How to generate a figure for a specific paragraph of your paper
Когда использовать: You wrote the paragraph, but the reviewer would really appreciate a figure here.
Предварительные требования
- LaTeX toolchain (TeX Live or MiKTeX) with tikz, pgfplots — brew install --cask mactex / apt install texlive-full
- Skill cloned — git clone https://github.com/0xE1337/thesis-figure-skill ~/.claude/skills/thesis-figure-skill
Поток
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Paste the paragraphParagraph: <text about system architecture>. Generate a TikZ figure that illustrates the architecture.✓ Скопировано→ Diagram type picked + TikZ code
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Compile and previewSave the code to fig.tex and compile — show me the PDF path.✓ Скопировано→ PDF produced
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IterateShrink the node widths and make the arrows straight, not curved.✓ Скопировано→ Revised TikZ, compiles cleanly
Итог: A usable publication-quality figure in under 10 minutes.
Подводные камни
- Overly decorated figures that scream 'AI made this' — Ask for minimal, academic-conservative style
- Figure size fights the paper's column width — Specify target width (e.g., 0.9\linewidth) up front