How to cite¶

If you use vibe-sketcher in your work, cite its preprint:

Michael F. Peintinger. vibe-sketch for Chemical Structure Drawing and Calculation Preparation. ChemRxiv, version 1, 27 October 2026. doi:10.26434/chemrxiv.15011089/v1.

vibe-sketcher is part of the vibyverse, so also cite the vibyverse paper:

Michael F. Peintinger. vibyverse: an integrated computational chemistry ecosystem developed through agentic engineering. ChemRxiv, version 1, 6 November 2026. doi:10.26434/chemrxiv.15011786/v1.

Both are preprints and have not been peer reviewed. They remain the recommended citations until a newer version or the published paper replaces them here.

Rename note: The program was renamed from vibe-sketch to vibe-sketcher. The preprint retains its original title; preserve that title when citing it.

Also report the software version used, shown by vibe-sketcher --version, and the source commit when using a development build. If your calculations ran in vibe-qc, its own output lists the papers to cite for them.

BibTeX¶

@misc{peintinger2026vibesketch,
  author       = {Peintinger, Michael F.},
  title        = {{vibe-sketch} for Chemical Structure Drawing and Calculation Preparation},
  year         = {2026},
  month        = oct,
  howpublished = {ChemRxiv},
  doi          = {10.26434/chemrxiv.15011089/v1},
  url          = {https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.15011089/v1},
  note         = {Preprint, version 1, 27 October 2026. The program was renamed
                  from vibe-sketch to vibe-sketcher}
}

@misc{peintinger2026vibyverse,
  author       = {Peintinger, Michael F.},
  title        = {{vibyverse}: an integrated computational chemistry ecosystem
                  developed through agentic engineering},
  year         = {2026},
  month        = nov,
  howpublished = {ChemRxiv},
  doi          = {10.26434/chemrxiv.15011786/v1},
  url          = {https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.15011786/v1},
  note         = {Preprint, version 1, 6 November 2026}
}

The repository’s CITATION.cff records the vibe-sketch preprint as the preferred citation and the vibyverse paper as a reference.