Apa7 Auditor Skill

APA 7 Auditor Skill for Claude

This skill was designed for higher-ed students. It was specifically developed for Claude (STONGLY recommended):

• review a student's paper,
• produce an comprehensive audit report based on APA 7 criteria, and
• verify references for fabrications (optional task).

NOTE: This skill has not been tested with ChatGPT. Gemini produces less accurate results. This skill does not work with Copilot or Perplexity.

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What's On the APA 7 Audit Report

Upload a student paper (.docx) to Claude and this skill will conduct an APA7 review of the paper containing:

• Correction Log — a categorized table of every APA 7 error found, with the current version, the corrected version, and the rule violated
• Optional Reference Verification Summary — a Trinity Check (Author + Year + Title) for every reference, plus DOI/URL validation
• Disclaimer & Issue Summary — total error count across all categories, with a clear statement that the report is for student self-improvement only

Error Categories Checked

• Title page errors
• Heading and structure errors
• Body text formatting (spacing, margins, alingment, page numbers) = Tables and figures formatting errors
• In-text citation errors
• Unsubstantiated claims (specific factual claims missing citations)
• In-text citation ↔ reference list cross-check
• Reference integrity flags (wrong authors, wrong titles, AI-generated tracking URLs, ghost references)
• Reference formatting errors
• Appendix cross-check (cited but missing, or present but uncited)

Not Checked

• Common grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors
• Use of numbers (spelled out vs actual number, before/after nouns)
• Proper noun capitalization and abbreviation usage
• Bias-free language
• Plagiarism

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How to Use This Skill

Requirements

• Access to Claude with computer use / skills support
• A Claude environment that supports skill files (e.g., Claude with a mounted /mnt/skills/ directory)
• You can a