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citation-verification

Verify that every reference in a manuscript really exists and matches its metadata, catching hallucinated, corrupted or mismatched citations before submission. Use when checking a .bib file or reference list, after an AI assistant drafted citations, when a DOI may point to the wrong paper, when adding missing DOIs, or before camera-ready. Queries Crossref, OpenAlex and arXiv; zero dependencies.

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# Citation Verification

Language models (and tired humans) produce references that look right but are
not: plausible titles that were never published, real DOIs attached to the wrong
paper, wrong years, invented co-authors. Citing a paper that does not exist can
lead to desk rejection, a correction, or a misconduct inquiry. This skill makes
verification systematic.

## Non-negotiable rules

1. **Never write a reference from memory.** Every entry must come from a
   retrievable record (Crossref, OpenAlex, arXiv, PubMed, publisher page).
2. **A reference is verified only when its identifier resolves to a record whose
   title, first author and year all match.** A resolving DOI alone proves nothing.