AgentSkillsCN

Citation Verifier

引文验证器

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Citation Verifier

Verify and fix BibTeX citations against authoritative DOI and CrossRef metadata.

Definition

  • •ID: citation-verifier
  • •Type: Command
  • •Author: Research Skills
  • •Description: Validate BibTeX entries, detect mismatches, and auto-correct

Commands

Verify Bibliography

code
/citation-verifier reference.bib

Check all citations for metadata mismatches.

Generate Report

code
/citation-verifier reference.bib --out report.json

Output detailed verification report as JSON.

Auto-Correct

code
/citation-verifier reference.bib --fix all --out fixed.bib

Automatically correct all detected issues.

Requirements

  • •Python 3.10+
  • •httpx>=0.25.0
  • •No API keys needed (uses public CrossRef API)

Setup

  1. •Install as part of skills-research:
    bash
    cd ~/.claude/skills/skills-research/literature-search/citation-verifier

Check Types

Verifies against CrossRef metadata:

  • •✓ Title matches
  • •✓ Author names
  • •✓ Publication year
  • •✓ Venue/Journal name
  • •✓ DOI validity

Examples

code
/citation-verifier references.bib
/citation-verifier references.bib --out verification_report.json
/citation-verifier references.bib --fix all --out fixed_references.bib
/citation-verifier references.bib --interactive

Output (Report)

json
{
  "total": 50,
  "valid": 45,
  "warnings": 3,
  "errors": 2,
  "entries": [
    {
      "key": "smith2020",
      "status": "warning",
      "issues": ["Title mismatch", "Missing DOI"],
      "suggestion": "@article{smith2020, ... DOI={10.1145/1234567}}"
    }
  ]
}

Notes

  • •Essential before submitting papers to journals
  • •Catches common BibTeX formatting errors
  • •Ensures DOI links work correctly
  • •Can be used in CI/CD pipelines
  • •Pairs well with zotero-bibtex for quality control