Crate markdown_ai_cite_remove 

markdown-ai-cite-remove

Remove AI-generated citations and annotations from Markdown text

High-performance Rust library for cleaning ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and other AI markdown responses. Removes inline citations [1][2], reference links [1]: https://..., and bibliography sections with 100% accuracy.

Quick Start

use markdown_ai_cite_remove::clean;

let markdown = "AI research shows promise[1][2].\n\n[1]: https://example.com\n[2]: https://test.com";
let cleaned = clean(markdown);
assert_eq!(cleaned.trim(), "AI research shows promise.");

Features

• ✅ Remove inline numeric citations [1][2][3]
• ✅ Remove named citations [source:1][ref:2]
• ✅ Remove reference link lists [1]: https://...
• ✅ Remove reference section headers ## References
• ✅ Remove bibliographic entries
• ✅ Preserve markdown formatting
• ✅ Whitespace normalization
• ✅ Ultra-fast performance (100+ MB/s throughput)

Custom Configuration

use markdown_ai_cite_remove::{CitationCleaner, CleanerConfig};

let config = CleanerConfig {
    remove_inline_citations: true,
    remove_reference_links: true,
    ..Default::default()
};

let cleaner = CitationCleaner::with_config(config);
let cleaned = cleaner.clean("Text with citations[1].");

Structs

CitationCleaner

Main citation cleaner

CleanerConfig

Configuration options for citation removal

Enums

CleanerError

RemovalMode

Mode for handling different citation styles

Functions

clean

Main entry point - clean markdown with default settings

clean_with_config

Clean markdown with custom configuration

Type Aliases

Result