paperbanana-skill MCP — Casos de uso, Instalar & Demo en vivo

Por qué usarlo

Características clave

Publication-quality default style
Architecture / system diagrams
Training curve + benchmark plots
Outputs SVG + PDF (LaTeX-ready)
Consistent visual grammar across a paper's figures

Demo en vivo

Cómo se ve en la práctica

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Instalar

Elige tu cliente

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json · Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "paperbanana-skill": {
      "command": "git",
      "args": [
        "clone",
        "https://github.com/PlutoLei/paperbanana-skill",
        "~/.claude/skills/paperbanana-skill"
      ],
      "_inferred": true
    }
  }
}

Abre Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config. Reinicia después de guardar.

~/.cursor/mcp.json · .cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "paperbanana-skill": {
      "command": "git",
      "args": [
        "clone",
        "https://github.com/PlutoLei/paperbanana-skill",
        "~/.claude/skills/paperbanana-skill"
      ],
      "_inferred": true
    }
  }
}

Cursor usa el mismo esquema mcpServers que Claude Desktop. La configuración del proyecto prevalece sobre la global.

VS Code → Cline → MCP Servers → Edit

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "paperbanana-skill": {
      "command": "git",
      "args": [
        "clone",
        "https://github.com/PlutoLei/paperbanana-skill",
        "~/.claude/skills/paperbanana-skill"
      ],
      "_inferred": true
    }
  }
}

Haz clic en el icono MCP Servers de la barra lateral de Cline y luego en "Edit Configuration".

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "paperbanana-skill": {
      "command": "git",
      "args": [
        "clone",
        "https://github.com/PlutoLei/paperbanana-skill",
        "~/.claude/skills/paperbanana-skill"
      ],
      "_inferred": true
    }
  }
}

Mismo formato que Claude Desktop. Reinicia Windsurf para aplicar.

~/.continue/config.json

{
  "mcpServers": [
    {
      "name": "paperbanana-skill",
      "command": "git",
      "args": [
        "clone",
        "https://github.com/PlutoLei/paperbanana-skill",
        "~/.claude/skills/paperbanana-skill"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Continue usa un array de objetos de servidor en lugar de un mapa.

~/.config/zed/settings.json

{
  "context_servers": {
    "paperbanana-skill": {
      "command": {
        "path": "git",
        "args": [
          "clone",
          "https://github.com/PlutoLei/paperbanana-skill",
          "~/.claude/skills/paperbanana-skill"
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

Añádelo a context_servers. Zed recarga en caliente al guardar.

claude mcp add paperbanana-skill -- git clone https://github.com/PlutoLei/paperbanana-skill ~/.claude/skills/paperbanana-skill

Un solo comando. Verifica con claude mcp list. Quita con claude mcp remove.

Casos de uso

Usos del mundo real: paperbanana-skill

Draw your model architecture for a conference paper

👤 ML researchers, grad students mid-paper ⏱ ~30 min intermediate

Cuándo usarlo: Deadline in 5 days, you still don't have a clean architecture figure.

Requisitos previos

Skill installed — git clone https://github.com/PlutoLei/paperbanana-skill ~/.claude/skills/paperbanana-skill

Flujo

Describe the model

Use paperbanana-skill. Architecture figure: input → tokenizer → transformer stack (6 layers) → classifier head. Use the skill's default paper style.✓ Copiado

→ SVG with clean boxes, arrows, consistent typography
Tweak

Label the transformer block internals — attention + FFN.✓ Copiado

→ Updated figure with sub-block detail
Export for LaTeX

Export as PDF sized for a two-column paper.✓ Copiado

→ PDF with correct aspect ratio

Resultado: A reviewer-worthy figure without a week of Inkscape.

Errores comunes

Figure over-decorated — Prefer restraint; one accent color, black arrows, lots of whitespace

Combinar con: filesystem

Turn training logs into a publication-ready plot

👤 ML researchers with wandb/tensorboard exports ⏱ ~20 min beginner

Cuándo usarlo: You have CSVs of training metrics and need a figure for the paper.

Flujo

Feed CSV

Use paperbanana-skill. Plot loss and accuracy curves from training.csv in two-panel layout.✓ Copiado

→ Two-panel figure with clean axes
Add baselines

Overlay the baseline model's curves (baseline.csv) as dashed.✓ Copiado

→ Overlay added with clear legend

Resultado: A plot that fits the paper's aesthetic.

Keep all figures in a paper visually consistent

👤 Authors with 6+ figures drifting in style ⏱ ~45 min intermediate

Cuándo usarlo: You look at the paper and realize each figure has a different font.

Flujo

Define the style

Use paperbanana-skill. Create a shared style: 10pt sans-serif, #1f77b4 primary, black stroke 0.8pt.✓ Copiado

→ Style file saved
Apply to all figures

Regenerate figures 1-6 using this style.✓ Copiado

→ Consistent batch output

Resultado: Figures that look like they belong in the same paper.

Combinar con: filesystem

Combinaciones

Combínalo con otros MCPs para multiplicar por 10

paperbanana-skill + filesystem

Organize figures in the paper's /figures directory

Save all figures under paper/figures/ with source.svg + out.pdf per figure.✓ Copiado

paperbanana-skill + mermaid-skill

Use Mermaid for casual diagrams, PaperBanana for publication quality

Sketch in Mermaid for discussion; produce with PaperBanana for camera-ready.✓ Copiado

Herramientas

Lo que expone este MCP

Herramienta	Entradas	Cuándo llamar
architecture_diagram	description	System figures
plot_curves	data file, metrics	Training/eval metrics
apply_style	style file, figures	Cross-figure consistency

Coste y límites

Lo que cuesta ejecutarlo

Cuota de API: None
Tokens por llamada: Moderate
Monetario: Free
Consejo: Lock the style once; apply across figures to avoid re-deciding.

Seguridad

Permisos, secretos, alcance

Almacenamiento de credenciales: None

Salida de datos: None from skill

Resolución de problemas

Errores comunes y soluciones

Exported PDF has wrong font in LaTeX

Embed fonts or use standard PDF font families; check paperbanana's export settings

SVG renders differently in browser vs LaTeX

Stick to PDF for LaTeX; SVG for web/slides

Alternativas

paperbanana-skill vs otros

Alternativa	Cuándo usarla	Contrapartida
TikZ / PGFPlots	You want full LaTeX integration and are comfortable with TikZ	Steep learning curve
mermaid-skill	Casual docs, not publication	Not publication-quality aesthetic

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Recursos

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