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cite-placement

Place pre-screened literature citations into a LaTeX or Word manuscript, or restyle the citations already in one. Three modes: (1) inline placement — inline \ci

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Overview

Place pre-screened literature citations into a LaTeX or Word manuscript, or restyle the citations already in one. Three modes: (1) inline placement — inline \cite{}/\citet{}/\citep{} with a compiled references.bib, for author-date journals (APA, MLA, Harvard, Chicago author-date, IEEE, Vancouver); (2) footnote placement — full formatted \footnote{} or OOXML footnotes for legal and notes styles (Bluebook, OSCOLA, Chicago, APA, McGill) with Id./supra short forms; (3) restyle — convert existing footnote citations from one style to another. This skill is manual-invoke ONLY — trigger ONLY when the user explicitly runs /cite-placement or explicitly names the "cite-placement" skill. Do NOT auto-trigger on general citation, footnote, or reference requests.

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Citation Placement

Unified router for three citation workflows. A single Tkinter launcher collects inputs and writes run_config.json; the "pipeline" value selects one of three modes, each with its own detailed workflow document.

Modes and Routing

Mode	`pipeline` value	What it does	Workflow doc
Inline placement	`inline`	Places screened citations as inline `\cite{}` / `\citet{}` / `\citep{}` commands with a compiled `references.bib`. For economics, finance, and social-science journals (APA, MLA, Harvard, Chicago author-date, IEEE, Vancouver). `.tex` only.	`references/phase-details-inline.md`
Footnote placement	`footnotes`	Places screened citations as full formatted `\footnote{}` (LaTeX) or native OOXML footnotes (Word), with one-click legal/notes style selection (Bluebook, OSCOLA, Chicago notes-bib, APA 7th, McGill) and Id./supra short-form post-processing. `.tex` or `.docx`.	`references/phase-details-footnotes.md`
Restyle	`restyle`	Converts ALL existing footnote citations (hand-written or pipeline-placed) from one style to another. No spreadsheet required. `.tex` or `.docx`.	Restyle Pipeline section of `references/phase-details-footnotes.md`

Read the relevant workflow document at the start of each phase.

Launcher-First Protocol

When the user triggers this skill:

Run the launcher with a 10-minute timeout (the user needs time to browse and configure), using the skill's known absolute directory as [skill-dir], not the current working directory:
```
python "[skill-dir]/scripts/launcher.py"
```
Call it via the Bash tool with timeout: 600000.
The unified GUI presents the file fields and options for all three modes and offers three run buttons — Inline Placement, Footnote Placement, and Restyle — plus a Utilities area (Strip All Citations; Regenerate / Reorder Cross-Refs, with or without an existing registry). On any run button the launcher validates inputs and writes placement/run_config.json in the output file's parent directory, then prints machine-readable status lines to stdout.
Parse the launcher's stdout:
- LAUNCHER_STATUS: success — proceed. If missing or cancelled, stop.
- LAUNCHER_CONFIG_PATH: <path> — the absolute path to run_config.json. Use this path for all subsequent phases. All paths inside the config are absolute; do not assume the config lives in the current working directory.
Read run_config.json and route on config["pipeline"]:
- "inline" → run the inline placement pipeline (references/phase-details-inline.md).
- "footnotes" → run the footnote placement pipeline (references/phase-details-footnotes.md).
- "restyle" → run the restyle pipeline (Restyle Pipeline section of references/phase-details-footnotes.md).
Run the selected pipeline end-to-end without asking questions or waiting for confirmation between phases. The only pause is the Phase 4 human-in-the-loop gate in the two placement modes, and only when auto_approve is false.

