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Citation Formatting | OpenAI API
Explains how to implement and format citations within model responses to ensure proper attribution of source material.
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Citation Formatting | OpenAI API
Explains how to implement and format citations within model responses to ensure proper attribution of source material.
When To Use
Use when you need to implement a workflow that requires the model to provide verifiable references or citations for the information it generates from provided context.
Reference Files
| File | Contains | Use For |
|---|---|---|
SKILL.md | Entry point: scope, routing table, and workflow. | Start here. |
docs/citation-formatting-openai-api-workflow-guide.md | A guide detailing how to prepare citable material and instruct models to format citations effectively using the OpenAI API. | Questions about a guide detailing how to prepare citable material and instruct models to format citations effectively using the OpenA... |
examples/citation-formatting-openai-api-openai-api-citation-formatting.text | A text file demonstrating the specific syntax for citation markers including start, delimiter, and stop tokens used in the OpenAI API. | Exact payloads, commands, or snippets shown in A text file demonstrating the specific syntax for citation markers including start, delimiter, and stop tokens used i... |
examples/citation-formatting-openai-api-openai-api-citation-formatting-syntax-tem.text | A text template demonstrating the specific syntax and delimiters required for OpenAI API citation formatting. | Exact payloads, commands, or snippets shown in A text template demonstrating the specific syntax and delimiters required for OpenAI API citation formatting. |
examples/citation-formatting-openai-api-openai-api-citation-formatting-syntax.text | A text example demonstrating the specific syntax and delimiters used for citation formatting within the OpenAI API. | Exact payloads, commands, or snippets shown in A text example demonstrating the specific syntax and delimiters used for citation formatting within the OpenAI API. |
examples/citation-formatting-openai-api-openai-api-citation-formatting-syntax-2.text | A text example demonstrating the specific syntax for citation start, delimiter, and stop tokens used in the OpenAI API. | Exact payloads, commands, or snippets shown in A text example demonstrating the specific syntax for citation start, delimiter, and stop tokens used in the OpenAI API. |
examples/citation-formatting-openai-api-openai-api-citation-formatting-2.text | A text example demonstrating how to identify and format source reference IDs like turn2file1 within citation results. | Exact payloads, commands, or snippets shown in A text example demonstrating how to identify and format source reference IDs like turn2file1 within citation results. |
examples/citation-formatting-openai-api-openai-api-citation-formatting-3.text | A text example demonstrating the specific syntax required for citing tool results using the citation marker format. | Exact payloads, commands, or snippets shown in A text example demonstrating the specific syntax required for citing tool results using the citation marker format. |
examples/citation-formatting-openai-api-openai-api-citation-formatting-guidelines.text | A text-based guide outlining principles for relevance, diversity, and trustworthiness when formatting citations in API responses. | Exact payloads, commands, or snippets shown in A text-based guide outlining principles for relevance, diversity, and trustworthiness when formatting citations in AP... |
examples/citation-formatting-openai-api-openai-api-citation-formatting-python-con.text | Python constant definitions for CITATIONSTART, CITATIONDELIMITER, and CITATIONSTOP used in OpenAI API citation formatting. | Exact payloads, commands, or snippets shown in Python constant definitions for CITATIONSTART, CITATIONDELIMITER, and CITATIONSTOP used in OpenAI API citation format... |
examples/citation-formatting-openai-api-openai-api-citation-formatting-constants.text | A text file defining the constant string values for CITATIONSTART, CITATIONDELIMITER, and CITATIONEND used in OpenAI API citation formatting. | Exact payloads, commands, or snippets shown in A text file defining the constant string values for CITATIONSTART, CITATIONDELIMITER, and CITATIONEND used in OpenAI... |
examples/citation-formatting-openai-api-openai-api-citation-formatting-marker-exa.text | Text examples demonstrating the specific syntax for citation markers including start, delimiter, and stop tokens. | Exact payloads, commands, or snippets shown in Text examples demonstrating the specific syntax for citation markers including start, delimiter, and stop tokens. |
examples/citation-formatting-openai-api-openai-api-citation-formatting-marker-exa-2.text | Text examples demonstrating the specific syntax for citation markers including start, delimiter, and stop tokens. | Exact payloads, commands, or snippets shown in Text examples demonstrating the specific syntax for citation markers including start, delimiter, and stop tokens. |
examples/citation-formatting-openai-api-openai-api-citation-formatting-4.text | A text example demonstrating how to format and identify source reference IDs for citations within the OpenAI API. | Exact payloads, commands, or snippets shown in A text example demonstrating how to format and identify source reference IDs for citations within the OpenAI API. |
examples/citation-formatting-openai-api-openai-api-citation-formatting-5.text | A text example demonstrating the specific syntax and unicode characters used for citation formatting within the OpenAI API. | Exact payloads, commands, or snippets shown in A text example demonstrating the specific syntax and unicode characters used for citation formatting within the OpenA... |
examples/citation-formatting-openai-api-openai-api-citation-formatting-6.text | A text sample demonstrating how to apply citation formatting to a document excerpt. | Exact payloads, commands, or snippets shown in A text sample demonstrating how to apply citation formatting to a document excerpt. |
examples/citation-formatting-openai-api.text | A text example demonstrating how to format citations using citable unit IDs within a prompt. | Exact payloads, commands, or snippets shown in A text example demonstrating how to format citations using citable unit IDs within a prompt. |
examples/citation-formatting-openai-api-openai-api-citation-formatting-7.text | A text example demonstrating the use of special citation tokens within a string for the OpenAI API. | Exact payloads, commands, or snippets shown in A text example demonstrating the use of special citation tokens within a string for the OpenAI API. |
What This Skill Covers
- Reliable citations build trust and help readers verify the accuracy of responses. This guide provides practical guidance on how to prepare citable material a...
- Main sections:
Overview,Choose citable units,Represent citable material,Define citation format,Template.
Workflow
- Open the most relevant file under
docs/for the exact documented workflow and wording. - Open
schemas/files for exact structured contracts. - Open
examples/files for concrete requests, commands, snippets, and manifests. - Do not add behavior or configuration that is not present in the attached source files.
Canonical source: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/citation-formatting