nature-citation
Find and verify Nature/CNS-family literature supporting manuscript claims, with claim-to-source mapping and reference-manager export. Use for Nature系列引用、CNS支撑文献、分段补引用 when this journal scope is requested; use broader literature search for unrestricted sources.
Install / Use
npx skills add Yuan1z0825/nature-skills --skill nature-citationInstalls into whichever agent you are using.
SKILL.md
Installable skill definition
Quality Score
Category
Customer SupportSupported Platforms
Our assessment of nature-citation
nature-citation scores 86/100 on our quality scale, 210th of 315 Customer Support skills we index.
Its SKILL.md is 3.0 KB long, split into 6 sections and no code examples: a solid amount of guidance for an agent.
With 44,346 GitHub stars, it is one of the more widely adopted skills in the catalogue.
Maintenance, license and trust
- The repository was last updated about 2 months ago, so nature-citation is actively maintained.
- Our last check on 2026-11-03 found the source still online.
- It is released under the Apache-2.0 license, a permissive license that allows use, modification and commercial use with attribution.
- Its trust signals score 100/100, with no cautions. These come from repository metadata, not a code audit — read the skill file before letting an agent act on it.
Safety scan
No issues foundOur scan of the whole file found no instruction hijacking, hidden characters, credential access, data exfiltration or destructive commands. An AI review of the same text found nothing harmful.
AI review by kimi-k2.7-code on 2026-09-25. Automated pattern scan on 2026-09-25. It catches known dangerous patterns, not every risk — read a skill before letting an agent act on it.
nature-citation compared with similar skills
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| nature-citation (this skill)by Yuan1z0825 | 86 | 44.3k | 46d ago | SKILL.md |
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Frequently asked questions
- How do I install nature-citation?
- Run
npx skills add Yuan1z0825/nature-skills --skill nature-citation. The install tabs above show the steps for each supported agent. - Which AI agents does nature-citation work with?
- It is written for Universal, as a SKILL.md file. Other agents that read the same format can often use it too.
- Is nature-citation safe to use?
- Our scan of the whole file found no instruction hijacking, hidden characters, credential access, data exfiltration or destructive commands. An AI review of the same text found nothing harmful. It is Apache-2.0-licensed and scores 100/100 on trust signals. Skills are instructions an agent will follow, so read the file before installing it and do not approve commands you do not understand.
- Is nature-citation still maintained?
- The repository was last updated about 2 months ago, so nature-citation is actively maintained.
Skill content
View source on GitHubname: nature-citation description: "Find and verify Nature/CNS-family literature supporting manuscript claims, with claim-to-source mapping and reference-manager export. Use for Nature系列引用、CNS支撑文献、分段补引用 when this journal scope is requested; use broader literature search for unrestricted sources." metadata: author: Yuan1z skill, refactored into static/dynamic layers
Nature Citation — Router
Routing protocol
For a new task, load the core and matching resources below. Reuse already loaded guidance on follow-ups; load more only when the task needs it.
1. Load the manifest and the core layer
Read manifest.yaml. Then read every file listed under always_load:
static/core/principles.md— what the skill produces, the strict journal scope, the source hierarchy, and the search-quality rules.static/core/workflow.md— the seven-step workflow and the final report format.
2. No content axis — confirm scope and language inline
Unlike the other nature-* skills, nature-citation has no fragment axis. Its variation is runtime parameters, not different content bodies:
- journal scope —
Nature系列/CNS/CNS及子刊/ flagship-only. Read it from the user's wording (seecore/principles.md) and pass it to the script as--scope. - user language — if the user writes Chinese or requests Chinese guidance, read
static/core/chinese-mode.md(Chinese notes, English search queries). - input length — if there are more than ~10 segments, switch to the batched long-article strategy in
references/script-usage.md.
State the detected scope and date limits in one short line before searching.
3. Run the workflow
Follow the seven steps in core/workflow.md: segment, parse, search, evaluate support conservatively, validate complete structured author metadata, export one reference-manager file, and generate review artifacts when useful. Put the HTML browser path first only when it was generated. Prefer scripts/nature_citation.py for the search/export when internet access is available; open references/script-usage.md for its full flag list and the long-article batch strategy. When DOI metadata lacks given names, refetch the record by PMID or verify it against the publisher rather than exporting surname-only AU fields.
Never present a paper as support merely because its title is related, and never cite a metadata-only candidate without checking the abstract or publisher page. Do not invent missing bibliographic fields.
4. Reach for references only when needed
The files under references/ are deep references, not defaults. Open them on demand per the references.on_demand table in the manifest:
- running the script, full flags, long-article batching →
references/script-usage.md. - turning a claim into search queries and support grades →
references/search-strategy.md. - the exact Nature/CNS journal-family boundary →
references/journal-scope.md. - RIS / EndNote / Zotero RDF export details →
references/ris-endnote.md.
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Trust signals
From repository metadata: license, adoption, age and documentation. Not a code audit — see the Safety scan above for what the skill file itself contains.