`run_config.json` shapes

The config always lives at <output_parent>/placement/run_config.json. The "pipeline" key selects the shape:

// inline
{"pipeline": "inline", "input_format": "tex", "project_folder": "...",
 "input_tex": "...", "input_xlsx": "...", "output_tex": "...",
 "citation_style": "apa|mla|harvard|chicago_author_date|chicago_notes|ieee|vancouver",
 "replan": false, "auto_approve": false, "citation_mode": "selective|comprehensive",
 "insertion_style": "prose|simple", "verify_citations": false}

// footnotes
{"pipeline": "footnotes", "input_format": "tex|docx", "project_folder": "...",
 "input_tex": "...", "input_xlsx": "...", "output_tex": "...",
 "replan": false, "auto_approve": false,
 "citation_style": "bluebook|oscola|chicago|apa|mcgill",
 "citation_mode": "selective|comprehensive", "verify_citations": false}

// restyle
{"pipeline": "restyle", "input_format": "tex|docx", "project_folder": "...",
 "input_tex": "...", "input_xlsx": null, "output_tex": "...",
 "current_style": "...", "target_style": "..."}

Citation slots (`% CITE:`)

Drafts from the writing-article-plans skill mark where citations belong with typed placeholder slots, and its assemble_manuscript.py normalizes footnote-wrapped slots before handoff. A slot is a % CITE: LaTeX comment carrying a typed hint (e.g. % CITE: meta-analysis on Y). Slots are a .tex convention only — footnotes-mode .docx input has no slot support.

Core rule (both placement modes). If the input manuscript contains % CITE: slots, every slot MUST end the run either filled or explicitly reported as unfilled with a reason. Silent slot survival is a pipeline failure. Slots are author-declared citation demands, so citation_mode: "selective" governs only free placements and never skips a slot.

Three slot forms reach this skill:

Bare comment — % CITE: <hint> on its own line or at the end of a line.
Footnote-wrapped, two-line (\footnote{% / % CITE: <hint> / }) — the normal post-assembly form (brace-safe).
Footnote-wrapped, one-line — \footnote{% CITE: <hint>}; compile-unsafe (the % comments out the closing brace). Recognize it and recommend running writing-article-plans' assemble_manuscript.py first.

% RESULT: slots belong to a different pipeline and MUST never be touched or removed. The contract lives in the phase docs: Phase 1 enumerates slots into citation_slots, Phase 3a fills each or defers it to unfilled_slots, Phase 4 reports the tally, and Phase 5 executes the replacements and runs a deterministic grep closure check. See references/phase-details-inline.md and references/phase-details-footnotes.md.

Inline Mode — Phase Overview (5 phases)

Detailed instructions: references/phase-details-inline.md.

Phase 1 — Manuscript Mapping. Read the .tex; produce placement/section_map.md and placement/existing_citations.json. Detect the citation package (natbib → \citet/\citep; biblatex → \textcite/\parencite; else basic \cite) and the bibliography backend (bibtex/biber). Cached unless replan is true. Read-only.
Phase 1.5 — Existing Citation Verification (optional). Gated on verify_citations. Flags dangling \cite{} keys, hallucinated .bib entries, and spreadsheet overlaps into placement/audit_report.json.
Phase 2 — Citation Ingestion. scripts/core/ingest_citations.py turns the .xlsx into citations.json + references_new.bib. Deterministic, no LLM.
Phase 3 — Placement Planning (3a → 3b → 3c). 3a assigns each citation to all supporting sections (multi-placement is normal); 3b spawns one general-purpose sub-agent per section to draft anchors and cite commands, keyed to insertion_style (prose default — Types 1/2/3 with sentence rewriting; simple — parenthetical-only, no rewriting); 3c consolidates into placement/placement_plan.md. Cached / incremental: with replan: false, only cite keys absent from the planned_keys header trigger new planning.
Phase 4 — HITL Review. Always print the plan. Pause for corrections when auto_approve is false; otherwise continue immediately.
Phase 5 — Execution. Copy the .tex to a versioned output, insert cites (parenthetical = insert after anchor; prose/textual = replace anchor), merge references_new.bib, ensure \bibliographystyle{}/\bibliography{} (or \addbibresource/\printbibliography for biblatex), then compile with pdflatex + bibtex/biber + two more pdflatex passes.

Footnote Mode — Phase Overview (6 phases)

Detailed instructions: references/phase-details-footnotes.md. Accepts .tex (LaTeX \footnote{}, compiled with xelatex) or .docx (native OOXML footnotes via scripts/core/docx_support/); for .docx, skip every LaTeX-specific step (no xelatex, no %CITE-PLACED, no \bibliography{}).

