CiteSources Decorator¶

Structures the response to include citations for claims and information. This decorator enhances credibility by providing references to source material, enabling fact verification and further exploration of topics.

Category: Verification

Parameters¶

Parameter	Type	Description	Default
`style`	`enum`	The placement and format of citations within the response	`inline`
`format`	`enum`	The citation format to use	`APA`
`comprehensive`	`boolean`	Whether to cite every claim (true) or only major claims (false)	`False`

Style Options¶

inline: Add citations directly in the text using parenthetical references.
footnote: Use numbered footnotes for citations, with footnotes appearing at the bottom of relevant sections.
endnote: Use numbered endnotes for citations, with all notes appearing in a References section at the end.

Format Options¶

APA: Format citations according to APA style guidelines.
MLA: Format citations according to MLA style guidelines.
Chicago: Format citations according to Chicago Manual of Style guidelines.
Harvard: Format citations according to Harvard referencing style guidelines.
IEEE: Format citations according to IEEE citation style guidelines.

Examples¶

Basic inline citations for a scientific topic¶

+++CiteSources
Explain the evidence for climate change.

Explains climate change with inline citations to scientific sources in APA format

Comprehensive footnote citations in Chicago style¶

+++CiteSources(style=footnote, format=Chicago, comprehensive=true)
Describe the major events of World War II.

Delivers a detailed account of WWII with comprehensive footnote citations in Chicago style for all factual claims

Model-Specific Implementations¶

gpt-4-turbo¶

Instruction: Your response should include citations for the claims you make. For each significant fact or statistic, provide a citation to a credible source.

Notes: This model may need more explicit instructions about proper citation formatting

Implementation Guidance¶

Standard implementation with APA inline citations¶

Original Prompt:

Explain the evidence for climate change.

Transformed Prompt:

Please include citations for factual claims in your response to enhance credibility and enable verification. Add citations directly in the text using parenthetical references. Format citations according to APA style guidelines. Only cite major claims, specialized knowledge, statistics, and direct quotes.

Explain the evidence for climate change.

Comprehensive Chicago footnotes¶

Original Prompt:

Describe the major events of World War II.

Transformed Prompt:

Please include citations for factual claims in your response to enhance credibility and enable verification. Use numbered footnotes for citations, with footnotes appearing at the bottom of relevant sections. Format citations according to Chicago Manual of Style guidelines. Cite every factual claim, including commonly known facts.

Describe the major events of World War II.

Transformation Details¶

Base Instruction: Please include citations for factual claims in your response to enhance credibility and enable verification.

Placement: prepend

Composition Behavior: accumulate

Parameter Effects:

style:
When set to inline: Add citations directly in the text using parenthetical references.
When set to footnote: Use numbered footnotes for citations, with footnotes appearing at the bottom of relevant sections.
When set to endnote: Use numbered endnotes for citations, with all notes appearing in a References section at the end.
format:
When set to APA: Format citations according to APA style guidelines.
When set to MLA: Format citations according to MLA style guidelines.
When set to Chicago: Format citations according to Chicago Manual of Style guidelines.
When set to Harvard: Format citations according to Harvard referencing style guidelines.
When set to IEEE: Format citations according to IEEE citation style guidelines.
comprehensive:
When set to true: Cite every factual claim, including commonly known facts.
When set to false: Only cite major claims, specialized knowledge, statistics, and direct quotes.

Compatibility¶

Requires: None
Conflicts: None
Compatible Models: gpt-4o, gpt-4-turbo
Standard Version: 1.0.0 - 2.0.0

FactCheck: Enhances CiteSources CiteSources pairs well with FactCheck for highly reliable information
Concise: Conflicts with CiteSources Comprehensive citations may conflict with concise output requirements