# publication-chart-skill

Converts research data into publication-ready scientific figures and tables using pubfig and pubtab. Helps select chart types and exports clean LaTeX.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 411 installs · ★ 5906
- Author: Galaxy-Dawn
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar/tree/HEAD/skills/publication-chart-skill/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-19
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/publication-chart-skill

## What it does

This skill manages the publication visualization workflow from intent to runnable code. It relies on `pubfig` for scientific charts and `pubtab` for tables. Before generating code, it checks your active Python interpreter with `scripts/ensure_publication_tooling.py` or standard package managers, installing missing packages automatically when needed.

The workflow refuses to render finished charts if critical statistical context is missing. It checks your unit of analysis, missing data handling, and error-bar basis before plotting. If evidence boundaries remain vague, it produces an audit instead of a misleading figure.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar --skill publication-chart-skill -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar --skill publication-chart-skill -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar --skill publication-chart-skill -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar publication-chart-skill
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/publication-chart-skill/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar --skill publication-chart-skill -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar --path skills/publication-chart-skill
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar --skill publication-chart-skill -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/Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar/tree/HEAD/skills/publication-chart-skill/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- convert Excel spreadsheets into publication-grade LaTeX tables
- select the right visualization type for research benchmarks
- generate paired summary figures and companion tables for papers
- audit draft charts for unresolved error bars or missing units

## Example prompts
- Turn these benchmark results into a publication-ready figure and a companion table
- Convert this Excel ablation spreadsheet into clean LaTeX using pubtab
- Review this draft calibration plot and upgrade it to publication quality

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: publication-chart-skill
description: This skill should be used when the user asks for a publication-quality scientific figure or table, wants help choosing the right chart for results, needs a paper-ready pubfig or pubtab workflow, wants a figure + companion table for a results section, wants an Excel sheet turned into publication-ready LaTeX, or wants an existing scientific figure/table reviewed and upgraded.
version: 0.2.0
---

# Publication Chart Skill

## Goal

Use this skill to turn research results into **publication-grade figures and tables** with an end-to-end workflow.

Primary production stack:

- **`pubfig`** for figures
- **`pubtab`** for publication tables

This skill covers the full delivery chain:

1. understand the scientific communication goal,
2. choose the right artifact type,
3. map the task to `pubfig`, `pubtab`, or both,
4. generate concrete runnable instructions,
5. export paper-ready assets,
6. run publication QA,
7. propose targeted revisions.

## Use this skill when

Trigger this skill for requests like:

- “make a publication-quality figure”
- “choose the right chart for these results”
- “turn these results into a paper-ready figure”
- “make a benchmark / ablation / calibration / forest / heatmap / scatter / line / bar figure”
- “make a benchmark / appendix / ablation table from Excel”
- “convert this Excel table into publication-ready LaTeX”
- “prepare one summary figure plus one companion table for the results section”
- “review and improve this scientific figure/table”
- “I already have a weak chart / screenshot / draft plot — make it publication-ready”
- “export panels for a paper figure”

## Do not use this skill for

Do **not** use this skill when the task is mainly:

- manuscript prose writing,
- statistical testing without artifact design,
- raw exploratory analysis with no publication deliverable,
- Figma-first layout work before the figure/table content is solid.

For simple composite assembly after the figure content is already strong, use the optional secondary workflow in `references/composite-assembly.md`.

## Primary contract

### Inputs

Expect some combination of:

- the scientific communication goal,
- available data shape,
- venue or style constraints,
- whether the artifact is a figure, table, or mixed deliverable,
- optional existing assets such as code, spreadsheets, `.tex`, screenshots, or draft plots,
- whether the user needs a first draft, a publication-ready artifact, or a review/revision pass.

### Outputs

The minimum useful output is:

- the recommended figure/table form,
- the recommended `pubfig` / `pubtab` route,
- a minimal runnable code snippet or CLI command,
- explicit export filenames and formats,
- a publication QA summary,
- and, when needed, a revision plan.

## Default workflow

### 0. Probe the environment and artifact state
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