| name | dissertation-citation-audit |
| description | Audit dissertation citations, bibliography entries, source metadata, quote accuracy, and whether cited sources actually support the attached claims. |
Dissertation Citation Audit
Use when checking references, citations, literature review drafts, theoretical claims, methodology citations, or final dissertation readiness.
Workflow
- Identify the files to audit.
- Extract claims with citations.
- Check whether each citation supports the exact claim.
- Flag missing page numbers for direct quotes if required by the style guide.
- Flag unverifiable or suspicious references.
- Check consistency between in-text citations and bibliography.
Status Labels
VERIFIED: citation exists and supports the claim.
WEAK SUPPORT: source is relevant but does not fully support the claim.
MISMATCH: source does not support the claim.
MISSING: citation key or bibliography entry missing.
NEEDS VERIFICATION: source details are incomplete or not locally verifiable.
Output
Create or update audit-reports/CITATION_AUDIT.md.
Claim Ledger Lite
Use research-wiki/CLAIM_LEDGER_LITE_PROTOCOL.md when the task audits or revises formal proposal, thesis/dissertation, manuscript, report, grant, stakeholder-facing argument claims, chapter/section-level claim support, or source-readiness upgrades.
For those tasks, create or check a Claim Ledger Lite table before treating claim support as usable:
python3 scripts/claim_ledger_lite_check.py <ledger.md>
The ledger must record the claim, output location, source anchor, evidence status, what the evidence cannot prove, concept contract, allowed wording, and review action. It does not make metadata-only sources citation-ready and it does not replace source-section verification.
Guardrails
Read ../dissertation-shared/references/citation-discipline.md.
Do not invent source metadata. If internet access is needed for verification, say so clearly.