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Cite Verify by marvin-lijunzan — Agent Skill

Name: Cite Verify
Author: Marvin-LiJunZan

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Cite Verify — Academic Citation Anti-Hallucination & Provenance Engine

Cite Verify protects scientific manuscripts from AI-generated fake literature, incorrect DOIs, mismatched authors, and phantom papers.

The 4-Layer Verification Pipeline

Layer 1: Syntax & DOI Extraction:
- Parses .bib, .tex, or .md files.
- Extracts DOIs, arXiv IDs, author lists, publication years, and article titles.
Layer 2: Real API Cross-Checking:
- DOI Resolution: Direct query to CrossRef API (https://api.crossref.org/works/{doi}).
- arXiv Verification: Query to official arXiv API (http://export.arxiv.org/api/query?id_list={id}).
- OpenAlex / CrossRef Title Match: Fuzzy string comparison against recorded titles.
Layer 3: Metadata Congruence Scoring:
- Title similarity $\ge 85%$: VERIFIED [OK]
- Title similarity between $50%$ and $84%$: SUSPICIOUS [WARNING]
- No record found or similarity $< 50%$: HALLUCINATED [CRITICAL ERROR]
Layer 4: Provenance Localization:
- If a citation is identified as suspicious or missing, searches CrossRef/OpenAlex to locate the actual target paper intended by the author.

Quick Usage

# Verify a BibTeX file
python scripts/verify_citations.py --bib "references.bib"

# Verify citations inside a LaTeX paper
python scripts/verify_citations.py --tex "manuscript.tex"

# Quick check a single DOI or title
python scripts/verify_citations.py --doi "10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2024.105555"

Classification Badges

[VERIFIED]: Confirmed existing in CrossRef/arXiv with matching metadata.
[DOI_MISMATCH]: The DOI points to an entirely different paper.
[HALLUCINATED]: The title and authors do not correspond to any known publication in CrossRef.
[UNLINKED]: Real paper exists, but missing DOI or publication venue is incomplete.

---name: cite-verifydescription: Verify citation integrity, detect AI-hallucinated references, validate DOIs against official CrossRef/arXiv APIs, and locate authentic original literature sources.---# Cite Verify — Academic Citation Anti-Hallucination & Provenance EngineCite Verify protects scientific manuscripts from AI-generated fake literature, incorrect DOIs, mismatched authors, and phantom papers.---## The 4-Layer Verification Pipeline1. **Layer 1: Syntax & DOI Extraction**: - Parses `.bib`, `.tex`, or `.md` files. - Extracts DOIs, arXiv IDs, author lists, publication years, and article titles.2. **Layer 2: Real API Cross-Checking**: - **DOI Resolution**: Direct query to CrossRef API (`https://api.crossref.org/works/{doi}`). - **arXiv Verification**: Query to official arXiv API (`http://export.arxiv.org/api/query?id_list={id}`). - **OpenAlex / CrossRef Title Match**: Fuzzy string comparison against recorded titles.3. **Layer 3: Metadata Congruence Scoring**: - Title similarity $\ge 85\%$: **VERIFIED [OK]** - Title similarity between $50\%$ and $84\%$: **SUSPICIOUS [WARNING]** - No record found or similarity $< 50\%$: **HALLUCINATED [CRITICAL ERROR]**4. **Layer 4: Provenance Localization**: - If a citation is identified as suspicious or missing, searches CrossRef/OpenAlex to locate the actual target paper intended by the author.---## Quick Usage```powershell# Verify a BibTeX filepython scripts/verify_citations.py --bib "references.bib"# Verify citations inside a LaTeX paperpython scripts/verify_citations.py --tex "manuscript.tex"# Quick check a single DOI or titlepython scripts/verify_citations.py --doi "10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2024.105555"```---## Classification Badges- `[VERIFIED]`: Confirmed existing in CrossRef/arXiv with matching metadata.- `[DOI_MISMATCH]`: The DOI points to an entirely different paper.- `[HALLUCINATED]`: The title and authors do not correspond to any known publication in CrossRef.- `[UNLINKED]`: Real paper exists, but missing DOI or publication venue is incomplete.

Frequently asked questions

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