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Awesome-Agent-Skills-for-Empirical-Research validate-bib

Validate bibliography entries against citations in manuscript and Quarto book files. Find missing entries, unused references, potential typos, and quality issues. This skill should be used when asked to "check the bibliography", "validate citations", or "validate-bib".

install
source · Clone the upstream repo
git clone https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Agent-Skills-for-Empirical-Research
Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/
T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Agent-Skills-for-Empirical-Research "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/41-sticerd-eee-sewage-econometrics-check/skills/validate-bib" ~/.claude/skills/brycewang-stanford-awesome-agent-skills-for-empirical-research-validate-bib-96ae7f && rm -rf "$T"
manifest: skills/41-sticerd-eee-sewage-econometrics-check/skills/validate-bib/SKILL.md
source content

Validate Bibliography

Cross-reference all citations in manuscript and book files against bibliography entries.

Workflow

Step 1: Read the bibliography

Read 

docs/overleaf/refs.bib
and extract all citation keys.

Step 2: Scan all files for citation keys

  • .tex
    files     in 
    docs/overleaf/
    : look for 
    \textcite{
    , 
    \parencite{
    , 
    \cite{
    , 
    \citet{
    , 
    \citep{
    , 
    \citeauthor{
    , 
    \citeyear{}
  • .qmd
    files     in 
    book/
    : look for 
    @key
    , 
    [@key]
    , 
    [@key1; @key2]
  • Extract all unique citation keys used

Step 3: Cross-reference

  • Missing entries (CRITICAL): Citations used in files but NOT in 
    refs.bib
  • Unused entries (informational): Entries in 
    refs.bib
    not cited anywhere
  • Potential typos: Similar-but-not-matching keys (Levenshtein distance)

Step 4: Check entry quality

For each bib entry:

  • Required fields present (author, title, year, journal/booktitle)
  • Author field properly formatted (Last, First and Last, First)
  • Year is reasonable (1900-2026)
  • No malformed characters or encoding issues
  • Entry type appropriate (@article, @incollection, @techreport, etc.)

Step 5: Report findings

## Bibliography Validation Report
**Date:** YYYY-MM-DD
**Bibliography:** docs/overleaf/refs.bib
**Total entries:** N
**Files scanned:** N .tex + N .qmd

### Missing Entries (CRITICAL)
| Citation Key | Used In | Line |
|-------------|---------|------|
| ... | ... | ... |

### Unused Entries
| Citation Key | Entry Type |
|-------------|------------|
| ... | ... |

### Potential Typos
| Used Key | Similar Bib Key | File |
|----------|----------------|------|
| ... | ... | ... |

### Quality Issues
| Citation Key | Issue |
|-------------|-------|
| ... | Missing journal field |

Files to scan

docs/overleaf/*.tex
book/*.qmd

Bibliography location

docs/overleaf/refs.bib