Agent skill

Ylj Footnotes And Cite Check

by brycewang-stanford in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills

A skill your agent uses when running the final footnote-apparatus audit of a The Yale Law Journal (YLJ) piece — verifying every cite exists, is pinpointed, is correct Bluebook form, and actually…

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Install Ylj Footnotes And Cite Check

skills CLI
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ylj-footnotes-and-cite-check -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills ylj-footnotes-and-cite-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/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/Yale-Law-Journal-Skills/skills/ylj-footnotes-and-cite-check .claude/skills/ylj-footnotes-and-cite-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
ylj-footnotes-and-cite-check
GitHub stars
1.2k
Token cost
~1.4k tokens
SKILL.md length
610 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
2,387
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when running the final footnote-apparatus audit of a The Yale Law Journal (YLJ) piece — verifying every cite exists, is pinpointed, is correct Bluebook form, and actually…

  • Works in 4 steps: Existence. The source is real and… → Support. The cited page/section actually… → Pinpoint. The cite points to the exact… → …
  • Running the final footnote-apparatus audit of a The Yale Law Journal (YLJ) piece — verifying every cite exists
  • SKILL.md covers When to trigger, The four-point cite test…, Apparatus-wide consistency sweep and Risk-ordered audit pass, plus 6 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Ylj Footnotes And Cite Check is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when running the final footnote-apparatus audit of a The Yale Law Journal (YLJ) piece — verifying every cite exists, is pinpointed, is correct Bluebook form, and actually supports its sentence, in preparation for (or during) the student source-pull. It verifies; it does not construct new cites (ylj-sources-and-bluebook).

Its SKILL.md is about 1.4k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

The repository describes itself as: Journal-specific Claude Code/Codex skill packs covering mainstream journals — AER, QJE, Nature, Cell, 管理世界, 经济研究 & 200+ more — your fast track to getting published. | 覆盖主流期刊的… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Running the final footnote-apparatus audit of a The Yale Law Journal (YLJ) piece — verifying every cite exists
  • Is correct Bluebook form
  • Actually supports its sentence
  • In preparation for (or during) the student source-pull

Example prompts

  • “/ylj-footnotes-and-cite-check”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Existence. The source is real and retrievable (case in the reporter, statute in the code,
  2. Support. The cited page/section actually says what the sentence claims. The cite-doesn't-support
  3. Pinpoint. The cite points to the exact page/section/paragraph relied on, not the source's first
  4. Form. Bluebook form is correct for the source type, with the right signal and consistent short

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 932eb23. 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.

    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

Ylj Footnotes And Cite Check loads about 1.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 89 tokens; SKILL.md has 610 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~89
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.4k

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 brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills at commit 932eb23, republished under its MIT licence (© brycewang-stanford). 610 words, ~1,384 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/ylj-footnotes-and-cite-check/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
ylj-footnotes-and-cite-check
description
Use when running the final footnote-apparatus audit of a The Yale Law Journal (YLJ) piece — verifying every cite exists, is pinpointed, is correct Bluebook form, and actually supports its sentence, in preparation for (or during) the student source-pull. It verifies; it does not construct new cites (ylj-sources-and-bluebook).

Footnotes & Cite-Check (ylj-footnotes-and-cite-check)

The heavy-footnote apparatus is what distinguishes legal scholarship, and YLJ's source-pull verifies every footnote by hand. This skill runs the same audit you should run before submission and again during editing, so the piece survives source-pull cleanly. It verifies an existing apparatus; building cites is ylj-sources-and-bluebook, and the editorial cycle that triggers source-pull is ylj-revision-and-editing.

When to trigger

  • Final pass before submission — the apparatus must be source-pull-ready
  • Answering source-pull author queries during the editing cycle
  • A reader or editor flagged a cite that may not support its sentence
  • Reconciling short forms (id., supra) and cross-references after heavy revision

The four-point cite test (every footnote)

  1. Existence. The source is real and retrievable (case in the reporter, statute in the code, article in the journal). Dead or invented cites are the gravest source-pull failure.
  2. Support. The cited page/section actually says what the sentence claims. The cite-doesn't-support failure is the most common — read the pinpoint, not just the source's headnote.
  3. Pinpoint. The cite points to the exact page/section/paragraph relied on, not the source's first page.
  4. Form. Bluebook form is correct for the source type, with the right signal and consistent short forms.

