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Paper Illustration

Generates academic paper figures with Gemini and iteratively refines them under Claude review

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wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep
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18,482
Licence
MIT
Files
1 file

What it does

When installed, the agent can create publication-style diagrams and method illustrations for research papers. It drafts a layout plan, has Gemini image models render the figure, then has Claude score the result strictly (1-10) and loops with feedback until the score reaches 9 or 5 rounds pass. An optional style-reference flag can nudge structural conventions such as caption length or panel counts toward a reference paper.

Great for

  • Researchers who need architecture or method diagrams for a paper draft
  • Students preparing figures for a thesis or course report and who have a Gemini API key
  • Developers building an automated paper-writing pipeline who want a figure step

Skip it if

  • Figures that must be scientifically exact (generated diagrams can contain wrong labels, arrows or content; the skill's own review step is the only check and must be verified by a human)
  • Users without a Gemini API key or who cannot send unpublished method descriptions to Google's image service (the workflow sends prompts and generated content to external models)

Try asking

  • “Generate an architecture diagram for the method described in method.md”
  • “生成图表 showing the encoder-decoder pipeline of my model”
  • “Make a method illustration for section 3 with a CVPR-style colour palette”
  • “Create a figure for my paper and save it to figures/ai_generated/”
Step-by-step guide: how to use Paper IllustrationInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download the skill

    The ZIP contains the 1 original files, the MIT licence and an attribution note.

    paper-illustration.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip paper-illustration.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip paper-illustration.zip -d .claude/skills/

    Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.

  3. 3

    Ask for the task

    No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.

Get better results

  • Give a clear method description or file path so the first layout plan is accurate, then check every arrow and label in the final image yourself
  • Keep the GEMINI_API_KEY in your environment rather than in files, and review what text you send to external services
  • Use the style-ref option only when you have a reference paper you are allowed to use, and expect only structural guidance from it

What's inside

  • SKILL.md

Redistributed unmodified from wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep under the MIT licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-10-29. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.