reference-verify
Verify references in an academic paper: check whether each BibTeX entry is real, whether in-text citations match the cited paper's actual content, and produce a structured verification report
Install / Use
npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill reference-verifyInstalls into whichever agent you are using.
SKILL.md
Installable skill definition
Quality Score
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Education & ResearchSupported Platforms
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Our assessment of reference-verify
reference-verify scores 87/100 on our quality scale, 136th of 238 Education & Research skills we index.
We have not analysed the SKILL.md file itself yet, so the content part of this score is an estimate until our crawler reaches it.
With 4,360 GitHub stars, it is one of the more widely adopted skills in the catalogue.
Maintenance, license and trust
- The repository was last updated 4 days ago, so reference-verify is actively maintained.
- No license is declared. By default that means all rights are reserved: you can read it, but reusing or redistributing it is not clearly permitted. Ask the author before building on it commercially.
- Its trust signals score 88/100, with 1 caution from licensing, adoption, age or documentation. These come from repository metadata, not a code audit — read the skill file before letting an agent act on it.
reference-verify compared with similar skills
All 4 of these similar skills score higher than reference-verify; compare them before choosing.
| Skill | Score | Stars | Updated | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| reference-verify (this skill)by brycewang-stanford | 87 | 4.4k | 4d ago | SKILL.md |
| last30days-skillby mvanhorn | 100 | 63.0k | 4d ago | CLAUDE.md |
| algorithmic-artby anthropics | 100 | 177.9k | 5d ago | SKILL.md |
| pptxby anthropics | 100 | 177.9k | 5d ago | SKILL.md |
| designby nextlevelbuilder | 100 | 130.2k | 6d ago | SKILL.md |
Frequently asked questions
- How do I install reference-verify?
- Run
npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill reference-verify. The install tabs above show the steps for each supported agent. - Which AI agents does reference-verify 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 reference-verify safe to use?
- It declares no license and scores 88/100 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 reference-verify still maintained?
- The repository was last updated 4 days ago, so reference-verify is actively maintained.
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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.