Agent skill

Citation Audit

by appleweiping in appleweiping/WEIPING_WIKI

Systematic audit of all citations in a paper draft. An agent skill from appleweiping/WEIPING_WIKI.

MITAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Citation Audit

skills CLI
$ npx skills add appleweiping/WEIPING_WIKI --skill citation-audit -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install appleweiping/WEIPING_WIKI citation-audit --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/appleweiping/WEIPING_WIKI.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/aris/skills/citation-audit .claude/skills/citation-audit && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
citation-audit
GitHub stars
119
Token cost
~777 tokens
SKILL.md length
328 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
51
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Systematic audit of all citations in a paper draft. An agent skill from appleweiping/WEIPING_WIKI.

  • Works in 5 steps: Completeness Check → Fairness Check → Technical Verification → …
  • User says citation-audit
  • SKILL.md covers Decision Gate, Phase 1 — Completeness Check, Phase 2 — Fairness Check and Phase 3 — Technical Verification, plus 4 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Citation Audit is an agent skill from appleweiping/WEIPING_WIKI. Systematic audit of all citations in a paper draft. Checks completeness, recency, fairness, and correct attribution. Use when user says "citation-audit", "引用审核", "check citations", "audit references", or as part of the pre-submission checklist after auto-review-loop passes.

Its SKILL.md is about 780 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Research & Science, covering Citation management. The repository describes itself as: knowledge base managed with an LLM workflow. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • User says citation-audit
  • Check citations
  • Audit references
  • As part of the pre-submission checklist after auto-review-loop passes

Example prompts

  • “citation-audit”
  • “check citations”
  • “audit references”
  • “/citation-audit”

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Completeness Check
  2. Fairness Check
  3. Technical Verification
  4. Gap Analysis
  5. Audit Report

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 76fdc42. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are markdown).

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Citation Audit loads about 777 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 72 tokens; SKILL.md has 328 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~72
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~777

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from appleweiping/WEIPING_WIKI at commit 76fdc42, republished under its MIT licence (© appleweiping). 328 words, ~777 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/citation-audit/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
citation-audit
description
Systematic audit of all citations in a paper draft. Checks completeness, recency, fairness, and correct attribution. Use when user says "citation-audit", "引用审核", "check citations", "audit references", or as part of the pre-submission checklist after auto-review-loop passes.

Citation Audit

Ensure the paper's citations are complete, fair, and correct. Missing a key citation is an easy reject signal.

Decision Gate

Before running:

  • Paper draft exists with a references.bib
  • Related work section is written
  • Auto-review-loop has passed (or running in parallel)

Phase 1 — Completeness Check

For each major claim or method component:

  1. List the claim and its supporting citations
  2. Search for missing citations: Are there seminal papers in this area not cited?
  3. Check recency: Are there 2025-2026 papers that should be cited? (Reviewers notice stale bibliographies)
  4. Check breadth: Are all relevant sub-communities represented?

Minimum citation count for top venue: 30-50 references.

Phase 2 — Fairness Check

  1. Closest competitors: Are they cited AND discussed fairly?
  2. Acknowledged strengths: Do you mention what prior work does well before noting gaps?
  3. No strawmanning: Are baseline descriptions accurate to the original papers?
  4. Self-citation balance: Not too many (looks narcissistic), not too few (looks disconnected)

Red flags:

  • Closest competitor not cited → reviewer will notice
  • Mischaracterizing prior work → ethical issue
  • Only citing old papers → looks out of touch

Phase 3 — Technical Verification

For each citation:

  1. Correct paper? (Title, authors, year match the claim)
  2. Correct claim attribution? (Does the cited paper actually say what you claim it says?)
  3. BibTeX quality: Consistent format, no broken entries, venue names correct
  4. No predatory venues: All cited venues are reputable

Phase 4 — Gap Analysis

Identify citation gaps by category:

CategoryExpectedFoundGap
Problem definition papers3-5??
Method papers (our approach family)5-8??
Baseline papers8+??
Evaluation methodology2-3??
Application domain3-5??
Theory/foundations2-4??

Phase 5 — Audit Report

markdown
# Citation Audit Report
Date: YYYY-MM-DD

## Verdict: PASS / NEEDS ADDITIONS

## Missing Citations (must add)
1. [Paper] — Reason it must be cited

## Recommended Citations (should add)
1. [Paper] — Would strengthen the paper

## Fairness Issues
1. ...

## BibTeX Errors
1. ...

Handoff

  • Output: paper/CITATION_AUDIT.md
  • Output: Updated references.bib with additions
  • Next ARIS step: paper-claim-audit
  • If issues found: fix and re-audit

Hard Rules

  • Closest 3 competitors MUST be cited and discussed
  • No mischaracterization of prior work
  • Minimum 30 citations for top venue
  • All citations must be verified (paper actually says what you claim)
  • Recency: at least 5 citations from the last 2 years

© appleweiping, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in .claude/skills/aris/skills/citation-audit of appleweiping/WEIPING_WIKI.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 76fdc42

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Questions about Citation Audit

What does Citation Audit do?

Systematic audit of all citations in a paper draft. An agent skill from appleweiping/WEIPING_WIKI. Citation Audit is an agent skill from appleweiping/WEIPING_WIKI. Systematic audit of all citations in a paper draft.

When should I use Citation Audit?

Citation Audit fits situations like: user says citation-audit; check citations; audit references; as part of the pre-submission checklist after auto-review-loop passes.

How do I install Citation Audit in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add appleweiping/WEIPING_WIKI --skill citation-audit -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/aris/skills/citation-audit in appleweiping/WEIPING_WIKI) into .claude/skills/citation-audit in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Citation Audit in Codex?

Run `npx skills add appleweiping/WEIPING_WIKI --skill citation-audit -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/aris/skills/citation-audit in appleweiping/WEIPING_WIKI) into .agents/skills/citation-audit in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Citation Audit in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add appleweiping/WEIPING_WIKI --skill citation-audit -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/citation-audit, .gemini/skills/citation-audit, .github/skills/citation-audit and .opencode/skills/citation-audit in your project.

What does Citation Audit need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Citation Audit is instructions for the agent only.

Does Citation Audit access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Citation Audit safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Citation Audit use?

Citation Audit is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Citation Audit use?

About 777 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.1k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Citation Audit?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Citation Audit: Content Research Writer (weapp-tailwindcss/weapp-tailwindcss, 1.9k stars), Systematic Review Screener (Imbad0202/academic-research-skills, 51k stars), Networkx (zLanqing/codex-claude-academic-skills, 4.7k stars) and Literature Review (neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent, 126 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Citation Audit?

appleweiping (a GitHub user) maintains it in appleweiping/WEIPING_WIKI, which has 119 GitHub stars. The repository holds 51 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 26, 2026.

Source: appleweiping/WEIPING_WIKI on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.