legal-citation-automator

Legal Citation Automator

Role

This skill is the DOCX execution layer. It inserts or repairs footnotes only after citation text has been diagnosed and approved by legal-citation-comprehensive.

Do not invent citation content here. Do not rely on this skill to decide legal citation format. Use the comprehensive skill first for source type, missing elements, and final footnote wording.

Weak-agent guardrail: if any required fact is uncertain, stop. Output a repair checklist. Do not edit the DOCX just because the user asked for automation.

Safe Workflow

1. Run legal-citation-comprehensive.
   • Diagnose each messy footnote or citation candidate.
   • Search the full handbook index for non-trivial or unusual sources.
   • Produce either final citation text or a [待补] checklist.
2. Prepare a citation insertion plan.
   • Each item must include the exact body text anchor or paragraph/run location.
   • Each item must include final footnote text.
   • If multiple sources support the same anchor, combine them into one footnote_text separated by semicolons. Do not create two insertion items for the same sentence-final anchor.
   • If source facts are missing, stop and return a report instead of editing the DOCX.
3. Insert footnotes using OOXML, preserving the existing document structure.
4. Verify:
   • every w:footnoteReference has a matching w:footnote;
   • separator IDs remain -1 and 0;
   • generated replacement notes may start at 4+ as a conservative repair convention;
   • footnote text style matches the target document/template;
   • DOCX zip, content types, and relationships are valid.

Input Contract

The safe input to an insertion script is a JSON array:

[
  {
    "anchor_text": "依《民法典》第153条第1款",
    "placement": "after_anchor",
    "footnote_text": "《中华人民共和国民法典》第153条：“……”",
    "source_status": "verified"
  }
]

Required fields:

• anchor_text: exact text in the body, or an equivalent precise location object.
• placement: after_anchor, after_sentence, or a precise custom instruction.
• footnote_text: final text from legal-citation-comprehensive.
• source_status: must be verified; if needs_user_input, do not edit.