Tool for exploring and analyzing citation networks and paper relationships.

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Query citation graphs — view a paper's references, find which papers cite it, and analyze shared references between multiple papers. Use when the user asks about citation relationships, reference overlap, or bibliographic connections.
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Key capabilities

  • View a paper's references
  • Find papers that cite a specific paper
  • Identify shared references between two papers
  • Update citation data for a workspace
  • Rebuild the citation index

How it works

The skill queries citation graphs to retrieve reference and citation data from Semantic Scholar.

Inputs & outputs

You give it
Paper IDs (e.g., "<paper-id>", "<id1>", "<id2>")
You get back
Lists of references, citing papers, or shared references

When to use graph

  • View paper references
  • Identify citing papers
  • Analyze shared references
  • Update citation network

About this skill

Citation Graph Queries

View a paper's references, find which papers cite it, and identify shared references across multiple papers.

Execution Logic

View a Paper's References

autor refs "<paper-id>" [--ws NAME]

Find Papers That Cite This Paper

autor citing "<paper-id>" [--ws NAME]

Shared Reference Analysis

autor shared-refs "<id1>" "<id2>" [--min N] [--ws NAME]

Workspace Citation-Network Sidecar

autor refetch --workspace <NAME>
autor index --rebuild
autor ws citation-network <NAME> [--min-shared 2]

Parameters:

  • --min N — include only references cited by at least N papers (default 2)
  • --ws NAME — limit scope to a specific workspace

Prerequisites

Reference data comes from Semantic Scholar. It must be fetched first via:

  • Automatic retrieval during ingestion
  • Running refetch --workspace <NAME> for review workspaces, or refetch --all --force only when a full-library refresh is intended
  • Then running index --rebuild to update the citations table

Examples

User says: "What papers does this paper cite?" → Run refs "<paper-id>"

User says: "Which papers cite this one?" → Run citing "<paper-id>"

User says: "What references do these two papers have in common?" → Run shared-refs "<id1>" "<id2>"

When not to use it

  • When the user asks about topics other than citation relationships
  • When the user asks about topics other than reference overlap
  • When the user asks about topics other than bibliographic connections

Prerequisites

Reference data from Semantic Scholar fetchedCitation data updated via `refetch`Citation index rebuilt via `index --rebuild`

Limitations

  • Requires Semantic Scholar reference data to be fetched first
  • Requires the citation index to be rebuilt after data fetching

How it compares

This skill provides direct commands to query specific citation relationships, unlike manually searching for each paper's references and citations.

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