows. Provides advanced search capabilities across both platforms with metadata retrieval, PDF access, and AI-powered research prompts that generate comprehensive summaries and identify related topics for efficient literature reviews.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.50
- **Verification tier:** unverified

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** database
- **Updated:** 2026-04-25

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/gauravfs-14-lit)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/gauravfs-14/lit-mcp>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "gauravfs-14-lit"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/gauravfs-14-lit` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/gauravfs-14-lit/pull`

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