Agent skill

Journal Reference List Format

by Drchronx in Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit

Format and audit academic reference lists for journal submission.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Journal Reference List Format

skills CLI
$ npx skills add Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit --skill journal-reference-list-format -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit journal-reference-list-format --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/Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/'本地Skills功能分类库/11_期刊论文排版与投稿格式Skills/journal-reference-list-format' .claude/skills/journal-reference-list-format && 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
journal-reference-list-format
GitHub stars
135
Token cost
~417 tokens
SKILL.md length
145 words
Files
4 (incl. scripts, references)
Skills in repo
36
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Format and audit academic reference lists for journal submission.

  • Works in 5 steps: Parse each reference into authors, year,… → Apply target style punctuation,… → Sort according to target rule:… → …
  • APA 7 references
  • SKILL.md covers Inputs, Workflow, Hard Constraints and Output
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder

What it does

Journal Reference List Format is an agent skill from Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit. Format and audit academic reference lists for journal submission. Use for APA 7 references, journal-specific bibliography style, DOI audit, punctuation, title case or sentence case, journal name italics, volume issue pages, alphabetical or numeric sorting, and incomplete reference flagging without fabricating metadata.

Its SKILL.md is about 420 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 6 other files, including scripts and reference files (for example `agents/openai.yaml`, `references/formatting-pipeline.md` and `scripts/create_formatting_audit_template.py`).

It sits in Research & Science, covering Citation management. The repository describes itself as: AI Agent 科研全流程教学包,能教学生从零部署 Codex、Claude Code、OpenClaw、Hermes 等 Agent,学会使用 Skills、飞书、AMiner、AI4Scholar、Zotero、Obsidian…

When your agent uses it

  • APA 7 references
  • Journal-specific bibliography style
  • Journal name italics
  • Volume issue pages

Example prompts

  • “/journal-reference-list-format”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

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

  1. Parse each reference into authors, year, title, source, volume, issue, pages, DOI, and URL.
  2. Apply target style punctuation, capitalization, italics markers, and DOI format.
  3. Sort according to target rule: alphabetical, citation order, or numbered order.
  4. Check for duplicates, missing required fields, and metadata inconsistencies.
  5. Return formatted references plus an audit list.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit aab1133. 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

    Ships 1 file in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.

    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

Journal Reference List Format loads about 417 tokens when it runs, and up to ~627 if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 88 tokens; SKILL.md has 145 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~88
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~417
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~627

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); the scripts in this folder 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 145 words (~417 tokens).

“Use this skill to clean, sort, and format reference lists while preserving bibliographic integrity.”

— opening of SKILL.md by Drchronx, Custom licence
name
journal-reference-list-format

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 3 other files (scripts, references) in 本地Skills功能分类库/11_期刊论文排版与投稿格式Skills/journal-reference-list-format of Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml
  • references/formatting-pipeline.md
  • scripts/create_formatting_audit_template.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit aab1133

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Questions about Journal Reference List Format

What does Journal Reference List Format do?

Format and audit academic reference lists for journal submission. Journal Reference List Format is an agent skill from Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit. Format and audit academic reference lists for journal submission.

When should I use Journal Reference List Format?

Journal Reference List Format fits situations like: APA 7 references; journal-specific bibliography style; journal name italics; volume issue pages.

How do I install Journal Reference List Format in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit --skill journal-reference-list-format -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (本地Skills功能分类库/11_期刊论文排版与投稿格式Skills/journal-reference-list-format in Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit) into .claude/skills/journal-reference-list-format in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Journal Reference List Format in Codex?

Run `npx skills add Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit --skill journal-reference-list-format -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (本地Skills功能分类库/11_期刊论文排版与投稿格式Skills/journal-reference-list-format in Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit) into .agents/skills/journal-reference-list-format in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Journal Reference List Format 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 Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit --skill journal-reference-list-format -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/journal-reference-list-format, .gemini/skills/journal-reference-list-format, .github/skills/journal-reference-list-format and .opencode/skills/journal-reference-list-format in your project.

What does Journal Reference List Format need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Journal Reference List Format needs Python for the scripts in its folder. Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Journal Reference List Format 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 Journal Reference List Format 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. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Journal Reference List Format use?

Journal Reference List Format 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 Journal Reference List Format use?

About 417 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.7k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 210 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Journal Reference List Format?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Journal Reference List Format: Content Research Writer (weapp-tailwindcss/weapp-tailwindcss, 1.9k stars), Networkx (zLanqing/codex-claude-academic-skills, 4.6k stars), Citation Verification Guide (Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar, 5.7k stars) and Systematic Review Screener (Imbad0202/academic-research-skills, 51k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Journal Reference List Format?

Drchronx (a GitHub user) maintains it in Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit, which has 135 GitHub stars. The repository holds 36 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on May 19, 2026.

Source: Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.