Apparatus-wide consistency sweep

CheckFailure it catches
Short-form chainAn id. pointing at the wrong antecedent after a paragraph was moved
supra notesA supra note 14 whose note 14 was renumbered or deleted
First-full-cite ruleA short form used before the source's first full citation
Cross-references"See Part III.B" when restructuring renamed the Part
Quotation fidelityQuoted text that no longer matches the source verbatim; missing [ ]/. . .
Signal accuracySee where the source states it directly (or E.g. with one example)

Risk-ordered audit pass

Do not audit footnotes only from note 1 to the end. First isolate the citations that would damage the piece if they fail:

  1. Load-bearing law: holdings, statutory text, constitutional provisions, agency rules.
  2. Novelty claims: cites used to prove what prior scholarship has or has not said.
  3. Empirical / historical claims: any number, date, institutional practice, or archive fact.
  4. Quotations: all block quotes and all quotations used as proof of meaning.
  5. String cites: sources in a chain where one weak cite can make the whole proposition look padded.

For each high-risk note, write a one-line support note: "source says X at pin Y; manuscript sentence claims Z; support is direct / inferential / weak." Anything weak becomes a revision task, not a source-pull answer to defer.

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Quotation and integrity audit

  • Re-collate every direct quotation against the source character-for-character; mark alterations per Bluebook ([ ], . . ., (emphasis added), (citation omitted)).
  • Flag any paraphrase that tracks the source's wording without quotation marks — fix it before an editor raises it as an integrity issue.

Pre-empt the source-pull

Build a query-resistant apparatus: for the hardest cites, drop an explanatory parenthetical that shows where in the source the support lives. This converts a likely author query into a verified footnote.

Checklist

  • Every cite passes existence + support + pinpoint + form
  • Hardest/most-load-bearing cites personally re-checked against the source
  • Short-form chain (id./supra) consistent after all revisions
  • First-full-cite precedes every short form
  • Cross-references match the final Part/section structure
  • Quotations collated verbatim; alterations Bluebook-marked
  • No unmarked paraphrase tracking a source's wording

Anti-patterns

  • A cite to a source whose pinpoint doesn't actually say what the sentence claims
  • id. / supra chains broken by reordering, left for the source-puller to untangle
  • A quotation that drifted from the source during editing (verbatim no longer matches)
  • Relying on a headnote or syllabus instead of the opinion's actual holding page
  • Treating the apparatus as the editors' job — they verify it; they don't build it

Output format

【Cites audited】N footnotes; existence + support + pinpoint + form all pass? Y/N
【High-risk notes】load-bearing citations support-logged? Y/N
【Hard cites】load-bearing cites re-checked against source? Y/N
【Short forms】id./supra chain + cross-refs consistent? Y/N
【Quotations】collated verbatim + alterations marked? Y/N
【Source-pull-ready】Y/N
【Next】ylj-workflow to route the next piece, or ylj-revision-and-editing if mid-edit

Supplementary resources

© brycewang-stanford, 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 Yale-Law-Journal-Skills/skills/ylj-footnotes-and-cite-check of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23

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Questions about Ylj Footnotes And Cite Check

What does Ylj Footnotes And Cite Check do?

A skill your agent uses when running the final footnote-apparatus audit of a The Yale Law Journal (YLJ) piece — verifying every cite exists, is pinpointed, is correct Bluebook form, and actually…. Ylj Footnotes And Cite Check is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when running the final footnote-apparatus audit of a The Yale Law Journal (YLJ) piece — verifying every cite exists, is pinpointed, is correct Bluebook form, and actually supports its sentence, in preparation for (or during) the student source-pull.

When should I use Ylj Footnotes And Cite Check?

Ylj Footnotes And Cite Check fits situations like: running the final footnote-apparatus audit of a The Yale Law Journal (YLJ) piece — verifying every cite exists; is correct Bluebook form; actually supports its sentence; in preparation for (or during) the student source-pull.

How do I install Ylj Footnotes And Cite Check in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ylj-footnotes-and-cite-check -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (Yale-Law-Journal-Skills/skills/ylj-footnotes-and-cite-check in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .claude/skills/ylj-footnotes-and-cite-check in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Ylj Footnotes And Cite Check in Codex?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ylj-footnotes-and-cite-check -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (Yale-Law-Journal-Skills/skills/ylj-footnotes-and-cite-check in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .agents/skills/ylj-footnotes-and-cite-check in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Ylj Footnotes And Cite 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/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ylj-footnotes-and-cite-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/ylj-footnotes-and-cite-check, .gemini/skills/ylj-footnotes-and-cite-check, .github/skills/ylj-footnotes-and-cite-check and .opencode/skills/ylj-footnotes-and-cite-check in your project.

What does Ylj Footnotes And Cite Check need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Ylj Footnotes And Cite Check is instructions for the agent only.

Does Ylj Footnotes And Cite 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 Ylj Footnotes And Cite Check 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 Ylj Footnotes And Cite Check use?

Ylj Footnotes And Cite Check 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 Ylj Footnotes And Cite Check use?

About 1.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.5k 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 Ylj Footnotes And Cite Check?

brycewang-stanford (a GitHub user) maintains it in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, which has 1,231 GitHub stars. The repository holds 2,387 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 27, 2026.

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