Agent skill

Citation Verifier

by WILLOSCAR in WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills

Generate and verify BibTeX entries from paper notes, writing citations/ref.bib and citations/verified.jsonl.

No licenceAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Citation Verifier

skills CLI
$ npx skills add WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills --skill citation-verifier -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills citation-verifier --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/WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.codex/skills/citation-verifier .claude/skills/citation-verifier && 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-verifier
GitHub stars
513
Token cost
~1.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
459 words
Files
2 (incl. scripts)
Skills in repo
107
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Generate and verify BibTeX entries from paper notes, writing citations/ref.bib and citations/verified.jsonl.

  • Works in 4 steps: Collect bibkey, title, url, year,… → Write/refresh citations/ref.bib → Write one verification record per BibTeX… → …
  • Tasks that involve Citation management
  • SKILL.md covers Triggers & routing, Input, Outputs and Workflow (heuristic), plus 4 more sections
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls uv

What it does

Citation Verifier is an agent skill from WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills. Generate and verify BibTeX entries from paper notes, writing citations/ref.bib and citations/verified.jsonl.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including scripts (for example `scripts/run.py`).

It sits in Research & Science, covering Citation management. It works with LaTeX. The repository describes itself as: Research pipelines as semantic execution units: each skill declares inputs/outputs, acceptance criteria, and guardrails. Evidence-first methodology prevents hollow writing…

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Citation management

Example prompts

  • “/citation-verifier”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

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

  1. Collect bibkey, title, url, year, authors from papers/paper_notes.jsonl.
  2. Write/refresh citations/ref.bib
  3. Write one verification record per BibTeX entry to citations/verified.jsonl with at least
  4. If you cannot verify via network, record a clear notes field (e.g., “auto-generated; needs manual verification”) and/or request human…

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit c92912a. 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.

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • uv

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use uv, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    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 Verifier loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 33 tokens; SKILL.md has 459 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~33
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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 459 words (~1,136 tokens).

“Generate citations/ref.bib and ensure every entry has a traceable verification record in citations/verified.jsonl.”

— opening of SKILL.md by WILLOSCAR
name
citation-verifier

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (scripts) in .codex/skills/citation-verifier of WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • scripts/run.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit c92912a

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Works with

Questions about Citation Verifier

What does Citation Verifier do?

Generate and verify BibTeX entries from paper notes, writing citations/ref.bib and citations/verified.jsonl. Citation Verifier is an agent skill from WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills.jsonl.

When should I use Citation Verifier?

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

How do I install Citation Verifier in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Citation Verifier in Codex?

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

Can I use Citation Verifier 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 WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills --skill citation-verifier -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-verifier, .gemini/skills/citation-verifier, .github/skills/citation-verifier and .opencode/skills/citation-verifier in your project.

What does Citation Verifier need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Citation Verifier needs Python for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (uv). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Citation Verifier access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use uv, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Citation Verifier 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 Citation Verifier use?

No licence was found for Citation Verifier or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Citation Verifier use?

About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.5k 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 Verifier?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Citation Verifier: Citation Management (neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent, 126 stars), Academic Paper Writing Pipeline (Imbad0202/academic-research-skills, 51k stars), Literature Review Agent (Ar9av/PaperOrchestra, 677 stars) and Academic Search (ustc-ai4science/academic-search, 666 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Citation Verifier?

WILLOSCAR (a GitHub user) maintains it in WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills, which has 513 GitHub stars. The repository holds 107 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 5, 2026.

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