Academic Figure Plotting
Generates publication-quality architecture diagrams and data charts for ML papers.
Install
npx skills add Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs --skill academic-plotting -g -a claude-code -y- Repository
- Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs14.2k
- Category
- Data and ML
- Updated
- 25d ago
- License
- MIT
- Context cost
- Mediumabout 3,000 tokens
- Runs scripts
- No, instructions only
What it does
Generates publication-quality figures for ML papers from research context. Given a paper section or description, extracts system components and relationships to generate architecture diagrams via Gemini. Given experiment results or data, auto-selects chart type and generates data-driven figures via matplotlib/seaborn. Use when creating any figure for a conference paper.
Academic Plotting for ML Papers
Generate publication-quality figures for ML/AI conference papers. Two distinct workflows:
- Diagram figures (architecture, system design, workflows, pipelines), AI image generation via Gemini
- Data figures (line charts, bar charts, scatter plots, heatmaps, ablations), matplotlib/seaborn
When to Use Which Workflow
| Figure Type | Tool | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture / system diagram | Gemini (Workflow 1) | Complex spatial layouts with boxes, arrows, labels |
| Workflow / pipeline / lifecycle | Gemini (Workflow 1) | Multi-step processes with connections |
| Bar chart, line plot, scatter | matplotlib (Workflow 2) | Precise numerical data, reproducible |
| Heatmap, confusion matrix | matplotlib/seaborn (Workflow 2) | Structured grid data |
| Ablation table as chart | matplotlib (Workflow 2) | Grouped bars or line comparisons |
| Pie / donut chart | matplotlib (Workflow 2) | Proportional data (use sparingly in ML papers) |
| Training curves | matplotlib (Workflow 2) | Loss/accuracy over steps/epochs |
Rule of thumb: If the figure has numerical axes, use matplotlib. If the figure has boxes and arrows, use Gemini.
Step 0: Context Analysis & Extraction
The user will typically provide one of these inputs, not a ready-made specification:
| Input Type | Example | What to Extract |
|---|---|---|
| Full paper / section draft | "Here's our method section..." | System components, their relationships, data flow |
| Description paragraph | "Our system has three layers that..." | Key entities, hierarchy, connections |
| Raw results / data table | "MMLU: 85.2, HumanEval: 72.1..." | Metrics, methods, comparison structure |
| CSV / JSON data | Experiment log files | Variables, trends, grouping dimensions |
| Vague request | "Make a figure for the overview" | Read surrounding paper context to infer content |
