grounded-citations

To ensure citations are backed by Zotero sources, grounded citations verify every citation is tied to a Zotero entry and externally consulted material. This prevents unfounded or memory-based claims by enforcing a valid BibTeX key and fresh content fetch.

Externalised grounding is a validation process requiring a fresh fetch or Zotero note to verify the content underpinning a cited claim. It ensures the consulted material actually supports the claim before the citation is inserted into the prose.

To fetch a BibTeX key for academic writing, use a citation grounding process that enforces BBT key retrieval directly from Zotero. This avoids manual key creation by automatically extracting the BBT key during the citation insertion workflow.

No, grounded citation validation is not designed for auditing existing drafts or Zotero housekeeping. It is specifically built for live sessions during academic writing, manuscript drafting, and claims assessment across active Zotero libraries.

If consulted material does not support a cited claim during manuscript drafting, the citation is dropped through contextual validation. This ensures unsupported references are automatically removed rather than being inserted into the academic prose.