legal 2 credits · ~$0.030 <5ms
Citation Validator
POST /v1/legal/cite The gate for any agent that cites case law. It parses and validates citations like "347 U.S. 483 (1954)" against a bundled table of 150+ reporter abbreviations, flags malformed structure, unknown reporters, and implausible years, and — when you supply the source text — verifies the quote actually appears, catching fabricated quotations before they reach a brief or a client.
Capabilities
- ✓ Parses volume / reporter / page / year
- ✓ 150+ Bluebook reporter abbreviations
- ✓ Flags malformed, unknown-reporter, and implausible-year cites
- ✓ Quote-fidelity check against supplied source text
- ✓ Deterministic and offline, with a SHA-256 certificate
Use cases
- → Legal research and brief-drafting copilots
- → Catch hallucinated or fabricated case citations
- → Verify quotations against the record before filing
- → A citation gate for any law-facing agent
example
curl -X POST https://api.agent-toolbox.ai/v1/legal/cite \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"citations": ["347 U.S. 483 (1954)"]}' response shape
{
"verdict": "PASS" | "FLAG" | "BLOCK",
// tool-specific findings…
"certificate": "sha256:..."
}