citecheck
Use when the user asks to "verify citations", "check references", "validate paper citations", or "evaluate reference relevance". It extracts references from LaTeX/PDF papers, checks formatting rules, verifies existence via Crossref / Semantic Scholar / OpenAlex / PubMed / arXiv / dblp / Google Scholar / WebSearch, and scores thematic/semantic relevance.
npx skills add color4-alt/CiteCheck --skill citecheck --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# CiteCheck — Paper Citation Verification ## Overview CiteCheck verifies academic paper citations by combining structured parsing with agent-native LLM evaluation. It supports LaTeX source files (preferred) and PDF fallback. ## Workflow 1. **Parse paper**: Call `citecheck` CLI to read LaTeX (preferred) or PDF, extract references and body text 2. **Format check**: Call `citecheck` CLI to validate bibliography entries 3. **Queryability verification**: Call `citecheck` CLI to verify existence via Crossref / Semantic Scholar 4. **Evaluate thematic relevance**: Evaluate directly using the agent's reasoning capabilities — compare cited paper title/abstract/venue against the citing paper 5. **Evaluate semantic accuracy**: Evaluate directly using the agent's reasoning capabilities — compare in-text citation context against cited source content 6. **Generate report**: Aggregate all results into a Markdown report > **Why matching steps are not done by the CLI** > The `citecheck` CLI can run standalone with optional `--api-key` for external LLM-powered matching. When used as a Skill, the host agent itself possesses LLM reasoning capabilities. Direct evaluation is faster, more consistent, and
- Overview
- Workflow
- 1. Parse Paper (CLI)
- LaTeX source (preferred)
- PDF (fallback)
- 2. Format Check (CLI)
- 3. Queryability Verification (CLI + Agent Supplement)
- 4. Evaluate Thematic Relevance (Agent Direct)
- 5. Evaluate Semantic Accuracy (Agent Direct)
- 6. Output Report
- Summary
- Detailed Results Table
- Issue Summary
- Dependencies
citecheck path/to/latex_project/ --skip-verification --skip-semantic -o parsed_report.md citecheck main.tex --skip-verification --skip-semantic -o parsed_report.md citecheck paper.pdf --skip-verification --skip-semantic -o parsed_report.md pip install CiteCheck pip install CiteCheck[pdf]
What does the citecheck skill do?
Use when the user asks to "verify citations", "check references", "validate paper citations", or "evaluate reference relevance". It extracts references from LaTeX/PDF papers, checks formatting rules, verifies existence via Crossref / Semantic Scholar / OpenAlex / PubMed / arXiv / dblp / Google Scholar / WebSearch, and scores thematic/semantic relevance.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add color4-alt/CiteCheck --skill citecheck --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From color4-alt/CiteCheck, a repository with 55 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.