validate-bib

name	validate-bib
description	Validate bibliography entries against citations in all paper sections. Find missing entries and unused references.
disable-model-invocation	true

Validate Bibliography

Cross-reference all citations in the paper against bibliography entries.

Steps

1. Read the bibliography file (draft/references.bib) and extract all citation keys

2. Scan all paper sections for citation keys:

   • .tex files in draft/sections/: look for \cite{, \citet{, \citep{, \citeauthor{, \citeyear{
   • Also check draft/main.tex for any citations in the preamble or abstract
   • Extract all unique citation keys used

3. Cross-reference:

   • Missing entries: Citations used in paper but NOT in bibliography -- CRITICAL
   • Unused entries: Entries in bibliography not cited anywhere -- informational
   • Potential typos: Similar-but-not-matching keys (e.g., "Smith2020" vs "smith2020")

4. Check entry quality for each bib entry:

   • Required fields present (author, title, year, journal/booktitle)
   • Author field properly formatted
   • Year is reasonable (not future-dated, not ancient unless intentional)
   • No malformed characters or encoding issues

5. Report findings:

   • List of missing bibliography entries (CRITICAL)
   • List of unused entries (informational)
   • List of potential typos in citation keys
   • List of quality issues in bib entries

Files to scan:

draft/sections/*.tex
draft/main.tex

Bibliography location:

draft/references.bib