Agent skill

Citation Standards

by revfactory in revfactory/harness-100

Academic citation and reference standards guide. An agent skill from revfactory/harness-100.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Citation Standards

skills CLI
$ npx skills add revfactory/harness-100 --skill citation-standards -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install revfactory/harness-100 citation-standards --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/revfactory/harness-100.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/en/98-academic-paper/.claude/skills/citation-standards .claude/skills/citation-standards && 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-standards
GitHub stars
1.3k
Token cost
~1.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
215 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
96
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Academic citation and reference standards guide. An agent skill from revfactory/harness-100.

  • Citation format
  • SKILL.md covers Major Citation Styles, Journal-Style Mapping, Citation Principles and Paper Structure Standard (IMRaD), plus 2 more sections
  • Reaches doi.org
  • References requests

What it does

Citation Standards is an agent skill from revfactory/harness-100. Academic citation and reference standards guide. Referenced by the paper-writer and submission-preparer agents when composing citations and references. Use for 'citation format', 'APA', or 'references' requests. Original paper retrieval and professional database access are out of scope.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k 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 licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Citation format
  • References requests

Example prompts

  • “citation format”
  • “references”
  • “/citation-standards”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 8e8d35c. 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

    Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:

    • doi.org

    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 Standards loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 77 tokens; SKILL.md has 215 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~77
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.1k

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 revfactory/harness-100 at commit 8e8d35c, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© revfactory). 215 words, ~1,106 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/citation-standards/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
citation-standards
description
Academic citation and reference standards guide. Referenced by the paper-writer and submission-preparer agents when composing citations and references. Use for 'citation format', 'APA', or 'references' requests. Original paper retrieval and professional database access are out of scope.

Citation Standards — Academic Citation Standards

Enhances the citation and reference writing capabilities of the paper-writer and submission-preparer agents.

Major Citation Styles

APA 7th Edition

In-text citations:

- 1 author: (Kim, 2024)
- 2 authors: (Kim & Lee, 2024)
- 3+ authors: (Kim et al., 2024)
- Direct quote: (Kim, 2024, p. 42)
- Multiple citations: (Kim, 2024; Lee, 2023)

Reference list:

Journal article:
  Kim, J. H., & Lee, S. (2024). Title of article. 
  Journal Name, 15(2), 123-145. 
  https://doi.org/10.xxxx/xxxxx

Book:
  Kim, J. H. (2024). Title of book (2nd ed.). Publisher.

Dissertation:
  Kim, J. H. (2024). Title of dissertation 
  [Doctoral dissertation, University Name]. Database Name.

Webpage:
  Organization. (2024, January 15). Title of page. 
  https://www.example.com/page
IEEE

In-text citations:

- Sequential numbering: [1], [2], [3]
- Multiple: [1], [3]-[5]
- "As shown in [1]..."

Reference list:

[1] J. H. Kim and S. Lee, "Title of article," 
    J. Name, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 123-145, 2024.

[2] J. H. Kim, Title of Book, 2nd ed. 
    City: Publisher, 2024.
Chicago (Notes-Bibliography)
Footnote:
  1. Ji-Hoon Kim, "Title," Journal 15, no. 2 (2024): 123.

Bibliography:
  Kim, Ji-Hoon. "Title." Journal 15, no. 2 (2024): 123-145.

Journal-Style Mapping

FieldMajor JournalsCitation Style
Psychology/Social SciencesAPA familyAPA 7th
Engineering/Computer ScienceIEEE familyIEEE
HumanitiesHumanities journalsChicago
MedicineNEJM, LancetVancouver
Natural SciencesNature, ScienceNature style

Citation Principles

When to Cite
SituationCitation Type
Another's idea/argumentIndirect citation
Exact wording usedDirect quote (quotation marks)
Data/statistics referencedSource citation
Methodology borrowedMethod citation
Theoretical frameworkOriginal work citation
Self-Plagiarism Prevention
- Explicitly cite when reusing content from own prior papers
- If same dataset used in multiple papers -> mention prior publication
- Avoid excessive self-citation in review papers

Paper Structure Standard (IMRaD)

SectionContentTense
IntroductionBackground, prior literature, research questionsPresent/Past
MethodsResearch design, participants, procedure, analysisPast
ResultsFindings, statistical resultsPast
DiscussionInterpretation, limitations, implicationsPresent/Past
Statistical Results Reporting Standards (APA)
t-test: t(df) = value, p = value, d = value
  e.g.: t(48) = 2.34, p = .023, d = 0.67

ANOVA: F(df1, df2) = value, p = value, partial eta-squared = value
  e.g.: F(2, 87) = 4.56, p = .013, partial eta-squared = .095

Correlation: r(df) = value, p = value
  e.g.: r(58) = .45, p < .001

Chi-square: chi-square(df, N = n) = value, p = value
  e.g.: chi-square(3, N = 200) = 12.34, p = .006

Submission Checklist

Manuscript Preparation
  • Review journal Author Guidelines
  • Word count compliance
  • Citation style unified
  • Reference list matches in-text citations
  • Table/figure numbering in order
  • Abstract word count (typically 150-300)
  • Keywords 5-7 items
  • Remove author information for blind review
Cover Letter Structure
1. Paper title and authors
2. Core contribution of the paper
3. Journal fit explanation
4. Ethics compliance confirmation
5. Conflict of interest statement
6. Corresponding author contact information

Quality Checklist

ItemCriteria
Citation StyleFollows journal guidelines
ConsistencyIn-text citations match reference list
Recency50%+ citations from last 5 years
DiversityAvoid excessive self-citation
PlagiarismCheck with Turnitin or equivalent
Statistical ReportingAPA reporting format compliance

© revfactory, Apache-2.0. 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 en/98-academic-paper/.claude/skills/citation-standards of revfactory/harness-100.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 8e8d35c

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Questions about Citation Standards

What does Citation Standards do?

Academic citation and reference standards guide. An agent skill from revfactory/harness-100. Citation Standards is an agent skill from revfactory/harness-100. Academic citation and reference standards guide.

When should I use Citation Standards?

Citation Standards fits situations like: citation format; references requests.

How do I install Citation Standards in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add revfactory/harness-100 --skill citation-standards -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (en/98-academic-paper/.claude/skills/citation-standards in revfactory/harness-100) into .claude/skills/citation-standards in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Citation Standards in Codex?

Run `npx skills add revfactory/harness-100 --skill citation-standards -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (en/98-academic-paper/.claude/skills/citation-standards in revfactory/harness-100) into .agents/skills/citation-standards in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Citation Standards 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 revfactory/harness-100 --skill citation-standards -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-standards, .gemini/skills/citation-standards, .github/skills/citation-standards and .opencode/skills/citation-standards in your project.

What does Citation Standards need to run?

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

Does Citation Standards access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. In commands or code: doi.org; the agent is likely to contact it when it follows the instructions. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Citation Standards 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 Standards use?

Citation Standards is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Citation Standards use?

About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.4k 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 Standards?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Citation Standards: 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 Citation Standards?

revfactory (a GitHub user) maintains it in revfactory/harness-100, which has 1,293 GitHub stars. The repository holds 96 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on March 22, 2026.

Source: revfactory/harness-100 on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.