Survey Visuals (timeline + figure specs; NO PROSE)

Triggers & routing

• Trigger: survey visuals, timeline, figures, visuals, 图表, 时间线, figure spec.
• Use when: survey 的 C4（NO PROSE），已有 outline + claim/evidence + citations，需要先把时间线/图规格落盘。

This skill creates non-prose artifacts that make the writing stage less template-y:

• timeline / evolution bullets
• figure specs (what to draw, why it matters, what papers support it)

Load Order

Always read:

• references/overview.md
• references/figure_archetypes.md

Read by task:

• references/timeline_patterns.md when building timeline milestones

Machine-readable assets:

• assets/figure_templates.yaml, figure archetype specifications (extensible without code changes)

Script Boundary

Use scripts/run.py only for:

• deterministic assembly of timeline bullets from paper_notes + bibkeys
• table generation from outline + mapping
• figure spec skeleton generation using assets/figure_templates.yaml

Do not treat run.py as the place for:

• hardcoded figure descriptions or narratives
• milestone selection heuristics that should be inspectable from references

Tables are handled by dedicated table skills:

• table-schema -> outline/table_schema.md
• table-filler -> outline/tables_index.md (internal index)
• appendix-table-writer -> outline/tables_appendix.md (reader-facing Appendix tables)

Inputs

• outline/outline.yml
• outline/claim_evidence_matrix.md
• papers/paper_notes.jsonl
• citations/ref.bib

Outputs

• outline/timeline.md
• outline/figures.md

Workflow inputs (explicit)

• Use outline/outline.yml + outline/claim_evidence_matrix.md to decide what to visualize.
• Use papers/paper_notes.jsonl for year/milestone candidates.
• Use only citation keys from citations/ref.bib.

Workflow (heuristic)