# Ieee Citation

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- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-tenwalk-ieee-skills-ieee-citation`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [TenWalk](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/tenwalk)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Agent Skills](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/agent-skills)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [TenWalk](https://github.com/TenWalk)
- **Source:** https://github.com/TenWalk/ieee-skills/tree/main/ieee-skills-codex/skills/ieee-citation

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-tenwalk-ieee-skills-ieee-citation
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# IEEE Citation and Reference Formatting

Use this skill to turn raw references, a `.bib` file, DOIs, or a messy bibliography into correct
IEEE-style entries and in-text citations, and to set up Index Terms and the IEEEtran bibliography.

## Core stance

- **Never fabricate metadata.** Do not invent a DOI, volume, issue, page range, year, or venue.
  If a field is missing, output `[MISSING: volume]` (or similar) and ask the user, or leave the
  BibTeX field empty rather than guessing.
- **Order by first appearance**, not alphabetically. IEEE numbers references `[1], [2], ...` in
  the order they are first cited in the text; the reference list follows that same order.
- **Abbreviate journal and conference names** per IEEE (e.g., *IEEE Transactions on Pattern
  Analysis and Machine Intelligence* → *IEEE Trans. Pattern Anal. Mach. Intell.*). If unsure of
  an abbreviation, flag it rather than inventing one.
- **Defer to the target journal's Author Kit** where it differs (some allow DOIs, some omit them;
  some want month, some do not).

## When to open extra files

| File | Open when |
|---|---|
| [references/ieee-reference-format.md](references/ieee-reference-format.md) | Formatting any reference entry (journal, conference, book, chapter, thesis, online, standard, patent, preprint) or in-text citations |
| [references/ieeetran-latex.md](references/ieeetran-latex.md) | Setting up IEEEtran: `\bibliographystyle{IEEEtran}`, `.bib` entry types/fields, `\cite` usage, Index Terms, EDICS, common BibTeX pitfalls |

## Quick rules (most common needs)

- **In-text:** square brackets, on the line (not superscript): "as shown in [3]". Group as
  "[1], [2]" or a range "[4]–[7]". Cite in numerical order at each point.
- **Do not use the number as a noun:** prefer "the method of [12]" / "Smith *et al.* [12]" over
  "in [12], they...".
- **Author names:** initials then surname — "J. K. Author". Up to six names; for more, list the
  first followed by "*et al.*".
- **One reference = one list entry**, numbered in brackets, hanging indent in IEEEtran (automatic).

## Workflow

1. **Collect** the references (text, `.bib`, DOIs). Identify the type of each (journal,
   conference, book, ...).
2. **Map citation order:** scan the manuscript for first-appearance order; renumber accordingly.
3. **Format each entry** using `references/ieee-reference-format.md`; abbreviate venue names.
4. **Flag gaps:** mark any missing/uncertain field; never fill by guess.
5. **In-text pass:** ensure every `[n]` resolves, ordering is by appearance, and there are no
   orphan or unused entries.
6. **Output** the formatted list (and a `.bib` if the user uses LaTeX), plus a list of flags.

## Output format

1. `References:` the numbered IEEE-formatted list (plain text), or a `.bib` block for IEEEtran.
2. `In-text notes:` any citation-order or phrasing fixes needed in the body.
3. `Flags:` every missing or uncertain field the author must verify.
4. (If requested) `Index Terms:` 5–8 alphabetical terms.
5. (If submitting to CL or another EDICS journal) `EDICS:` the best-fitting category code(s) from
   the journal's current list — never invent a code; tell the user to confirm against the live list.

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [TenWalk](https://github.com/TenWalk)
- **Source:** [TenWalk/ieee-skills](https://github.com/TenWalk/ieee-skills)
- **License:** MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-tenwalk-ieee-skills-ieee-citation
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/tenwalk
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