validate-bib

name: validate-bib description: Validate bibliography entries against citations in manuscript files. Find missing entries and unused references. allowed-tools: ["Read", "Grep", "Glob"]

Validate Bibliography

Cross-reference all citations in manuscript files against bibliography entries.

Steps

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

2. Scan all manuscript files for citation keys:

   • .tex files: look for \cite{, \citet{, \citep{, \citeauthor{, \citeyear{
   • Extract all unique citation keys used

3. Cross-reference:

   • Missing entries: Citations used in manuscript but NOT in bibliography
   • Unused entries: Entries in bibliography not cited anywhere
   • Potential typos: Similar-but-not-matching keys

4. Check entry quality for each bib entry:

   • Required fields present (author, title, year, journal/booktitle)
   • Author field properly formatted
   • Year is reasonable
   • 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

Files to scan:

manuscript/*.tex

Bibliography location:

manuscript/references.bib