latex-posters
Create professional research posters in LaTeX using beamerposter, tikzposter, or baposter. Support for conference presentations, academic posters, and scientific communication. Includes layout design, color schemes, multi-column formats, figure integration, and poster-specific best practices for visual communication.
npx skills add LeonChaoX/qinyan-academic-skills --skill latex-posters --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.
What it does
The skill provides guidance for creating professional research posters using LaTeX poster packages (beamerposter, tikzposter, or baposter). It covers poster layout design, color schemes, multi-column formats, figure integration, and poster-specific best practices for visual communication, aimed at conference presentations and academic settings.
How it works
- Advises generating ALL major visual elements using AI before assembling the LaTeX poster.
- Outlines a four-step workflow: plan visual elements (title, intro, methods, results, conclusions); generate each element with specified tools; assemble generated images into a LaTeX template; add surrounding text.
- Recommends targeting 60-70% AI-generated visuals and 30-40% text.
- Enforces strict overflow prevention: limit sections to 5-6 for A0, set generous margins, avoid figures touching edges, and keep figures sized at about 0.85 of text width.
- Provides poster-specific constraints and prompts, including mandatory font sizing for legibility, and rules to ensure readability from distance (e.g., giant fonts, high contrast, generous margins).
- Emphasizes a mandatory pre-generation review: confirm 3-4 items per element, flatten multi-stage workflows, keep total words to 10 or fewer per graphic, and ensure ONE clear message per graphic.
- Supplies concrete example prompts for various elements: overview, architecture, timeline, case studies, and key findings, with explicit instructions on font sizes, colors, margins, and content limits.
When to use it
- When creating research posters for conferences, symposia, or poster sessions.
- When designing academic posters for university events, theses defenses, or public engagement.
- When converting scientific papers into poster format and creating template posters for groups or departments.
- When ensuring posters meet conference size requirements (A0, A1, 36×48
# LaTeX Research Posters ## Overview Research posters are a critical medium for scientific communication at conferences, symposia, and academic events. This skill provides comprehensive guidance for creating professional, visually appealing research posters using LaTeX packages. Generate publication-quality posters with proper layout, typography, color schemes, and visual hierarchy. ## When to Use This Skill This skill should be used when: - Creating research posters for conferences, symposia, or poster sessions - Designing academic posters for university events or thesis defenses - Preparing visual summaries of research for public engagement - Converting scientific papers into poster format - Creating template posters for research groups or departments - Designing posters that comply with specific conference size requirements (A0, A1, 36×48", etc.) - Building posters with complex multi-column layouts - Integrating figures, tables, equations, and citations in poster format ## AI-Powered Visual Element Generation **STANDARD WORKFLOW: Generate ALL major visual elements using AI before creating the LaTeX poster.** This is the recommended approach for creating visually compelling poste
- Overview
- When to Use This Skill
- AI-Powered Visual Element Generation
- CRITICAL: Preventing Content Overflow
- CRITICAL: Poster-Size Font Requirements
- CRITICAL: AI-Generated Graphic Sizing
- Step 0: MANDATORY Pre-Generation Review (DO THIS FIRST)
- Step 1: Plan Your Poster Elements
- Step 2: Generate Each Element (After Pre-Generation Review)
- Step 2b: MANDATORY Post-Generation Review (Before Assembly)
- Step 3: Assemble in LaTeX Template
- Example: Complete Poster Generation Workflow
- Visual Element Guidelines
- Scientific Schematics Integration
Compile and check PDF at 100% zoom pdflatex poster.tex Look for: grep -i "overfull" poster.log BAD - too many items, too much detail GOOD - only 3 key items, giant numbers BAD - too many elements in one graphic python scripts/generate_schematic.py "Complete ML pipeline showing data collection, preprocessing with 5 steps, feature engineering with 8 techniques, model training with hyperparameter tuning, validation with cross-validation, and deployment with
What does the latex-posters skill do?
Create professional research posters in LaTeX using beamerposter, tikzposter, or baposter. Support for conference presentations, academic posters, and scientific communication. Includes layout design, color schemes, multi-column formats, figure integration, and poster-specific best practices for visual communication.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add LeonChaoX/qinyan-academic-skills --skill latex-posters --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 LeonChaoX/qinyan-academic-skills, a repository with 759 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.