format_citation
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Format citation data (title, authors, year, etc.) into a specific citation style. The formatted result may be stored in an operational cache; the tool does not publish content or modify a user account.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| title | string | yes | Paper/book title |
| authors | array | yes | Author names (e.g., ["John Smith", "Jane Doe"]) |
| year | any | yes | Publication year |
| style | string | no | Citation style |
| doi | string | no | DOI identifier |
| venue | string | no | Journal or venue name |
| volume | string | no | Volume number |
| page | string | no | Page range (e.g., "123-456") |
| publisher | string | no | Publisher name |
| url | string | no | URL of the source |
Raw JSON schema
{
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"title": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 500,
"description": "Paper/book title"
},
"authors": {
"minItems": 1,
"maxItems": 50,
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 200
},
"description": "Author names (e.g., [\"John Smith\", \"Jane Doe\"])"
},
"year": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "number"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"description": "Publication year"
},
"style": {
"default": "apa",
"description": "Citation style",
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"abnt",
"abnt-numerico",
"apa",
"mla",
"chicago-author-date",
"chicago-note",
"turabian",
"ieee",
"ama",
"asa",
"bluebook",
"cse",
"acs",
"harvard",
"vancouver",
"oscola",
"mhra",
"bmj",
"elsevier-harvard",
"sage-harvard",
"taylor-francis",
"cambridge-university-press",
"royal-society",
"din-1505",
"iso690-de",
"din-1505-numeric",
"din-1505-alphanumeric",
"chicago-de",
"harvard-de",
"juristische-zitierweise",
"springer-medizin-psychologie",
"kzfss",
"zeitschrift-fur-soziologie",
"iso690-fr",
"iso690-numeric-fr",
"iso690-note-fr",
"chicago-fr",
"french4",
"le-tapuscrit-note",
"le-tapuscrit-author-date",
"presses-univ-rennes",
"universite-bordeaux-droit",
"annales",
"iso690",
"nature",
"plos",
"science",
"cell",
"lancet",
"aip",
"rsc",
"apsa",
"aaa",
"np405",
"iso690-es",
"harvard-uct",
"aglc",
"harvard-agps",
"vancouver-author-date",
"mcgill",
"bibtex",
"ris"
]
},
"doi": {
"description": "DOI identifier",
"type": "string"
},
"venue": {
"description": "Journal or venue name",
"type": "string"
},
"volume": {
"description": "Volume number",
"type": "string"
},
"page": {
"description": "Page range (e.g., \"123-456\")",
"type": "string"
},
"publisher": {
"description": "Publisher name",
"type": "string"
},
"url": {
"description": "URL of the source",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"title",
"authors",
"year"
]
}