Overview
References without hand-copying: search academic databases (OpenAlex for broad coverage, PubMed as the biomedical authority — single-database searching is the top cause of a lopsided reference list), turn DOIs, PMIDs, arXiv IDs or article links into complete records, and emit clean BibTeX; existing bibliographies get batch-validated, deduplicated and reformatted.
Database records are often incomplete, so missing volume and pages get verified against the publisher's own page with the check logged; online-first articles keep their real publication state, and absent information stays honestly absent. Optional service keys are used only if you configured them yourself.
Manuscript diagrams go through the app's own drawing and canvas surfaces. Paired with literature-review it clicks: one finds and screens, the other cites and records.
Where it helps
- Convert a draft's DOI list into proper BibTeX in one pass
- Search OpenAlex and PubMed together to avoid single-source bias
- Batch-check existing citations against the actual publications
- Merge .bib files with DOI-based dedup and consistent keys
#citation#BibTeX#metadata#references
Examples
Examples describe the request and the shape of the expected deliverable; they are not completed run results.
01Example prompt
This reference list has 60 DOIs: extract metadata for each, verify missing volume/pages against publisher pages with the source logged, and output BibTeX plus a check log.
Expected output
A clean, key-consistent .bib with per-record enrichment notes, and genuinely missing fields left blank.
02Example prompt
Search 'CRISPR off-target detection, 2024 onward' for methods papers — top 50 from OpenAlex and PubMed — and show the overlap and each side's uniques.
Expected output
Two metadata-rich result sets with overlap analysis, queries and date bounds stated for re-running.
Requirements and limits
- Install platforms
- iOS: iOS · Android: Android
- Script runtime
- Runs scripts in the task environment
- Minimum app version
- 1.7.59
Reviewed permission scope
iOS · Android
- Capabilities
- Remote executionNetwork accessRead workspace filesWrite workspace files
- Reviewed tools
- Shell commands
- Reviewed dependencies
- certifi==2026.10.23 · charset-normalizer==3.5.2 · idna==3.20 · requests==2.34.2 · urllib3==2.8.0
- Review decision
- Approved
- Review stage
- Guest execution qualification
- Reviewed on
- 2026-10-26
Implementation and runtime details
- Adaptation stage
- frozen
iOS
- Tools
- Shell commands
- Capabilities
- Remote executionNetwork accessRead workspace filesWrite workspace files
- Runtime environment
- linux / riscv64 · guest-verified
Android
- Tools
- Shell commands
- Capabilities
- Remote executionNetwork accessRead workspace filesWrite workspace files
- Runtime environment
- linux / riscv64 · guest-verified
License and source
Source and trace details
License
MIT
MIT (root LICENSE.md)
The pinned skill subtree and shipped references were audited; full applicable license and per-file adaptation/asset notes are preserved under references/licenses/ and references/PROVENANCE.md.
- Source
- https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills
- Upstream path
- skills/citation-management
- Source checked
- 2026-10-26
- Publisher
- JiangNanGenius
- Publication commit (retrieval)
- 25e07dbeeb6cc93c2fe83ddc72a34302cc40832a
- Audited source commit
- 84c524b6fb483e4cad94db076e7d9c9962966c19
- Signed catalog digest
- iOS 46196ba57ed7ea7f22085e74b113207f31193e820ab8983cf7a60eee953f2340 · Android 16de89d019e2057804a40f215485ccb09d5495a25864b34d681168eeaf8f9697
- Publication snapshot (UTC)
- 2026-10-31
Publication commit 25e07dbeeb, audited source 84c524b6fb; catalog digest iOS 46196ba57ed7… · Android 16de89d019e2….
Versions and status
Version records ship with the signed catalog; the target and released versions are shown below.
- Adaptation
- Ready
- Publication state
- Curated skills are available
- Released version
- 1.0.0