# latex-posters

A skill that walks your agent through building a conference or thesis poster in LaTeX: layout, colors, columns, figures.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code · 112 installs
- Author: davila7
- License: not stated · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/HEAD/cli-tool/components/skills/scientific/latex-posters
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/latex-posters

## What it does

The skill covers three LaTeX poster packages: beamerposter, tikzposter and baposter. It ships a comparison of the three, ready templates under `assets/`, and reference files on layout, design and typography. The agent gets Read, Write, Edit and Bash, so it can open your `.tex` files, patch them and run the build.

Sizes are handled too: A0, A1, A2 and North American formats such as 36×48 inches, plus portrait or landscape. The skill describes the usual poster sections — title block with authors, background, methods, results, conclusions, references — and suggests type sizes for each.

It leans on a second skill, scientific-schematics, and suggests generating at least two diagrams with `python scripts/generate_schematic.py "your diagram description" -o figures/output.png`. Without that skill installed, the figure step is on you.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **claude-code-templates**
```bash
npx claude-code-templates@latest --skill scientific/latex-posters
```

2. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill latex-posters -a claude-code
```

3. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/latex-posters/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/latex-posters/

### Codex

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/latex-posters/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/latex-posters/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install davila7/claude-code-templates latex-posters
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/latex-posters/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates --path cli-tool/components/skills/scientific/latex-posters
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/latex-posters/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/HEAD/cli-tool/components/skills/scientific/latex-posters

## When to use it
- build an A0 conference poster from a template
- split research results across three columns
- pick a high-contrast palette readable from a distance
- place figures and tables into the poster grid
- turn a paper into a visual summary for a defense

## Example prompts
- build an A0 poster from the beamerposter template, three columns
- convert this tikzposter to landscape 36×48 inches
- check the title and body font sizes in my poster

## Similar
- [pptx-posters](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/pptx-posters.md) — skill · 2000 installs
- [latex-paper-en](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/latex-paper-en.md) — skill · 5900 installs
- [latex-formatting](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/latex-formatting.md) — skill · 2200 installs
- [latex-document-skill](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/latex-document-skill.md) — skill · 561 installs
- [latex-conference-template-organizer](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/latex-conference-template-organizer.md) — skill · 391 installs
- [Fix LaTeX dollars](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/prompts/fix-latex-dollars.md) — prompt · ★ 174597

## Other versions with the same name
- [latex-posters · k-dense-ai](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/k-dense-ai-latex-posters.md) — 2000 installs

From the same set: [davila7/claude-code-templates](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/by/davila7/claude-code-templates.md) — 238 cards

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