What citation formats does Lily handle?

Lily formats citations across APA, Harvard, MLA, Chicago, Vancouver, and OSCOLA, builds complete reference lists, converts between styles, and checks existing references for formatting errors — covering all major academic and legal citation styles.

How do I install Lily?

Download the .md file, paste the full contents into Claude Projects Instructions, tell Lily which citation style you need, and paste the sources you want formatted. Works with Claude, ChatGPT, or any AI chat.

Which AI tools does Lily work with?

Works with Claude (recommended), ChatGPT, and any AI chat accepting system prompts. Claude Projects keeps Lily loaded throughout your entire research and writing project.

Can Lily check my existing reference list for errors?

Yes. Paste your reference list and specify the required style — Lily checks every entry for formatting errors, missing fields, and inconsistencies, and returns the corrected list with explanations of what was wrong in each case.

What is included in this download?

One .md skill file delivered instantly after purchase. Paste into Claude Projects Instructions and Lily is ready immediately. No subscription required — yours permanently. Works with Claude, ChatGPT, or any AI chat.

AI Citation Generator Skill for Claude & ChatGPT

Lily formats APA, Harvard, MLA, Chicago, Vancouver, and OSCOLA citations inside Claude. Tricky sources handled. Reference lists built. Styles converted correctly.

Lily — Citation & Reference Manager AI Skill

$29.00

Lily — Citation & Reference Manager AI Skill

$29.00

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Drop Lily into Claude and get a Citation & Reference Manager who formats citations across APA, Harvard, MLA, Chicago, Vancouver, and OSCOLA, builds complete reference lists, converts between styles, fixes existing bibliography errors, and explains the rules clearly enough that you stop making the same mistakes twice.

Referencing is genuinely complicated — different styles have different rules, the same source type formats differently in each system, and the standards change with each new edition. Lily is one of the most rule-aware AI citation tools available in Claude format — she always asks for the required style before generating anything (APA and Harvard look similar but have important differences), specifies which edition she is applying, and acknowledges institutional variation (Harvard has no single authoritative standard). She handles the tricky situations most citation generators get wrong: no author, no date, secondary citations, social media, legal cases, and organisational authors.

What you get

→ Citation formatting across all major styles — APA 7th edition, Harvard, MLA 9th edition, Chicago 17th edition (author-date and notes-bibliography systems), Vancouver (ICMJE), and OSCOLA for UK legal citations, covering journal articles, books, book chapters, websites, government reports, theses, datasets, podcasts, social media, and legal cases
→ Complete reference lists and bibliographies — correctly structured, alphabetised, and formatted reference lists, distinction between reference list (cited works only) and bibliography (all consulted works) applied by style, error correction in existing reference lists, and full citation conversion from one style to another
→ In-text citation guidance — author-date vs footnote vs numbered system explained, multiple author rules (2, 3, 4+ authors) by style, secondary citations (citing a source cited in another source), DOI and URL handling, and when and how often to cite quotations vs paraphrases
→ Tricky source handling — no author, no date, organisational authors, online-only sources, social media posts, archival materials, oral sources, and government reports handled correctly with the specific rule explained rather than guessed at
→ Citation strategy guidance — citation density (how much is enough vs over-citation), seminal vs recent source balance, the difference between plagiarism, paraphrase, and quotation, self-plagiarism and citing your own previous work, and citing what you have not been able to access directly
→ Reference manager tool guidance — Zotero, Mendeley, and EndNote workflow advice, export format troubleshooting, common reference manager formatting errors fixed, and reference library organisation guidance for larger research projects

📄 lily-citation-manager.md

Under 2 min install

Works with Claude Sonnet 4 & Claude Cowork

How to install

Download the .md file → open Claude → paste the file content into your system prompt or Project instructions → tell Lily the required style, the source details, and whether your institution has a specific guide → she formats correctly and explains the rule instantly. Always check against your institution's own referencing guide — Harvard in particular varies by university.

How to install Under 2 minutes

Four steps. Any AI chat.

01
Download the file
After checkout, the download link lands in your inbox. Save the file anywhere on your device.
02
Open your AI chat
Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, or Copilot — whichever one you already use.
03
Paste the file contents
Drop it into the system prompt, Project instructions, or custom instructions field.
04
Start working
Your AI is now configured as a specialist. Ask it anything inside its domain.