We do have potential conflicts of interest. We are involved in the development of methodology guidelines and would love to see them implemented in practice. Our different areas of expertise and interest might influence the design of our search strategies, eligibility criteria of guidelines, and our indexing system. Transparent methods and systematic processes are therefore key to avoid selective inclusion of guidelines.

The background work for LIGHTS and the development of this prototype has been funded by grants provided by the Swiss National Science Foundation and the University of Basel.

Karakun is providing us with an educational license for their HIBU module that provides the technical basis of the searchable database.