validate-bib
Validate bibliography entries against citations in all source files. Find missing entries and unused references. Make sure to use this skill whenever the user has any concern about bibliography completeness or citation keys. Triggers include: "validate my bib", "check my citations", "find missing references", "I'm getting undefined citation errors", "are all my citations in the bib file", "check for unused references", "my bibliography is broken", "missing bib entries", "citation not found", or after adding new references from a lit review or before submission.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill validate-bib --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.
# Validate Bibliography Cross-reference all citations in source files against bibliography entries. ## Steps 1. **Read the bibliography file** and extract all citation keys 2. **Scan all source files for citation keys:** - `.tex` files: look for `\cite{`, `\citet{`, `\citep{`, `\citeauthor{`, `\citeyear{` - `.qmd` files: look for `@key`, `[@key]`, `[@key1; @key2]` - Extract all unique citation key
What does the validate-bib skill do?
Validate bibliography entries against citations in all source files. Find missing entries and unused references. Make sure to use this skill whenever the user has any concern about bibliography completeness or citation keys. Triggers include: "validate my bib", "check my citations", "find missing references", "I'm getting undefined citation errors", "are all my citations in the bib file", "check for unused references", "my bibliography is broken", "missing bib entries", "citation not found", or after adding new references from a lit review or before submission.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill validate-bib --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 brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills, a repository with 3,244 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.