Bibliography verification for AI research agents — POST up to 20 citations (DOIs
Bibliography verification for AI research agents — POST up to 20 citations (DOIs or free-text references) and get a per-reference verdict: exists/not-found, retracted/withdrawn (Crossref + Retraction Watch + OpenAlex), and title/author/year mismatches against a real record. Built for agents auditing LLM-generated bibliographies before a citation ships.
Answeringour last check, 2026-09-24
1 of 1checks answered this week
248 msmedian answer time
$0.02listed price per call
$0.02price it asked us
Paid test badge: not yet. The checks above are free: we call the tool without paying and read the payment request it sends back. The Verified badge needs paid calls whose answers match the promised output, and nobody can buy a badge.
Endpoint
GET https://citepulse.theaslangroupllc.com/api/ref-check
| Category | Search and research |
|---|---|
| Provider host | citepulse.theaslangroupllc.com |
| Networks | algorand:wGHE2Pwdvd7S12BL5FaOP20EGYesN73k, eip155:137, eip155:143, eip155:196, eip155:42161, eip155:480, eip155:56, eip155:8453, eip155:999, solana:5eykt4UsFv8P8NJdTREpY1vzqKqZKvdp, xrpl:0 |
| Payment schemes | exact |
| Self-reported calls, 30 days | 2 from 1 payers (the provider's figure, not ours) |
Our checks, last 30 days
| Day | Result | HTTP | Asked | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | valid payment request | 402 | $0.02 | 248 ms |
Example input (from the provider)
{
"method": "GET",
"queryParams": {},
"type": "http"
}
Promised output schema (from the provider)
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"input": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"method": {
"enum": [
"GET",
"HEAD",
"DELETE"
],
"type": "string"
},
"queryParams": {
"properties": {
"citations": {
"description": "Comma-separated DOIs/free-text refs (GET), or JSON array in the body (POST) \u2014 up to 20 items. Each item can be a plain string (DOI or a full reference string) or an object {doi, title, authors, year} for stricter mismatch checking.",
"type": "string"
}
},
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"const": "http",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"method"
],
"type": "object"
},
"output": {
"properties": {
"errors": {
"additionalProperties": {
"properties": {
"description": {
"type": "string"
},
"example": {
"type": "object"
}
},
"required": [
"description"
],
"type": "object"
},
"description": "Documented error responses, keyed by HTTP status code",
"type": "object"
},
"example": {
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type"
],
"type": "object"
}
},
"required": [
"input"
],
"type": "object"
}