citation-management

The citation-management skill automates the lifecycle of BibTeX citations for LaTeX documents. It harvests missing citations from drafts using Semantic Scholar, validates cite keys against .bib files, deduplicates entries, and formats bibliography files.

998

Installs

Use cases

9/10

Quality

Is citation-management safe to install?

Review the source first

Review the source first: our audit of citation-management's source files found 5 shell commands, 0 external URLs, file reads and writes (high risk). Every command and URL listed appears verbatim in the skill's source. The skill executes shell commands, reads local LaTeX and BibTeX files, and writes to BibTeX files. It accesses local API keys from the filesystem.

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Who is this skill for?

Researchers and academics writing LaTeX papers who need to manage references, validate citation keys, and automate the retrieval of BibTeX entries.

What can you do with it?

Harvesting missing citations from a LaTeX draft
Validating citation keys and checking for undefined references
Searching for specific papers via Semantic Scholar
Standardizing BibTeX file formatting and indentation
Generating placeholder entries for missing citation keys

How good is this skill?

Quality score: 9/10. The skill provides clear, actionable scripts for citation management. It includes specific instructions for file paths and command-line arguments.

What does the skill file contain?

SKILL.md

# Citation Management

Manage the full lifecycle of citations in a LaTeX paper.

## Input

- `$0` — Action: `harvest`, `validate`, `add`, `format`
- `$1` — Path to `.tex` or `.bib` file

## Scripts

### Validate citations (check all cite keys resolve)
```bash
python ~/.claude/skills/citation-management/scripts/validate_citations.py \
  --tex paper/main.tex --bib paper/references.bib --check-figures --figures-dir paper/figures/
```

Reports: missing citations, unused bib entries, duplicate keys, duplicate sections, duplicate labels, undefined references, missing figures.

### Generate BibTeX fr...

Frequently asked questions

How does the skill handle missing citations?

The harvest action scans the .tex file for uncited claims, searches Semantic Scholar for relevant papers, and appends BibTeX entries to the .bib file.

Can the skill fix citation errors automatically?

Yes, the validate action with the --fix flag generates a new .bib file containing placeholder entries for missing citation keys.

What format does the skill use for BibTeX keys?

It uses the format firstAuthorLastNameYearFirstContentWord, such as vaswani2017attention.

Data sourced from lingzhi227/agent-research-skills on GitHub. Install counts from skills.sh. The summary and security audit are derived from the skill's source files: every command and URL listed appears verbatim in the source.

Install

Works with Claude Code, Cursor, Codex CLI, and 50+ agents.

Manual install paths per agent

Claude Code: .claude/skills/ or ~/.claude/skills/

Codex CLI: .codex/skills/ or ~/.codex/skills/

GitHub Copilot: .github/skills/ or ~/.copilot/skills/

Amp: .agents/skills/ or ~/.config/agents/skills/

Copy the skill folder (with SKILL.md) into the project or global directory.

Security audit

high risk

Commands

URLs

Yes

File I/O

The skill executes shell commands, reads local LaTeX and BibTeX files, and writes to BibTeX files. It accesses local API keys from the filesystem.

View commands and endpoints

$ python ~/.claude/skills/citation-management/scripts/validate_citations.py --tex paper/main.tex --bib paper/references.bib --check-figures --figures-dir paper/figures/

$ python ~/.claude/skills/deep-research/scripts/bibtex_manager.py --jsonl paper_db.jsonl --output references.bib

$ python ~/.claude/skills/deep-research/scripts/search_semantic_scholar.py --query "attention is all you need" --max-results 5 --api-key "$(grep S2_API_Key /Users/lingzhi/Code/keys.md 2>/dev/null | cut -d: -f2 | tr -d ' ')"

$ python ~/.claude/skills/citation-management/scripts/harvest_citations.py --tex paper/main.tex --bib paper/references.bib --output candidates.bib --max-rounds 10

$ python ~/.claude/skills/citation-management/scripts/validate_citations.py --tex paper/main.tex --bib paper/references.bib --fix

Sourcelingzhi227/agent-research-skills

Installs998

Quality9/10

latex bibtex research academic-writing automation

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