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Submission Citation Check Agent

Correct citations before submission

Quality controlEducation
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Submission Citation Check Agent: what goes in, what the agent does and what you get

What it does

Students lose marks for citation mistakes even when their work is good. Before submission, this agent reads the draft and checks that every in-text citation has a matching entry in the reference list and that every reference is cited in the text. It checks the format of each citation against the required style, flags direct quotes without page numbers, and lists sources it could not verify exist. It gives the student a short list of issues to fix. The student fixes them and the agent checks again, repeating until the draft passes every check. The student always makes the final submission. Edge case: when a source cannot be verified, such as a misremembered title or a wrong year, it asks the student to confirm the details rather than deleting the citation.

How it works

Follow the arrows from top to bottom. The orange dashed arrow is the loop: when a check fails, the agent goes back and tries again.

Start and resultWhat it doesA check on its own workWaits for your OKGoes back and retries
Yes, continueApprovedNo 1 STARTS WHEN Draft ready 2 USES A TOOL Read in-text citations and the reference list 3 DOES Match each citation to a reference and eachreference to a citation 4 DOES Check format against the required style and quotesfor page numbers 5 USES A TOOL Look up sources to confirm they exist 6 CHECKS THE RESULT Are all citations matched, formatted and verified? If not: list the issues, ask the student to fix orconfirm unverified sources. Back to step 2. 7 YOU APPROVE Student submits 8 RESULT Submission with clean citations
Read the steps as a list
  1. Draft ready
  2. Read in-text citations and the reference list
  3. Match each citation to a reference and each reference to a citation
  4. Check format against the required style and quotes for page numbers
  5. Look up sources to confirm they exist
  6. Are all citations matched, formatted and verified?If not: list the issues, ask the student to fix or confirm unverified sources. Back to step 2.
  7. Student submitsThe agent waits here for your OK.
  8. Submission with clean citations

How it decides

Style rules and matching.

  • Every citation matched
  • Page numbers for quotes
  • Unverified flagged

Make it yours

Every agent is a starting point. You choose these settings for your own situation.

  • Style
  • Strictness
  • Format
  • Checks

What keeps you in control

It always asks you first

  • Submission

Hard limits

  • No rewriting of content

It stops when

  • Done: submitted
  • Stop: none

Set it up

We guide you through the set-up, step by step

Members get the full set-up guide for this agent. No technical skills needed: you copy, paste and upload.

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5 AIsChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini, Grok
  • One set of instructions to paste into your AI, with the clicks for ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Gemini and Grok
  • The agent then walks you through connecting your own data, one source at a time
  • A downloadable copy with the flow chart, the rules and the full guide
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An example run

What happensOn October 21 the agent checked Jordan's 2,500-word psychology paper against APA style. It found 24 in-text citations and 22 references. Two citations had no reference, one quote lacked a page number, and one source title could not be verified. The check failed. Jordan fixed the entries and confirmed the corrected title. The recheck passed with all 24 matched and formatted. Jordan approved and submitted the paper.

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