Chinese Reference Formatter

What it does

This skill converts one or more Chinese or English reference titles into normalized Chinese-style bibliography entries (GB/T 7714) and BibTeX. It instructs the agent to search authoritative metadata sources (Crossref, DataCite, OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar, DBLP, PubMed, publisher pages, CNKI/Wanfang when available) and to prefer DOI/publisher metadata. If conflicts or insufficient evidence exist, the skill returns an ambiguity note rather than inventing metadata. The skill also normalizes metadata to a JSON schema and points to a formatting script for final rendering.

When to use it

Use this skill when a user asks to: complete or format academic references from a title, generate a GB/T 7714-style reference list, create BibTeX entries from Chinese or English titles, or verify bibliographic metadata for inclusion in manuscripts or bibliographies. It's appropriate when accuracy and source verification are required.

What's included

• Scripts: formatting helper referenced in the SKILL.md (scripts/format_reference.py hinted). (has_scripts=false in fetch output indicates none bundled.)
• References: guidance on trusted metadata sources and conflict rules (has_references=false in fetch output).
• Instructions: step-by-step workflow to search, validate, normalize, and format metadata; conflict resolution rules; output templates.

Compatible agents

This skill is implementation-neutral and works with agents that can run web lookups and invoke Python helpers (Copilot/Codex-style agents or other agents with internet access and Python runtime).