Phase 1 — Manuscript Mapping. Produce placement/section_map.md and placement/existing_footnotes.json, classifying each footnote (article/book/working_paper/case/legislation/cross_reference/discursive/mixed). Cached unless replan.
Phase 1.5 — Existing Citation Audit (optional). Gated on verify_citations; verification cascade (OpenAlex → CrossRef → Google Scholar) into placement/audit_report.json.
Phase 2 — Citation Ingestion. scripts/core/ingest_citations.py → citations.json + references_new.bib. Deterministic.
Phase 3 — Placement Planning (3a → 3b → 3c). Style-specific rules are read from references/styles/<citation_style>.md and injected into the 3b sub-agent prompts; every placement carries the full citation string (Phase 6 handles repeats). 3c merges same-anchor placements into single multi-citation footnotes. Cached / incremental on the planned_keys header.
Phase 4 — HITL Review. Pause when auto_approve is false.
Phase 5 — Execution. Copy the manuscript; insert each \footnote{ with an invisible %CITE-PLACED marker immediately after the opening brace; apply Phase 1.5 audit fixes; tag any pre-existing footnotes with %CITE-PLACED; run merge_adjacent_footnotes.py; then Phase 6; then xelatex (one pass, no bibtex/biber).
Phase 6 — Short-Form Post-Processing. short_form.py converts repeat citations to the style's short form (Id./ibid/supra/shortened title/author-date) and writes placement/footnote_registry.json for later cross-reference reordering. Runs automatically after Phase 5; compile xelatex twice to settle footnote numbers.

`%CITE-PLACED` marker rule

Every \footnote{} in a .tex output carries %CITE-PLACED immediately after the opening brace (a LaTeX comment pdflatex ignores, so the PDF is unchanged). The marker lets strip_citations.py cleanly remove all pipeline footnotes for a clean re-run, and it is preserved through merge and short-form rewrites.

Restyle Mode — Overview

Detailed instructions: Restyle Pipeline section of references/phase-details-footnotes.md. Converts every existing footnote citation from current_style to target_style, correcting Id./ibid/supra cross-references and symbol-footnote numbering. The .tex path spawns one sub-agent per section and finishes with merge_adjacent_footnotes.py + short_form.py; the .docx path extracts footnotes via scripts/core/docx_support/, restyles them, and writes back via replace_footnote_text. Standalone drivers: scripts/docx_restyle.py and scripts/tex_restyle.py (each takes --config placement/run_config.json). Case citations, legislation, and discursive footnotes pass through unchanged.

Utilities

The launcher's Utilities area (and the corresponding scripts) support maintenance outside a full run:

Strip All Citations — strip_citations.py removes every %CITE-PLACED footnote, yielding a clean manuscript for a from-scratch re-run.
Regenerate / Reorder Cross-Refs — `re

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name: cite-placement
description: >-
  Place pre-screened literature citations into a LaTeX or Word manuscript, or restyle the
  citations already in one. Three modes: (1) inline placement — inline \cite{}/\citet{}/\citep{}
  with a compiled references.bib, for author-date journals (APA, MLA, Harvard, Chicago
  author-date, IEEE, Vancouver); (2) footnote placement — full formatted \footnote{} or OOXML
  footnotes for legal and notes styles (Bluebook, OSCOLA, Chicago, APA, McGill) with Id./supra
  short forms; (3) restyle — convert existing footnote citations from one style to another.
  This skill is manual-invoke ONLY — trigger ONLY when the user explicitly runs /cite-placement
  or explicitly names the "cite-placement" skill. Do NOT auto-trigger on general citation,
  footnote, or reference requests.
version: 1.0.0
metadata:
  author: Claude Code

