1---2name: brycewang-stanford-awesome-agent-skills-for-empirical-re-763description: Validate Bibliography4---56# Validate Bibliography78Cross-reference all citations in source files against bibliography entries.910## Steps11121. **Read the bibliography file** and extract all citation keys13142. **Scan all source files for citation keys:**15 - `.tex` files: look for `\cite{`, `\citet{`, `\citep{`, `\citeauthor{`, `\citeyear{`16 - `.qmd` files: look for `@key`, `[@key]`, `[@key1; @key2]`17 - Extract all unique citation keys used18193. **Cross-reference:**20 - **Missing entries:** Citations used in source files but NOT in bibliography21 - **Unused entries:** Entries in bibliography not cited anywhere22 - **Potential typos:** Similar-but-not-matching keys23244. **Check entry quality** for each bib entry:25 - Required fields present (author, title, year, journal/booktitle)26 - Author field properly formatted27 - Year is reasonable28 - No malformed characters or encoding issues29305. **Report findings:**31 - List of missing bibliography entries (CRITICAL)32 - List of unused entries (informational)33 - List of potential typos in citation keys34 - List of quality issues3536## Files to scan:37```38manuscripts/**/*.tex39Quarto/**/*.qmd40```4142## Bibliography location:43```44Bibliography_base.bib (repo root)45```
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