| name | academic-docx-format-audit |
| description | Audits academic DOCX files for bibliography format, heading hierarchy, citation integrity, spacing, fonts, captions, and page setup. Use when the user asks for a format audit, compliance check, thesis QA, or pre-submission validation. |
Academic DOCX Format Audit
Purpose
Use this skill to check whether a thesis, dissertation, report, or long-form DOCX is structurally and visually ready for submission.
Audit checklist
- Citation and bibliography consistency
- Reference numbering continuity
- Hyperlink and bookmark integrity
- Heading hierarchy correctness
- Font and spacing consistency
- Figure and table numbering
- Caption formatting
- Page margin and page-number sanity
- Format contamination such as hidden text or mixed colors
- Final compliance summary with severity levels
Severity model
- Critical: structural failure or broken citation chain
- Major: visible formatting inconsistency that affects acceptance quality
- Minor: cosmetic or cleanup issue
Recommended workflow
Fast pass
- run one audit
- classify issues by severity
- identify whether the document is deliverable, repairable, or blocked
Repair pass
- fix critical issues first
- rerun the full audit
- only then summarize the result
Output expectations
Always leave:
- machine-readable report
- short human-readable summary
- clear list of blocking issues and next actions
Completion rule
Never say the document passed unless the latest audit run confirms the gates.