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---
name: cite-placement
description: >-
  Place pre-screened literature citations into a LaTeX or Word manuscript, or restyle the
  citations already in one. Three modes: (1) inline placement — inline \cite{}/\citet{}/\citep{}
  with a compiled references.bib, for author-date journals (APA, MLA, Harvard, Chicago
  author-date, IEEE, Vancouver); (2) footnote placement — full formatted \footnote{} or OOXML
  footnotes for legal and notes styles (Bluebook, OSCOLA, Chicago, APA, McGill) with Id./supra
  short forms; (3) restyle — convert existing footnote citations from one style to another.
  This skill is manual-invoke ONLY — trigger ONLY when the user explicitly runs /cite-placement
  or explicitly names the "cite-placement" skill. Do NOT auto-trigger on general citation,
  footnote, or reference requests.
version: 1.0.0
metadata:
  author: Claude Code
---

# Citation Placement

Unified router for three citation workflows. A single Tkinter launcher collects
inputs and writes `run_config.json`; the `"pipeline"` value selects one of three
modes, each with its own detailed workflow document.

## Modes and Routing

| Mode | `pipeline` value | What it does | Workflow doc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inline placement | `inline` | Places screened citations as inline `\cite{}` / `\citet{}` / `\citep{}` commands with a compiled `references.bib`. For economics, finance, and social-science journals (APA, MLA, Harvard, Chicago author-date, IEEE, Vancouver). `.tex` only. | `references/phase-details-inline.md` |
| Footnote placement | `footnotes` | Places screened citations as full formatted `\footnote{}` (LaTeX) or native OOXML footnotes (Word), with one-click legal/notes style selection (Bluebook, OSCOLA, Chicago notes-bib, APA 7th, McGill) and Id./supra short-form post-processing. `.tex` or `.docx`. | `references/phase-details-footnotes.md` |
| Restyle | `restyle` | Converts ALL existing footnote citations (hand-written or pipeline-placed) from one style to another. No spreadsheet required. `.tex` or `.docx`. | Restyle Pipeline section of `references/phase-details-footnotes.md` |

Read the relevant workflow document at the start of each phase.

## Launcher-First Protocol

When the user triggers this skill:

1. Run the launcher with a **10-minute timeout** (the user needs time to browse
   and configure), using the skill's known absolute directory as `[skill-dir]`,
   not the current working directory:
   ```bash
   python "[skill-dir]/scripts/launcher.py"
   ```
   Call it via the Bash tool with `timeout: 600000`.
2. The unified GUI presents the file fields and options for all three modes and
   offers three run buttons — **Inline Placement**, **Footnote Placement**, and
   **Restyle** — plus a **Utilities** area (Strip All Citations; Regenerate /
   Reorder Cross-Refs, with or without an existing registry). On any run button
   the launcher validates inputs and writes `placement/run_config.json` in the
   **output file's parent directory**, then prints machine-readable status lines
   to stdout.
3. Parse the launcher's stdout:
   - `LAUNCHER_STATUS: success` — proceed. If missing or `cancelled`, stop.
   - `LAUNCHER_CONFIG_PATH: <path>` — the absolute path to `run_config.json`.
     Use this path for all subsequent phases. All paths inside the config are
     absolute; do not assume the config lives in the current working directory.
4. Read `run_config.json` and route on `config["pipeline"]`:
   - `"inline"` → run the inline placement pipeline (`references/phase-details-inline.md`).
   - `"footnotes"` → run the footnote placement pipeline (`references/phase-details-footnotes.md`).
   - `"restyle"` → run the restyle pipeline (Restyle Pipeline section of `references/phase-details-footnotes.md`).
5. **Run the selected pipeline end-to-end without asking questions or waiting for
   confirmation between phases.** The only pause is the Phase 4 human-in-the-loop
   gate in the two placement modes, and only when `auto_approve` is `false`.

