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reference-verification from docxology/template is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add docxology/template/reference-verification@git:20260606.243a3c4Pins git:20260606.243a3c4 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
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- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- docxology/template
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infrastructure/reference/verification/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
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- git:20260606.243a3c4, committed Jun 6, 2026
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- 23
- License
- Apache-2.0
Deterministic anti-hallucination gate for cited references. Resolves each entry in a manuscript .bib file against Crossref, OpenAlex, and arXiv; flags fabricated (identifier resolves to nothing), mismatched (title/author/year disagree), unverifiable (no identifier), unchecked (offline cache miss — never silently OK), and anachronistic (future-dated) citations. Offline-first with a persistent SQLite cache; live network resolution is opt-in. Use when verifying citation existence, auditing a…
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What the file says
# Skill Descriptor — infrastructure/reference/verification ## Module Overview Given the references a manuscript *claims* to cite, prove (or disprove) that each one exists and matches its cited metadata. This is the verification side of the literature workflow; `infrastructure/search/literature` is the discovery side. ## Capabilities - **Resolve**: DOI → Crossref then OpenAlex (cross-index triangulation); arXiv id → arXiv API; bare title → Crossref title search with a similarity floor. - **Classify** (deterministic): `ok`, `mismatch`, `fabricated`, `unverifiable`, `unchecked`, `anachronism`. - **Offline-first**: with `allow_network=False` (default), consult only the SQLite cache and report `unchecked` on a miss — a skipped check never launders into a clean pass. - **Persistent cache**: SQLite, 90-day TTL, stores negative results so "fabricated" is fast and stable. - **Temporal integrity**: flag citations dated after the manuscript's as-of year. ## CLI ```bash uv run python -m infrastructure.reference.verification verify references.bib uv run python -m infrastructure.reference.verification verify references.bib --live --as-of-year 2026 --fail-on-issues …
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How to install
mdr add docxology/template/reference-verification@sha256:80eec63f997ae78eThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260606.243a3c4, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Source
docxology/template · 23 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-08 · branch main
API
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