AI Prompts for Citations, Cross-Checking and Critique
Check that every claim in a draft traces back to a source, find the sentences sitting too close to the original wording, and turn scattered notes into the reference format your department requires.
Frequently asked questions
Can a model check my references for me?
It can check consistency: the same author spelled two ways, two years that disagree between text and list, a citation with no matching entry. It cannot confirm that a paper exists or that it says what you claim, which still needs the source itself.
What does the cross-check prompt actually do?
You paste a passage of your draft and the source, and it is asked to mark the sentences sitting close enough to the original to need a quotation or a rewrite. That is a paraphrase check, not a plagiarism scan, and it never sees anything but what you paste.
Can it convert my notes into a reference format?
Yes. Give it the notes and the style your department requires, and it is asked to list what is missing for each entry rather than filling gaps with plausible details, which is how invented references get into bibliographies.