cite2fn vs citation-checker
citation-checker is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑24.
cite2fn is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by anitasrinivasan. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). citation-checker is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Babak Naderi. No marketplace we read lists it any more. As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-24. A plugin in this pair is no longer listed on any marketplace we read, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  cite2fn | |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 0.1.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace babaknaderi/citation-checker | Not listed | Removed on 2026-10-24 Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 8 Not marked · First seen |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
The facts side by side
| Fact | cite2fn | citation-checkerno longer listed · |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 | 0 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 0 | 8 |
| Forks (GitHub) | 0 | 0 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs | Installs as a plugin bundle | Installs as a plugin bundle |
| Transport | Not stated | Not stated |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle | 1 | 1 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/anitasrinivasan/cite2fn | github.com/babaknaderi/citation-checker |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 2 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-14 |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. No value is marked better or worse: a plugin no marketplace lists any more is shown with its last known data, which we do not rank against current figures.
What to use instead of citation-checker
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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Flag hallucinated references, authors and bib items in any paper — your own draft before submitting, or one you are reviewing — and correct badly formatted ones. Resolves every…
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Checks every LaTeX reference against Crossref, dblp, arXiv, DataCite, PubMed and OpenAlex. No LLM.
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Paste a bibliography or a single reference and find out whether the papers are real.
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Claude Code skill that verifies BibTeX entry content against Google Scholar and CrossRef.
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Verify academic citations against real databases. Catches hallucinated references, exports BibTeX.
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AEGIS Academic Integrity Checker
Local-first paper integrity checks: hallucinated citations, AI-text, plagiarism, venue guidelines.
What each says it does
cite2fn
A Claude Code plugin that converts hyperlinked citations, parenthetical references, and inline author-date mentions in Word documents into properly formatted Bluebook footnotes or endnotes. Key features - Detects 5 citation patterns: external hyperlinks, internal anchor links, parentheticals, inline author-date, and existing footnotes - Handles split hyperlinks from Google Docs exports (where a single citation spans multiple XML elements) - Fetches bibliographic metadata from academic sources (arXiv, SSRN, DOI, ACM DL, and more) - Supports both footnotes and endnotes with arabic numeral numbering - Preserves author names that are grammatically part of a sentence - Tracks repeated sources for Id. and supra short forms - Adds Word comments to flag anything that needs manual attention - Removes the References section after its content has been moved to footnotes Interactive review — Claude shows you every citation before modifying the document
citation-checker
Audits LaTeX citations, cited-source metadata, and claim-to-source alignment.
How to run each
cite2fn As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install cite2fn@claude-communitycitation-checker
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
Settings each asks for
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: cite2fn · What it can do: citation-checker · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.