# paper-illustration-image2

Generates publication-quality academic figures via a local Codex app-server bridge. It uses Claude for planning and visual review while offloading raster rendering to Codex.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 439 installs · ★ 18090
- Author: wanshuiyin
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep/tree/HEAD/skills/paper-illustration-image2/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/paper-illustration-image2

## What it does

The skill divides figure creation into distinct roles. Claude extracts layout components and drafts a figure brief matching CVPR or NeurIPS conventions. For rendering, it connects to a local Codex app-server via the `codex-image2` MCP bridge, triggering `generate_start` and tracking status via `generate_status`.

Output quality is governed by a strict feedback loop. After each render, Claude inspects labels and visual logic, scoring the result from 1 to 10. The minimum passing score is 9. If the score is lower, the reviewer writes targeted feedback and restarts the cycle. It allows up to 5 iterations.

The workflow relies strictly on an active local Codex app-server bridge and rejects fallback rendering via shell or Python scripts. Completed illustrations land in `figures/ai_generated/`, using English for all on-image text by default.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep --skill paper-illustration-image2 -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/paper-illustration-image2/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/paper-illustration-image2/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep --skill paper-illustration-image2 -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/paper-illustration-image2/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep --skill paper-illustration-image2 -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/paper-illustration-image2/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep paper-illustration-image2
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/paper-illustration-image2/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep --skill paper-illustration-image2 -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep --path skills/paper-illustration-image2
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/paper-illustration-image2/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep --skill paper-illustration-image2 -a opencode
```

### 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/wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep/tree/HEAD/skills/paper-illustration-image2/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- Generate academic paper illustrations from text descriptions or method notes
- Align figure layouts and palettes with CVPR or NeurIPS visual conventions
- Refine diagram labels and data flows through automated visual critique
- Export publication-ready images directly into `figures/ai_generated/`

## Example prompts
- /paper-illustration-image2 method_overview.txt
- /paper-illustration-image2 "A pipeline diagram showing data ingestion, transformer encoder, and classification head"

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: paper-illustration-image2
description: "Generate publication-quality academic illustrations through a local Codex app-server bridge that uses Codex native image generation. This is a separate experimental alternative to `paper-illustration`, intended for Claude Code users who want a GPT-image-style renderer without modifying the original skill."
argument-hint: "[description-or-method-file]"
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---

# Paper Illustration Image2

> **Before each reviewer slot**, follow [Selectable Reviewers](../shared-references/reviewer-backends.md):
> resolve invocation → `.aris/reviewer.json` → Claude Code default (Codex MCP)
> with `reviewer_route.py` through the canonical helper resolver, preserving this
> slot's tier, fresh contexts, source/image inputs and deterministic gates.
> Codex examples/pins below apply only to `backend=codex`; other routes use their
> own first-call/reply contract. Save the route and actual returned identity;
> unavailable selections are `REVIEW_UNAVAILABLE`. Classify acceptance from actual
> families/completion/scope. Forward invocation reviewer/model/effort overrides
> to reviewer-bearing children. Generation workers are unchanged.


Generate publication-quality paper figures using **Claude as the planner/reviewer**
and a **local Codex app-server MCP bridge** as the raster renderer.

## Core Design Philosophy

```text
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                    MULTI-STAGE ITERATIVE WORKFLOW                        │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                                                                          │
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