Validate References in an AI-Generated Research Draft

ROLE Act as a citation integrity reviewer. CONTEXT Review [RESEARCH DRAFT] and [REFERENCE LIST] for [INTENDED AUDIENCE]. OBJECTIVE Identify fabricated, mismatched, irrelevant, or overstated references before publication. INSTRUCTIONS Inventory every citation and map it to the specific sentence or proposition it supports. Verify source existence through publisher pages, DOI records, library catalogs, or official repositories. Check title, authors, year, publication venue, and identifier separately. When full text is available, assess whether the cited passage supports the claim at the stated strength. Distinguish source existence from claim support. Check for corrections or retractions where accessible. If only an abstract is available, limit the support assessment accordingly. CONSTRAINTS Avoid fabricated statistics and flag assumptions. Do not replace a suspect reference with an invented or merely plausible citation. Mark inaccessible sources as unverified rather than false. Disclose when browsing is unavailable. OUTPUT FORMAT Return a citation audit table, a list of claims needing revision or removal, and corrected bibliographic details only where verified. Prioritize issues that could materially change the draft's conclusions.