Agent skill

Citation Skills

by wentorai in wentorai/research-plugins

22 citation management skills. An agent skill from wentorai/research-plugins.

MITAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Citation Skills

skills CLI
$ npx skills add wentorai/research-plugins --skill citation-skills -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install wentorai/research-plugins citation-skills --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/wentorai/research-plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/writing/citation .claude/skills/citation-skills && 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-skills
GitHub stars
298
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~812 tokens
SKILL.md length
248 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
405
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

22 citation management skills. An agent skill from wentorai/research-plugins.

  • Tasks that involve Citation management
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Citation Skills is an agent skill from wentorai/research-plugins. 22 citation management skills. Trigger: managing references, formatting citations, BibTeX, bibliographies. Design: reference manager integrations and citation style guides (APA, IEEE, etc.).

Its SKILL.md is about 810 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. It works with LaTeX, Zotero and Obsidian. The repository describes itself as: 350+ academic research skills, MCP configs, and plugins for Research-Claw and AI agents. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Citation management

Example prompts

  • “/citation-skills”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit bf44b3c. 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

Citation Skills loads about 812 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 52 tokens; SKILL.md has 248 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~52
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~812

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 wentorai/research-plugins at commit bf44b3c, republished under its MIT licence (© wentorai). 248 words, ~812 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/citation-skills/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
citation-skills
description
22 citation management skills. Trigger: managing references, formatting citations, BibTeX, bibliographies. Design: reference manager integrations and citation style guides (APA, IEEE, etc.).

Citation Management — 22 Skills

Select the skill matching the user's need, then read its SKILL.md.

SkillDescription
academic-citation-managerManage academic citations across BibTeX, APA, MLA, and Chicago formats
bibtex-management-guideClean, format, deduplicate, and manage BibTeX bibliography files for LaTeX
citation-assistant-skillClaude Code skill for citation workflow via OpenAlex and CrossRef
citation-style-guideAPA, MLA, Chicago citation format guide with CSL configuration
jabref-reference-guideGuide to JabRef open-source BibTeX and BibLaTeX reference manager
jasminum-zotero-guideGuide to Jasminum for retrieving CNKI Chinese academic metadata in Zotero
mendeley-apiManage references and search Mendeley's catalog via REST API
obsidian-citation-guideCitation plugin for Obsidian note-taking with BibTeX support
obsidian-zotero-guideInsert citations and notes from Zotero into Obsidian knowledge bases
onecite-reference-guideAI toolkit to parse, complete, and format academic references
papersgpt-zotero-guideAI plugin for Zotero with ChatGPT, Claude, and DeepSeek support
papis-cli-guideGuide to Papis command-line document and bibliography manager for researchers
reference-manager-comparisonCompare Zotero, Mendeley, EndNote, and Paperpile for research use
zotero-apiReference management library and collections API
zotero-better-bibtex-guideGuide to Better BibTeX for Zotero for LaTeX and BibTeX workflows
zotero-better-notes-guideGuide to Zotero Better Notes for comprehensive note-taking in research
zotero-gpt-guideGuide to Zotero GPT for AI-powered research assistance within Zotero
zotero-mcp-guideGuide to Zotero MCP for connecting Zotero library with AI assistants
zotero-mdnotes-guideExport Zotero items and annotations to Markdown note files
zotero-reference-guidePDF references add-on for enriching Zotero library metadata
zotero-scholar-guideSave papers with metadata to Zotero via its API programmatically
zotfile-attachment-guideGuide to ZotFile for Zotero attachment management, renaming, and syncing

© wentorai, 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 skills/writing/citation of wentorai/research-plugins.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit bf44b3c

Used in 1 other repository

We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in wentorai/research-plugins, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Citation Skills next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

Citation Skills compared with similar skills
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Citation Skills this skillwentorai/research-plugins2981 repos~812Automated safety check: PassMIT
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Lit SyncAperivue/medsci-skills333—~4.6kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Deeppapernote917Dhj/DeepPaperNote1.2k1 repos~5.9kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Zoterocongcongwang0122/zotero-skill200—~1.6kAutomated safety check: PassNone
Bib Search Citationbahayonghang/academic-writing-skills500—~2.3kAutomated safety check: PassNone

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Questions about Citation Skills

What does Citation Skills do?

22 citation management skills. An agent skill from wentorai/research-plugins. Citation Skills is an agent skill from wentorai/research-plugins. 22 citation management skills.

When should I use Citation Skills?

Citation Skills fits situations like: tasks that involve Citation management.

How do I install Citation Skills in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Citation Skills in Codex?

Run `npx skills add wentorai/research-plugins --skill citation-skills -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/writing/citation in wentorai/research-plugins) into .agents/skills/citation-skills in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Citation Skills 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 wentorai/research-plugins --skill citation-skills -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-skills, .gemini/skills/citation-skills, .github/skills/citation-skills and .opencode/skills/citation-skills in your project.

What does Citation Skills need to run?

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

Does Citation Skills 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 Skills 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 Skills use?

Citation Skills 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 Skills use?

About 812 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.2k 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 Skills?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Citation Skills: Zotero Taxonomy Curator (ganzoth/zotero-taxonomy-curator, 160 stars), Lit Sync (Aperivue/medsci-skills, 333 stars), Deeppapernote (917Dhj/DeepPaperNote, 1.2k stars) and Zotero (congcongwang0122/zotero-skill, 200 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Citation Skills?

wentorai (a GitHub user) maintains it in wentorai/research-plugins, which has 298 GitHub stars. The repository holds 405 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on June 19, 2026.

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