ChenLiu-1996/figures4papers provides Python scripts to generate publication-quality figures for AI research; repository focuses on a centralized collection of figure-making scripts and a skill integration for AI agents.
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What it is
A Python-based repository containing scripts to create high-quality figures for publications across AI conferences and journals. The repository serves as a centralized collection of figures and related workflows, including a structured folder for a “scientific-figure-making” skill and references for figure patterns and tutorials.
How it works
The project organizes content under a dedicated “scientific-figure-making/” directory containing a SKILL.md and a references/ folder with multiple markdowns (api.md, common-patterns.md, demos.md, design-theory.md, tutorials.md). It also includes project-specific scripts under figure_* folders and demo assets under assets/. The README describes a path-based usage for the scientific-figure-making skill and provides install-as-skill commands to link the skill into AI agents (Cursor, Claude Code, Codex).
Getting started
From the README, you can use the skill without installing anything by referencing the repository path, which reads scientific-figure-making/SKILL.md and the references/ files. Simple workflow:
- Open this repository in your AI coding agent (e.g. Cursor).
- Ask the AI to create or update a plotting script in your target folder (for example figure_PROJECT_NAME/).
- In your prompt, explicitly ask it to follow scientific-figure-making/SKILL.md and scientific-figure-making/references/design-theory.md.
- Run the generated script and check the exported figure.
Prompt template (copy/paste) is provided in the README under Simple AI workflow. The README also includes install-as-a-skill commands to symlink the scientific-figure-making folder into agent-specific skill directories.
Install as a skill (symlink) commands: From the repository root, run: | Agent | Commands | |------------|----------| | Cursor | mkdir -p ~/.cursor/skills then ln -s "$(pwd)/scientific-figure-making" ~/.cursor/skills/scientific-figure-making | | Claude Code | mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills then ln -s "$(pwd)/scientific-figure-making" ~/.claude/skills/scientific-figure-making | | Codex | mkdir -p ~/.codex/skills then ln -s "$(pwd)/scientific-figure-making" ~/.codex/skills/scientific-figure-making | Restart the agent after linking.
Recent releases
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Traction
The repository has 2970 stars and 179 forks. There are 0 open issues indicated. The language is Python. The repository was created on 2025-04-29 and last pushed on 2026-08-04.
Behind the repo
There is no linked startup or company information beyond personal author details and project pages related to figure-making skills. No external startup/company linkage is provided in the FACTS block.
Caveats
License is none listed. There are no open issues reported in the provided data. The repository appears to be a collection of scripts and a skill framework rather than a single installed package with a formal release.