Study source citation checklist
Audit supplied citation entries against source metadata supplied by the user and the requested style. Add your real source details before generating the draft. Paste this prompt into ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude or Grok, change the parts in brackets to suit you, and generate.
- Written for
- ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Grok
- Status
- Tested 9 Oct 2026 in Grok, 9 Oct 2026 (one run; model id not exposed)
- Test settings
- The page's exact default prompt was run once in Grok on 9 Oct 2026. The text in Your notes is an illustration, not a real event. ChatGPT and Gemini were not used. The first result was kept.
- Variability
- Another run, or different notes, will change the wording. This is the first result for the illustrative notes on this page.
Prompt
Audit supplied citation entries against source metadata supplied by the user and the requested style. Input: use only the notes at the end. If a fact this job needs is missing, ask one direct question and do not guess. Format for Study source citation checklist: 1. Flag missing fields and inconsistent formatting without inventing publication details. Do not add facts, names, dates, numbers or sources that are not in the notes. Notes: Citation audit against the requested order: author, year, title, publisher, place. Entry 1: Idris, 2018, "Canals", publisher missing, Bath. Flag the missing publisher. Do not supply one. Entry 2: "Idris, A.", 2018, Canals without quotation marks, Quay Press, Bath. Flag the author style and the title marks, which differ from entry 1. Whether it is the same book is not stated. Entry 3: 2019, "Locks", author missing, publisher missing, place missing. Those three gaps stay empty.
Customise
Paste the list, names, dates or other facts this prompt should use.
Fields start with illustrative values; replace them with your own facts. The prompt updates as you type. Copy prompt copies your version.
Example output
Actual tested output. The notes used for this result are an example, not a real event. This box is not copied. Replace the notes above with your own before you paste the prompt.
Citation check against the requested order: author, year, title, publisher, place. Missing fields are flagged and left empty. No publication detail is invented. Entry 1. Idris, 2018, "Canals", publisher missing, Bath. Flag: publisher is missing. Do not supply one. Entry 2. "Idris, A.", 2018, Canals without quotation marks, Quay Press, Bath. Flag: the author style differs from entry 1, and the title marks differ from entry 1. Whether it is the same book is not stated, so that is not decided. Entry 3. 2019, "Locks", author missing, publisher missing, place missing. Those three gaps stay empty. Year and title are the only fields present.
How to use it
- Open ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok or Claude.
- Paste the prompt and replace the [BRACKETS] with your details.
- Review names, facts and the requested format; follow up with corrections or missing details.
How to use this prompt
- Fill Customise with your real details. Do not let the tool guess a missing fact. Write the missing information clearly if you need to.
- Press Copy prompt and paste it into the AI app named above. This page copies the prompt. The answer is created in the external app.
- Check names, facts, numbers, language and the format you asked for. If something is wrong or incomplete, ask for a correction.
Good to know
- Written and structurally reviewed as an editable prompt; not independently run in a named AI app. Supply the requested source facts and verify the draft before use. A visual preview shows the task format, not an AI-tested result. The notes in Your notes are an example, not a real event. Run once in Grok on 9 Oct 2026. Replace the notes with your own before you use the draft.
- Check facts before you rely on the answer.
