The Source TasterAutomated academic reference verification

Extract, search, and validate references across 5 databases — <3 seconds per source.
100% hallucination detection rate.

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AI-Powered Extraction

Parse references from text or PDF into structured CSL-JSON. Supports OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and DeepSeek — with Zod validation on every output.

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Simultaneously search OpenAlex, Crossref, Semantic Scholar, Europe PMC, and arXiv. Smart early termination finds matches faster.

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Weighted field-level matching with Levenshtein-Damerau distance. See exactly why a reference matched — or why it didn't.

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Drag-and-drop PDFs. Full text is parsed, all embedded references are extracted automatically.

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Check entire reference lists at once. Average <3 seconds per reference — 93% APA exact match rate.

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Stateless extension. API keys encrypted with AES-256-GCM. No telemetry. Your data stays yours.