### `run_config.json` shapes

The config always lives at `<output_parent>/placement/run_config.json`. The
`"pipeline"` key selects the shape:

```jsonc
// inline
{"pipeline": "inline", "input_format": "tex", "project_folder": "...",
 "input_tex": "...", "input_xlsx": "...", "output_tex": "...",
 "citation_style": "apa|mla|harvard|chicago_author_date|chicago_notes|ieee|vancouver",
 "replan": false, "auto_approve": false, "citation_mode": "selective|comprehensive",
 "insertion_style": "prose|simple", "verify_citations": false}

// footnotes
{"pipeline": "footnotes", "input_format": "tex|docx", "project_folder": "...",
 "input_tex": "...", "input_xlsx": "...", "output_tex": "...",
 "replan": false, "auto_approve": false,
 "citation_style": "bluebook|oscola|chicago|apa|mcgill",
 "citation_mode": "selective|comprehensive", "verify_citations": false}

// restyle
{"pipeline": "restyle", "input_format": "tex|docx", "project_folder": "...",
 "input_tex": "...", "input_xlsx": null, "output_tex": "...",
 "current_style": "...", "target_style": "..."}
```

## Citation slots (`% CITE:`)

Drafts from the `writing-article-plans` skill mark where citations belong with
typed placeholder slots, and its `assemble_manuscript.py` normalizes
footnote-wrapped slots before handoff. A slot is a `% CITE:` LaTeX comment
carrying a typed hint (e.g. `% CITE: meta-analysis on Y`). Slots are a `.tex`
convention only — footnotes-mode `.docx` input has no slot support.

**Core rule (both placement modes).** If the input manuscript contains `% CITE:`
slots, every slot MUST end the run either filled or explicitly reported as
unfilled with a reason. Silent slot survival is a pipeline failure. Slots are
author-declared citation demands, so `citation_mode: "selective"` governs only
free placements and never skips a slot.

Three slot forms reach this skill:
1. **Bare comment** — `% CITE: <hint>` on its own line or at the end of a line.
2. **Footnote-wrapped, two-line** (`\footnote{%` / `% CITE: <hint>` / `}`) — the
   normal post-assembly form (brace-safe).
3. **Footnote-wrapped, one-line** — `\footnote{% CITE: <hint>}`; compile-unsafe
   (the `%` comments out the closing brace). Recognize it and recommend running
   writing-article-plans' `assemble_manuscript.py` first.

`% RESULT:` slots belong to a different pipeline and MUST never be touched or
removed. The contract lives in the phase docs: Phase 1 enumerates slots into
`citation_slots`, Phase 3a fills each or defers it to `unfilled_slots`, Phase 4
reports the tally, and Phase 5 executes the replacements and runs a
deterministic `grep` closure check. See `references/phase-details-inline.md`
and `references/phase-details-footnotes.md`.

## Inline Mode — Phase Overview (5 phases)

Detailed instructions: `references/phase-details-inline.md`.

- **Phase 1 — Manuscript Mapping.** Read the `.tex`; produce
  `placement/section_map.md` and `placement/existing_citations.json`. Detect the
  citation package (`natbib` → `\citet`/`\citep`; `biblatex` →
  `\textcite`/`\parencite`; else basic `\cite`) and the bibliography backend
  (`bibtex`/`biber`). **Cached** unless `replan` is `true`. Read-only.
- **Phase 1.5 — Existing Citation Verification (optional).** Gated on
  `verify_citations`. Flags dangling `\cite{}` keys, hallucinated `.bib` entries,
  and spreadsheet overlaps into `placement/audit_report.json`.
- **Phase 2 — Citation Ingestion.** `scripts/core/ingest_citations.py` turns the
  `.xlsx` into `citations.json` + `references_new.bib`. Deterministic, no LLM.
- **Phase 3 — Placement Planning (3a → 3b → 3c).** 3a assigns each citation to
  all supporting sections (multi-placement is normal); 3b spawns one
  general-purpose sub-agent per section to draft anchors and cite commands,
  keyed to `insertion_style` (`prose` default — Types 1/2/3 with sentence
  rewriting; `simple` — parenthetical-only, no rewriting); 3c consolidates into
  `placement/placement_plan.md`. **Cached / incremental**: with `replan: false`,
  only cite keys absent from the `planned_keys` header trigger new planning.
- **Phase 4 — HITL Review.** Always print the plan. Pause for corrections when
  `auto_approve` is `false`; otherwise continue immediately.
- **Phase 5 — Execution.** Copy the `.tex` to a versioned output, insert cites
  (parenthetical = insert after anchor; prose/textual = replace anchor), merge
  `references_new.bib`, ensure `\bibliographystyle{}`/`\bibliography{}` (or
  `\addbibresource`/`\printbibliography` for `biblatex`), then compile with
  `pdflatex` + `bibtex`/`biber` + two more `pdflatex` passes.

