Will this skill automatically fix my citations?

No, it acts as an auditor only. It generates a report highlighting issues so you can manually correct them, ensuring no unintended changes are made to your content.

How does this skill detect changes?

It parses your markdown draft into H3 subsections and compares the citation keys against a baseline JSONL file created during the initial drafting phase.

Does this work with any markdown file?

Yes, it is designed to parse any markdown file that uses standard H3 (###) headers to organize content sections.

What is citation drift?

Citation drift occurs when text is rewritten or polished, causing reference markers to shift into different subsections and breaking the link between a claim and its supporting evidence.

What should I do if I intentionally moved a citation?

If the change was intentional, simply delete the existing baseline anchor file and rerun the skill to establish the new structure as the ground truth.

Citation Anchoring

Name: Citation Anchoring
Author: WILLOSCAR

byWILLOSCAR

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Content Management

Prevents citation drift by verifying that references remain aligned with their original claims and subsections during the editing process.

The Citation Anchoring skill acts as a regression-check auditor for research and academic writing, ensuring that citations do not migrate across subsections during text polishing or rewriting. By comparing the current document draft against a baseline anchor file, it detects if 'polish drift' has broken the critical alignment between specific claims and their supporting evidence. This tool provides a detailed report of any added, removed, or migrated citation keys, allowing authors to maintain structural integrity and factual accuracy throughout multiple iterations of a manuscript.

Key Features

01Automated regression checking for citation placement

02Subsection-level granularity using H3 header parsing

03Detection of citation migration across document boundaries

04Detailed PASS/FAIL reporting with specific drift examples

0589 GitHub stars

06Analysis-only guardrails to prevent accidental content modification

Use Cases

01Ensuring academic citations stay pinned to specific claims in long-form research

02Auditing technical documentation to prevent reference drift during content refactoring

03Verifying structural integrity after an AI-driven rewrite or 'polish' pass

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add willoscar/research-units-pipeline-skills citation-anchoring

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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