A precision tool for verifying, normalizing, and enriching individual academic citations and paper identifiers.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install citation-verifier
2. Manual Installation
Copy the skill folder to one of these locations
~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.
Help me install citation-verifier using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
Prefer to download?
Get the raw skill files in a ZIP archive.
What is Citation Verifier?
Citation Verifier is a specialized utility designed for the Openclaw Skills ecosystem to handle the verification and normalization of academic references. Instead of performing broad literature searches, this skill focuses on high-fidelity validation of specific identifiers such as DOIs, arXiv IDs, and PubMed IDs. It transforms messy, partial, or raw citation data into clean, structured metadata records.
By bridging the gap between raw user input and canonical academic databases, Citation Verifier ensures that researchers and developers are working with accurate, hydrated paper records. It is an essential component for anyone building automated research workflows or citation management systems within the Openclaw Skills framework.
Citation Verifier Use Cases
- Normalizing raw DOI strings or publisher URLs into canonical metadata.
- Verifying the validity of an arXiv or PubMed ID before inclusion in a bibliography.
- Resolving ambiguous free-text citation strings into specific paper records.
- Hydrating a partial reference with its full abstract, venue details, and citation counts.
How Citation Verifier Works
- The skill accepts raw input including DOIs, URLs, arXiv/PubMed IDs, or partial citation strings.
- It executes the verify_citation tool to resolve the input into a unique paper identifier.
- Upon successful resolution, it triggers a fetch command to retrieve the complete metadata record from academic databases.
- The system validates the status of the verification, flagging any ambiguities or failures.
- Finally, it generates a structured citation card featuring the title, authors, year, and venue.
Citation Verifier Setup
To integrate this skill into your agentic workflow, ensure your environment is configured for Openclaw Skills and include the citation-verifier package in your skill manifest.
# Install the citation-verifier skill via the Openclaw CLI
openclaw install citation-verifier
Configure your API keys for Semantic Scholar or relevant academic crawlers in your environment variables to enable the fetch functionality.
Citation Verifier Data Schema & Taxonomy
The skill produces a structured JSON output that is then rendered into a clean UI card. The schema organizes metadata as follows:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Title | The full, canonical title of the paper |
| Authors | Formatted list (First three authors, et al. if applicable) |
| Year | Integer representing the publication year |
| Venue | The specific journal or conference name |
| Identifiers | A map of IDs including DOI, arXiv, and PubMed |
| Status | Verification result (Success, Ambiguous, or Failed) |
Citation Verifier Advanced Features
- Multi-identifier support: Seamlessly handles everything from raw URLs to malformed DOIs.
- Automated Hydration: Automatically fetches abstracts and citation counts once an ID is verified.
- Error Correction: Provides clear feedback and suggestions for ambiguous or invalid citations.
- Integration Ready: Designed to work as a preprocessing step for more complex Openclaw Skills research pipelines.
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