Free tool · The Bluebook, 22nd edition

Bluebook AI Text Citation Generator

Format citations for law-review footnotes or court documents. Enter your source details, generate the citation and copy it into your work.

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Rule 18.3(a) cites the prompt author when known, company, model, exact prompt and date. Save the response as a PDF and identify who holds that saved output. This form is for an AI text response, rather than AI search results or generated images.

Enter your source details

* marks required fields.

What are you writing?

The citation’s typography changes to match your choice. Bluepages uses italics instead of underlining.

Source details

Person who submitted the prompt (optional)

Enter the person’s name if known; otherwise leave blank.

Company

For example, OpenAI, Google or Anthropic.

AI model or tool

For example, ChatGPT or Gemini.

Model or version (optional)

Enter the model or version shown with the output, if available.

Exact prompt

Keep the exact wording of the prompt that produced this response.

Date the prompt was submitted

Who holds the saved PDF?

For example, the author or your journal’s name. Enter the holder, rather than a private file path.

Using Bluebook citations

Whitepages is used for law-review footnotes; Bluepages is used for court documents and legal memoranda. This tool formats the source details you enter. Use the citation-form abbreviations for cases, reporters, courts and journals, as explained in our Bluebook citation guide.

Check the publisher’s 22nd-edition Quick Style Guide for basic citation forms. The UC Davis guide to online and electronic sources explains the newer video, podcast and AI rules. AI responses use the exact prompt and the location of the saved PDF; their format differs from a citation to the AI tool’s homepage.

A short case citation depends on the surrounding text. This tool supplies one when you enter a short name and pinpoint; it does not automatically choose id. or supra without that context.

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