## Footnote Mode — Phase Overview (6 phases)

Detailed instructions: `references/phase-details-footnotes.md`. Accepts `.tex`
(LaTeX `\footnote{}`, compiled with `xelatex`) or `.docx` (native OOXML
footnotes via `scripts/core/docx_support/`); for `.docx`, skip every
LaTeX-specific step (no `xelatex`, no `%CITE-PLACED`, no `\bibliography{}`).

- **Phase 1 — Manuscript Mapping.** Produce `placement/section_map.md` and
  `placement/existing_footnotes.json`, classifying each footnote
  (`article`/`book`/`working_paper`/`case`/`legislation`/`cross_reference`/`discursive`/`mixed`).
  **Cached** unless `replan`.
- **Phase 1.5 — Existing Citation Audit (optional).** Gated on
  `verify_citations`; verification cascade (OpenAlex → CrossRef → Google Scholar)
  into `placement/audit_report.json`.
- **Phase 2 — Citation Ingestion.** `scripts/core/ingest_citations.py` →
  `citations.json` + `references_new.bib`. Deterministic.
- **Phase 3 — Placement Planning (3a → 3b → 3c).** Style-specific rules are read
  from `references/styles/<citation_style>.md` and injected into the 3b sub-agent
  prompts; every placement carries the **full** citation string (Phase 6 handles
  repeats). 3c merges same-anchor placements into single multi-citation
  footnotes. **Cached / incremental** on the `planned_keys` header.
- **Phase 4 — HITL Review.** Pause when `auto_approve` is `false`.
- **Phase 5 — Execution.** Copy the manuscript; insert each `\footnote{` with an
  invisible `%CITE-PLACED` marker immediately after the opening brace; apply
  Phase 1.5 audit fixes; tag any pre-existing footnotes with `%CITE-PLACED`; run
  `merge_adjacent_footnotes.py`; then Phase 6; then `xelatex` (one pass, no
  `bibtex`/`biber`).
- **Phase 6 — Short-Form Post-Processing.** `short_form.py` converts repeat
  citations to the style's short form (Id./ibid/supra/shortened title/author-date)
  and writes `placement/footnote_registry.json` for later cross-reference
  reordering. Runs automatically after Phase 5; compile `xelatex` twice to settle
  footnote numbers.

### `%CITE-PLACED` marker rule

Every `\footnote{}` in a `.tex` output carries `%CITE-PLACED` immediately after
the opening brace (a LaTeX comment `pdflatex` ignores, so the PDF is unchanged).
The marker lets `strip_citations.py` cleanly remove all pipeline footnotes for a
clean re-run, and it is preserved through merge and short-form rewrites.

## Restyle Mode — Overview

Detailed instructions: Restyle Pipeline section of
`references/phase-details-footnotes.md`. Converts every existing footnote
citation from `current_style` to `target_style`, correcting Id./ibid/supra
cross-references and symbol-footnote numbering. The `.tex` path spawns one
sub-agent per section and finishes with `merge_adjacent_footnotes.py` +
`short_form.py`; the `.docx` path extracts footnotes via
`scripts/core/docx_support/`, restyles them, and writes back via
`replace_footnote_text`. Standalone drivers: `scripts/docx_restyle.py` and
`scripts/tex_restyle.py` (each takes `--config placement/run_config.json`). Case
citations, legislation, and discursive footnotes pass through unchanged.

## Utilities

The launcher's Utilities area (and the corresponding scripts) support
maintenance outside a full run:

- **Strip All Citations** — `strip_citations.py` removes every `%CITE-PLACED`
  footnote, yielding a clean manuscript for a from-scratch re-run.
- **Regenerate / Reorder Cross-Refs** — `re

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Source: kennethkhoocy/applied-micro-skills
Indexed by: OpenAgentSkill community index

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