citation-anchoring

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Regression-check citation anchoring (citations stay in the same subsection) to prevent “polish drift” that breaks claim→evidence alignment. **Trigger**: citation anchoring, citation drift, regression, cite stability, 引用锚定, 引用漂移. **Use when**: after editing/polishing, you want to confirm citations did not migrate across `###` subsections. **Skip if**: you do not have a baseline anchor file yet. **Network**: none. **Guardrail**: analysis-only; do not edit content.

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Citation Anchoring (regression)

Purpose: prevent a common failure mode: polishing rewrites text and accidentally moves citation markers into a different ### subsection, breaking claim→evidence alignment.

Inputs

output/DRAFT.md
output/citation_anchors.prepolish.jsonl (baseline; created by draft-polisher on first run)

Outputs

output/CITATION_ANCHORING_REPORT.md (PASS/FAIL + drift examples)

Baseline policy

draft-polisher captures a baseline once per run: output/citation_anchors.prepolish.jsonl.
Subsequent polish runs should keep per-H3 citation sets stable.

Workflow (analysis-only)

Role:

Auditor: only checks and reports; does not edit.

Steps:

Load the baseline anchors.
Parse the current output/DRAFT.md into ### subsections and extract citation keys per subsection.
Compare current sets to baseline sets:

keys added/removed within a subsection
keys that migrated across subsections

Write output/CITATION_ANCHORING_REPORT.md:

- Status: PASS only if no drift is detected
otherwise, - Status: FAIL with a short diff table + examples

Notes

If you intentionally restructure across subsections:

delete output/citation_anchors.prepolish.jsonl and regenerate a new baseline (then treat that as the new regression anchor).

Troubleshooting

Issue: baseline anchor file is missing

Fix:

Run draft-polisher once to generate output/citation_anchors.prepolish.jsonl, then rerun the anchoring check.

Issue: citations intentionally moved across subsections

Fix:

Delete output/citation_anchors.prepolish.jsonl and regenerate a new baseline (then treat that as the new regression anchor).