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MLResearch

Academic Citation Finder

By joshua-zyy· joshua-zyy/academic-paper-writer· 0

Search and verify citations for research papers with accuracy checks.

Installation

  1. Make sure Claude is on your device and in your terminal.

    Skills load from ~/.claude/skills/ when Claude Code starts up — so you need it on your machine first. If you don't have it yet, install it once with the command below, then run claude in any terminal to verify.

    One-time setup
    npm i -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code

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  2. Paste into Claude Code or into your terminal.
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    This copies the whole skill folder into ~/.claude/skills/academic-citation-joshua-zyy/ — the SKILL.md plus any scripts, reference docs, or templates the skill ships with. Safe default: works for every skill.

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When Claude uses it

Use when finding, verifying, or mapping citations for CS/AI/ML papers — produces verified/unverified reference lists, citation-to-claim maps, and exemplar sets, and checks that existing citations are real and accurate.

What this skill does

Academic Citation

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Router Protocol

  1. Read manifest.yaml. It declares always_load files, axes, and references.on_demand.
  2. Read every file listed under always_load. These are the skill's binding rules — not reference material.
  3. Apply the loaded material as constraints:
  • stance.md defines non-negotiable rules, source/inference boundary, and scope.
  • red-lines.md defines absolute prohibitions. Do not negotiate these.
  • output-contract.md defines deliverables per mode.
  • anti-patterns.md defines known failure modes and their correct alternatives.
  1. If the user wants to use a local literature library, first distinguish:
  • local_ref_md_dir: an existing Markdown library containing _index_ref.json.
  • local_ref_pdf_dir: a PDF directory, or any local library directory that lacks _index_ref.json.
  1. For local_ref_pdf_dir, stop before citation search. Tell the user to register a MinerU API token, set MINERU_API_TOKEN, run scripts/convert-pdfs-to-md.py, and return only after they confirm PDF→MD completion. Do not proceed to local reading until the generated MD directory has _index_ref.json.
  2. Detect the workflow using the manifest's workflow axis. Literature reading output must separate source quotes from agent inference; only source: or source: content may be used as citation evidence.
  3. Echo the selected mode to the user before executing.
  4. Reach for references/ only when the manifest's references.on_demand condition is satisfied.

Modes

ModeUse when
full-citation-passComplete coverage for a full paper or core section
targeted-citation-searchSpecific claim, section, or topic
exemplar-set-onlyBuild Exemplar Set only, not full citation list
citation-verificationVerify metadata of existing candidate list
local-citation-passLocal MD library first, then web supplement
citation-verification-with-readingFull-text reading after paper draft completion

Agent Dispatch

AgentPurpose
agents/citation_agent.mdLiterature search strategy (4-class query templates, output schema)
agents/literature-reader-agent.mdLiterature reading & extraction (MD full-text → LiteratureReadingReport)

Dispatched by academic-paper-writer orchestrator at Step 3. Subagents search and verify only; they must not modify project files or write paper prose independently. literature-reader-agent is dispatched in parallel by citation_agent or the orchestrator at Step 3a/3b.

Independent Use

InputModePriorityBehavior
Section + keywordsfull-citation-pass1 (explicit)Full 6-step workflow
Citation list / seed paperscitation-verification1 (explicit)Metadata only, no extra search
local_ref_md_dir provided and _index_ref.json existslocal-citation-pass2 (path trigger)Local MD + batch parallel reader agent dispatch
Local PDF library path provided, or local path lacks _index_ref.jsonpdf2md-preflight1 (blocking preflight)Instruct MinerU setup and script command; wait for user confirmation
Section onlytargeted-citation-search3 (single feature)Auto-keyword, 4-class query
Explicit Exemplar Set requestexemplar-set-only1 (explicit)Exemplar Set only

Multi-condition: lower priority number wins.

ScenarioRecommended
Just searching/verifying citationsThis skill (standalone)
Integrating into paper draftingacademic-paper-writer orchestrator
Existing draft needs citation reviewThis skill → academic-reviser

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