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Claude Code Skill

Using Claude for your research workflow? Your brain is for thinking, not for manually policing references. Add SourceVerify as your integrity layer — verify that every citation is real, accurate, and properly formatted, right inside Claude Code.

AI-assisted writing is powerful, but it can hallucinate citations that look real but aren't. SourceVerify checks every reference against multiple sources — OpenAlex, Google Scholar, and direct URL verification — so you can trust what you cite. Every result includes what was checked, what matched, and what was corrected.

Install

1. Set your API key:

export SOURCEVERIFY_API_KEY="sk_your_key_here"

Add this to your ~/.zshrc or ~/.bashrc to persist it. Get your API key →

2. Install the skill:

curl -o ~/.claude/commands/sourceverify.md \
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SourceVerify-ai/sourceverify-skill/main/skills/sourceverify/SKILL.md

This adds /sourceverify as a slash command in Claude Code. No CLI or npm install needed — the skill talks to SourceVerify directly.

Usage in Claude Code

Once the skill is installed, use /sourceverify followed by your reference:

Verify a reference

Pass a reference directly as the argument. Claude will verify it and present the result.

/sourceverify "Smith, J. (2020). The Art of Citation. Academic Press."

Prefer the terminal?

The skill is for Claude Code. To verify references straight from your shell — or in a CI pipeline — use the standalone CLI.

CLI docs →

Verification Statuses

Status	Meaning
VERIFIED	Reference confirmed as accurate
VERIFIED WITH ERRORS	Reference exists but has minor inaccuracies
NEEDS HUMAN REVIEW	Ambiguous results requiring manual review
UNVERIFIED	Could not confirm the reference exists

Pricing

Each reference verification costs 1 token. Get tokens with a subscription plan.

Download Skill API Documentation

Claude Code Skill | SourceVerify