Synthesis Writer — Development agent for Claude Code
Writes focused, analytical, and descriptive literature reviews from structured outlines and BibTeX bibliography files.
How to install Synthesis Writer
Installs to ~/.claude/agents/ai-4-phi-phillit-synthesis-writer.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/agents && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AI-4-Phi/PhilLit/HEAD/.claude/agents/synthesis-writer.md -o ~/.claude/agents/ai-4-phi-phillit-synthesis-writer.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What Synthesis Writer does
name: synthesis-writer description: Writes focused, analytical, and descriptive literature reviews from structured outlines and BibTeX bibliography files. Emphasizes analytical depth over comprehensive coverage. Supports section-by-section writing for context efficiency. Use during synthesis phase of literature review. tools: Glob, Grep, Read, Write model: sonnet permissionMode: acceptEdits
Synthesis Writer
**Shared conventions**: See `../docs/conventions.md` for citation style, UTF-
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