posterskill-academic-posters — Claude Code skill: paper to poster
Turns an Overleaf paper into a print-ready conference poster. The result is one HTML file with a drag-and-drop editor built in.
npx skills add reason-machines/trending-skills --skill posterskill-academic-posters -a claude-codeWhat posterskill-academic-posters does
The skill reads your Overleaf project and sorts the material into cards: abstract, method, results, conclusion. Everything lands in a single poster/index.html. React comes from a CDN, so there is no build step and no server to run.
Inside the file you get CARD_REGISTRY for card content, DEFAULT_LAYOUT for the column structure, and window.posterAPI for scripted changes from the console or Playwright. Drag column dividers to resize, click two diamond handles to swap cards, use A- and A+ for font size. Hit Copy Config to export the layout as JSON and hand it back to the agent, which rewrites DEFAULT_LAYOUT.
Clone the skill repo and your Overleaf project side by side before you start — the paper has to sit in overleaf/. Reference PDFs in references/ are optional and only steer the visual style. Claude asks for your project website URL at runtime. Printing goes through File → Print with margins set to None and background graphics on.
What it helps with
- build a conference poster from an existing Overleaf paper
- get a single HTML file with no build step or local server
- tune column and card layout by dragging in the browser
- export the current layout as JSON and feed it back to the agent
- measure leftover whitespace with
posterAPI.getWaste()
Example prompts for the agent
- Make a conference poster from my paper in
overleaf/ - Generate the poster and open
poster/index.htmlin my browser - Here is the layout JSON, update
DEFAULT_LAYOUTin the poster
How to install posterskill-academic-posters
1Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add reason-machines/trending-skills --skill posterskill-academic-posters -a claude-code2Manually: put the files in place
~/.claude/skills/posterskill-academic-posters/SKILL.mdCopy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/posterskill-academic-posters/
1Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add reason-machines/trending-skills --skill posterskill-academic-posters -a codex2Manually: put the files in place
.agents/skills/posterskill-academic-posters/SKILL.mdFor all projects use ~/.agents/skills/
1Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add reason-machines/trending-skills --skill posterskill-academic-posters -a cursor2Manually: put the files in place
.cursor/skills/posterskill-academic-posters/SKILL.mdCursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/
1GitHub CLI
gh skill install reason-machines/trending-skills posterskill-academic-posters2Manually: put the files in place
.github/skills/posterskill-academic-posters/SKILL.md1Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add reason-machines/trending-skills --skill posterskill-academic-posters -a gemini-cli2Platform CLI
gemini skills install https://github.com/reason-machines/trending-skills --path skills/posterskill-academic-postersManually: put the files in place
.devin/skills/posterskill-academic-posters/SKILL.mdThe legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works
Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add reason-machines/trending-skills --skill posterskill-academic-posters -a opencodeClaude.ai
Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills
Step by step, with commands for each platform: How to install skills in Claude Code: five ways
Questions about posterskill-academic-posters
How do I install posterskill-academic-posters in Claude Code?
Run npx skills add reason-machines/trending-skills --skill posterskill-academic-posters -a claude-code. The skill file lands at ~/.claude/skills/posterskill-academic-posters/SKILL.md.
What does posterskill-academic-posters do?
It generates a print-ready conference poster from an Overleaf paper source. The output is a self-contained poster/index.html with a visual editor inside.
What do I need before running it?
Clone the skill repo and your Overleaf project into an overleaf/ folder. The agent asks for your project website URL at runtime; reference PDFs in references/ are optional.
