evo-citation-verifier
SkillDev toolsQueries external academic APIs (CrossRef, Semantic Scholar, DBLP, doi.org) to verify whether a citation exists. Implements robust HTTP sessions with retry logic, exponential backoff, and rate limiting.
Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.
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Then ask your AI: use the evo-citation-verifier skill
What this skill tells your AI
The instructions your AI receives, as published by openlair/openskill in tasks-evolved/citation-check/environment/skills/evo-citation-verifier/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.
Verifies citations against academic APIs.
Key Functions
get_robust_session()- Create requests session with retry/backoffverify_doi_exists(doi, session)- Check if DOI resolves via CrossRefquery_crossref(title, session)- Search CrossRef by titlequery_semantic_scholar(title, session)- Search Semantic Scholarquery_dblp(title, session)- Search DBLPverify_citation(citation, session)- Full verification pipeline for one citationrate_limited_query(session, url, params, headers, delay)- Rate-limited GET
Usage
import sys
sys.path.insert(0, '/app/environment/skills/evo-citation-verifier/scripts')
from utils import get_robust_session, verify_citation, verify_doi_exists
session = get_robust_session()
result = verify_citation({'title': 'Some Paper', 'doi': '10.1234/fake'}, session)
print(result['doi_exists']) # False for fake DOIs
Signals
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- Last commit
- Sep 2026
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evo-citation-verifier- Source
- github.com/openlair/openskill