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verify-refs
Use when checking whether a manuscript's references are real. Audits each citation against PubMed and CrossRef, flags fabricated or mismatched entries and writes qc/reference_audit.json. Audit-only; never edits references or refs.bib. Citation-key checks are /manage-refs.
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# Verify References (Audit-Only)
Audit an existing manuscript or bibliography for fabricated or mismatched references. This
skill **never writes** to `references/` or `manuscript/_src/refs.bib`: corrections flow through
`/lit-sync` (Zotero → Better BibTeX → `refs.bib`), and `/manage-project`'s
`scripts/validate_project_contract.py` flags any `references/*` file written here as drift. It
does not discover literature (`/search-lit`), and it never replaces a missing or bad citation
with a plausible alternative — replacements go through `/search-lit` or the user.
## Inputs
1. Manuscript or bibliography: `.md`, `.docx`, `.bib`, `.txt`, or `.tsv`.
2. Optional project root. Default: current working directory.
3. Optional flags: `--offline` (extract and classify without API calls), `--timeout N` (HTTP