Cross-checks citation keys in index.qmd against references.bib, reporting missing, orphaned, and duplicate entries.

Custom licenceAuto-check: notesResearch & Science

Install Bib Check

skills CLI
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill bib-check -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills bib-check --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/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/29-quarcs-lab-project20XXy/dot-claude/skills/bib-check .claude/skills/bib-check && 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
bib-check
GitHub stars
4.6k
Token cost
~381 tokens
SKILL.md length
172 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
383
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Cross-checks citation keys in index.qmd against references.bib, reporting missing, orphaned, and duplicate entries.

  • Works in 5 steps: Read index.qmd and extract every… → Read references.bib and extract every… → Check for duplicate keys within… → …
  • Verifying citations
  • SKILL.md covers Steps and Error handling
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Bib Check is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Cross-checks citation keys in index.qmd against references.bib, reporting missing, orphaned, and duplicate entries. Use when verifying citations.

Its SKILL.md is about 380 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: 🔬 A curated collection of 23,000+ agent skills for empirical research across 8 social science disciplines. | 精选 23,000+ AI Agent 技能库,覆盖8大社会科学学科的实证研究。CoPaper.AI…

When your agent uses it

  • Verifying citations
  • Tasks that involve Citation management

Example prompts

  • “/bib-check”

Requirements

  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Bash, Read, Glob, Grep

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Read index.qmd and extract every citation key
  2. Read references.bib and extract every entry key (the identifier after @article{, @book{, etc.)
  3. Check for duplicate keys within references.bib (same key defined more than once)
  4. Report three categories
  5. Print a summary: total cited keys, total .bib entries, errors, orphaned, duplicates

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9fa87d8. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

    • Bash
    • Read
    • Glob
    • Grep

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    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

Bib Check loads about 381 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 39 tokens; SKILL.md has 172 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~39
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~381

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: notes

The automated check noted patterns worth knowing about, such as sudo or a known installer.

  • NotePre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: Bash)SKILL.md
    allowed-tools: Bash, Read, Glob, Grep

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 172 words (~381 tokens).

“Cross-check all citation keys in the manuscript against references.bib and report mismatches.”

— opening of SKILL.md by brycewang-stanford, Custom licence
name
bib-check
allowed-tools
Bash, Read, Glob, Grep

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/29-quarcs-lab-project20XXy/dot-claude/skills/bib-check of brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9fa87d8

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Questions about Bib Check

What does Bib Check do?

Cross-checks citation keys in index.qmd against references.bib, reporting missing, orphaned, and duplicate entries. Bib Check is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.bib, reporting missing, orphaned, and duplicate entries.

When should I use Bib Check?

Bib Check fits situations like: verifying citations; tasks that involve Citation management.

How do I install Bib Check in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill bib-check -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/29-quarcs-lab-project20XXy/dot-claude/skills/bib-check in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .claude/skills/bib-check in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Bib Check in Codex?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill bib-check -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/29-quarcs-lab-project20XXy/dot-claude/skills/bib-check in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .agents/skills/bib-check in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Bib Check 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 brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill bib-check -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/bib-check, .gemini/skills/bib-check, .github/skills/bib-check and .opencode/skills/bib-check in your project.

What does Bib Check need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Bib Check is instructions for the agent only. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Bash, Read, Glob, Grep.

Does Bib Check 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 Bib Check safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found notes only (pre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: bash)), nothing it rates as a warning. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Bib Check use?

Bib Check has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Bib Check use?

About 381 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.5k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains Bib Check?

brycewang-stanford (a GitHub user) maintains it in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills, which has 4,556 GitHub stars. The repository holds 383 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 5, 2026.

Source: brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.