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knownasnaffy (@knownasnaffy) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Citation Finder by knownasnaffy — Agent Skill

Name: Citation Finder
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: knownasnaffy

Citation Finder

Academic citation lookup and formatter. Given a fuzzy paper title (Chinese or English), searches CrossRef, Semantic Scholar, Baidu Scholar, and CNKI, then returns GB/T 7714, APA 7th, and MLA 9th formatted citations with source links.

knownasnaffy Updated Sep 22, 2026 0 repo stars

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Helper Behavior Review

python scripts/_handler.py is an optional helper whose behavior should be compared with this skill's documented purpose before use. Show what the script does, explain any mismatch with the user-facing description, and run it only when the user explicitly wants that diagnostic path.

Citation Finder Skill

Description

Academic citation lookup and formatter. Given a fuzzy paper title or description (in Chinese or English), searches both Chinese and English academic databases, identifies the most likely paper, and returns formatted citations in GB/T 7714, APA, and MLA formats along with source links.

Trigger Conditions

Use this skill when the user:

Asks to find a paper or citation (e.g. "帮我找这篇文献", "cite this paper", "这篇论文怎么引用")
Provides a fuzzy or partial paper title in Chinese or English
Asks to format a reference in GB/T 7714, APA, or MLA
Uses keywords: 参考文献, 引用格式, 文献查找, find paper, citation, reference, cite

Workflow

Detect input language (Chinese / English / mixed)
Search in parallel:
- English: CrossRef API + Semantic Scholar API
- Chinese: Baidu Scholar (web scrape) + CNKI search
Score and rank candidates by title similarity + metadata completeness
If top match confidence > 80%: return directly
If confidence 50–80%: show top 3 candidates, ask user to confirm
If confidence < 50%: inform user and ask for more details
Format confirmed paper into GB/T 7714, APA 7th, MLA 9th
Return citations + DOI/source URL

Usage

用法：直接描述或粘贴模糊文献标题
示例：帮我找一下 "注意力机制在自然语言处理中的应用" 这篇论文的引用格式
示例：find citation for "attention is all you need"

Scripts

scripts/search_en.py — CrossRef + Semantic Scholar search
scripts/search_cn.py — Baidu Scholar + CNKI search
scripts/format_cite.py — Citation formatter (GB/T 7714, APA, MLA)
scripts/run.py — Main entry point (orchestrates all steps)

Dependencies

requests>=2.28.0
beautifulsoup4>=4.11.0
rapidfuzz>=3.0.0

Install: pip install requests beautifulsoup4 rapidfuzz

---name: citation-finder-4description: Academic citation lookup and formatter. Given a fuzzy paper title (Chinese or English), searches CrossRef, Semantic Scholar, Baidu Scholar, and CNKI, then returns GB/T 7714, APA 7th, and MLA 9th formatted citations with source links.---### Helper Behavior Review`python scripts/_handler.py` is an optional helper whose behavior should be compared with this skill's documented purpose before use. Show what the script does, explain any mismatch with the user-facing description, and run it only when the user explicitly wants that diagnostic path.# Citation Finder Skill## DescriptionAcademic citation lookup and formatter. Given a fuzzy paper title or description (in Chinese or English), searches both Chinese and English academic databases, identifies the most likely paper, and returns formatted citations in GB/T 7714, APA, and MLA formats along with source links.## Trigger ConditionsUse this skill when the user:- Asks to find a paper or citation (e.g. "帮我找这篇文献", "cite this paper", "这篇论文怎么引用")- Provides a fuzzy or partial paper title in Chinese or English- Asks to format a reference in GB/T 7714, APA, or MLA- Uses keywords: 参考文献, 引用格式, 文献查找, find paper, citation, reference, cite## Workflow1. Detect input language (Chinese / English / mixed)2. Search **in parallel**: - English: CrossRef API + Semantic Scholar API - Chinese: Baidu Scholar (web scrape) + CNKI search3. Score and rank candidates by title similarity + metadata completeness4. If top match confidence > 80%: return directly5. If confidence 50–80%: show top 3 candidates, ask user to confirm6. If confidence < 50%: inform user and ask for more details7. Format confirmed paper into GB/T 7714, APA 7th, MLA 9th8. Return citations + DOI/source URL## Usage```用法：直接描述或粘贴模糊文献标题示例：帮我找一下 "注意力机制在自然语言处理中的应用" 这篇论文的引用格式示例：find citation for "attention is all you need"```## Scripts- `scripts/search_en.py` — CrossRef + Semantic Scholar search- `scripts/search_cn.py` — Baidu Scholar + CNKI search - `scripts/format_cite.py` — Citation formatter (GB/T 7714, APA, MLA)- `scripts/run.py` — Main entry point (orchestrates all steps)## Dependencies```requests>=2.28.0beautifulsoup4>=4.11.0rapidfuzz>=3.0.0```Install: `pip install requests beautifulsoup4 rapidfuzz`

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