# Elicit agent skills for Claude Code, Cursor and RevampKey

> Ready-made Elicit playbooks for AI agents: search papers and clinical trials for evidence, commission and summarise an Elicit literature review. Free SKILL.md files for Claude Code, Cursor and Codex, or one click in RevampKey.

## Skills

- [Use Elicit well and safely with AI](https://revampkey.com/marketplace/elicit/skills/essentials.md): Shows how to connect Elicit, pick the right search or report tool, and handle long-running jobs. It asks before starting any new report or review.
- [Search papers and clinical trials for evidence](https://revampkey.com/marketplace/elicit/skills/literature-evidence-search.md): Runs a focused search of academic papers and clinical trials in Elicit, narrows results by study type, year and journal quality, and returns a ranked, sourced evidence table. It stops at results and does not write a review.
- [Commission and summarise an Elicit literature review](https://revampkey.com/marketplace/elicit/skills/literature-review-report.md): Sets up a long-form Elicit literature review or systematic review, tracks it until it finishes, then summarises the report with its citations. It asks for your approval before starting any new billable run.

## Install

- RevampKey: connect Elicit at https://revampkey.com/marketplace/elicit; the skills come with it.
- Any Agent Skills tool, into the current project:

```bash
for s in essentials literature-evidence-search literature-review-report; do
  curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .agents/skills/elicit-$s/SKILL.md https://revampkey.com/marketplace/elicit/skills/$s/SKILL.md
done
```

### What is a Elicit agent skill?

A SKILL.md file: a short playbook an AI agent loads when your request matches it. Each Elicit skill describes one job, which Elicit tools to use in which order, what to check first and when to stop and ask you.

### Do the Elicit skills change anything on their own?

The others tell the agent to show you the change and wait for a yes before it creates, edits or deletes anything in Elicit.

### Which tools can use these skills?

Any agent that reads the open Agent Skills format: Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, VS Code with Copilot and RevampKey. In RevampKey they are attached when you connect Elicit; elsewhere you copy the folders into your project or skills directory.

### Do I need the Elicit MCP server too?

Yes. The skills tell the agent how to do the work; the Elicit MCP server gives it the tools to do it. The Elicit MCP setup guide covers every client.

MCP setup guide: https://revampkey.com/marketplace/elicit.md