Figure Styling Skills Index
Aesthetic guidelines for scientific figure production. Each style file specifies palettes, typography, layout, and domain-specific sub-styles for a given target venue (NeurIPS, Nature, IEEE, etc.) and figure class (methodology diagram vs. statistical plot). Used by the Graph Maker Team's `illustrator` and `data_plotter` agents.
npx skills add BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills --skill figure_styling --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Figure Styling Skills Resources for the Graph Maker Team's `illustrator` (diagram) and `data_plotter` (plot) agents. The leader writes `aesthetic_guide: <style_id>` into `style_card.json`; the producing agent then loads the matching style file listed below. ## Available styles | Style ID | File | Target | Figure class | |---|---|---|---| | `neurips_diagram` | [styles/neurips_diagram.md](./styles/neurips_diagram.md) | NeurIPS / top ML venues | Methodology / framework / pipeline diagrams | | `neurips_plot` | [styles/neurips_plot.md](./styles/neurips_plot.md) | NeurIPS / top ML venues | Statistical plots (bar, line, scatter, heatmap, …) | ## How to use 1. Leader sets `aesthetic_guide: "<style_id>"` in `{workdir}/inputs/style_card.json`. 2. Sub-agent (illustrator / data_plotter) consults this skill index, then reads the style file whose id matches `aesthetic_guide`. 3. Agent applies the guidance alongside `style_card.json`. Priority chain for conflicts: **user references > style_card.json > figure_styling/<style_id> > internal defaults**. If `aesthetic_guide` is `custom` or `null`, sub-agents do not load any file from this skill — they rely purely on `style_card.json` and their inter
- Available styles
- How to use
- Custom styles
What does the Figure Styling Skills Index skill do?
Aesthetic guidelines for scientific figure production. Each style file specifies palettes, typography, layout, and domain-specific sub-styles for a given target venue (NeurIPS, Nature, IEEE, etc.) and figure class (methodology diagram vs. statistical plot). Used by the Graph Maker Team's `illustrator` and `data_plotter` agents.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills --skill figure_styling --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills, a repository with 135 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.