Citation Management Skill for Claude
Manage BibTeX citations for LaTeX papers. Harvest missing citations from a draft using Semantic Scholar, validate cite keys against .bib files, deduplicate entries, and format bibliography. Use when working with references, BibTeX, or citations.
Install
one command, takes just this skill from the repositorynpx skills add https://github.com/lingzhi227/agent-research-skills --skill citation-managementThe instruction itself
13 sections, as written by the authorCitation Management
Manage the full lifecycle of citations in a LaTeX paper.
Input
$0— Action:harvest,validate,add,format$1— Path to.texor.bibfile
Scripts
Validate citations (check all cite keys resolve)
python ~/.claude/skills/citation-management/scripts/validate_citations.py \
--tex paper/main.tex --bib paper/references.bib --check-figures --figures-dir paper/figures/
Reports: missing citations, unused bib entries, duplicate keys, duplicate sections, duplicate labels, undefined references, missing figures.
Generate BibTeX from paper database
python ~/.claude/skills/deep-research/scripts/bibtex_manager.py \
--jsonl paper_db.jsonl --output references.bib
Search for a specific paper to add
python ~/.claude/skills/deep-research/scripts/search_semantic_scholar.py \
--query "attention is all you need" --max-results 5 \
--api-key "$(grep S2_API_Key /Users/lingzhi/Code/keys.md 2>/dev/null | cut -d: -f2 | tr -d ' ')"
Harvest missing citations automatically
python ~/.claude/skills/citation-management/scripts/harvest_citations.py \
--tex paper/main.tex --bib paper/references.bib --output candidates.bib --max-rounds 10
Scans .tex for uncited claims, searches Semantic Scholar, outputs candidate BibTeX entries.
Key flags: --dry-run (preview only), --verbose, --api-key
Auto-fix missing citation placeholders
python ~/.claude/skills/citation-management/scripts/validate_citations.py \
--tex paper/main.tex --bib paper/references.bib --fix
Generates references_fixed.bib with placeholder entries for all missing citation keys.
Action: harvest — Iterative Citation Harvesting
Based on AI-Scientist's 20-round citation harvesting loop. For each round:
- Read the current
.texdraft - Identify the most important missing citation
- Search Semantic Scholar via script
- Select the most relevant paper from results
- Extract BibTeX and generate a clean key (
lastNameYearWord) - Append to
.bib(skip if key exists) - Insert
\cite{key}at the appropriate location - Stop when no more gaps or 20 rounds reached
Key rules:
- DO NOT add a citation that already exists
- Only add citations found via API — never fabricate
- Cite broadly — not just popular papers
- Do not copy verbatim from prior literature
Action: validate — Pre-Compilation Check
Run validate_citations.py to catch all issues before compilation. Fix any reported problems.
Action: add — Add Specific Paper
Search Semantic Scholar for the paper, extract BibTeX, clean the key, append to .bib.
BibTeX key format: firstAuthorLastNameYearFirstContentWord (e.g., vaswani2017attention)
Action: format — Standardize .bib
- Sort entries alphabetically by key
- Ensure consistent indentation (2 spaces)
- Remove empty fields
- Protect proper nouns with
{Braces}in titles - Ensure required fields per entry type
Related Skills
- Upstream: literature-search, deep-research
- Downstream: paper-compilation, latex-formatting
- See also: related-work-writing
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How to use it
Take lingzhi227/citation-management from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal
use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.
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