generate-plot

A command that turns CSV or JSON data into a statistical plot and saves it as a PNG. It also prepares a LaTeX figure snippet, which lets the image be included in a research paper.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when you have a data file and want to describe a visualization, such as comparing measurements, showing trends, or displaying distributions.
Why use it?
It removes repetitive data-checking and plotting work and provides an academic-style figure ready for use in a manuscript.

Command

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/tobiasblask/open-paper-machine/generate-plot
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/TobiasBlask/open-paper-machine
Per session 24 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 286 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan B 1 finding. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00024 $0.00286
Opus 5 $0.00012 $0.00143
Sonnet 5 $0.00005 $0.00057
Haiku 4.5 $0.00002 $0.00029

Measured 2d ago against content hash aabda1b57ece, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade B, and why

generate-plot scanned grade B with 1 finding against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 2d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Reads agent configuration directoriesmediumAgent snooping

.claude/, .codex/, .gemini/ hold keys, settings and other credentials a mod has no legitimate need for.

PB_SCRIPT="$(find ~/.claude/plugins -name paperbanana_direct.py -path '*/open-academic-paper-machine/*' 2>/dev/null | head -1)" && \
commands/generate-plot.md · 26 lines

What it actually says

Generate Plot: $ARGUMENTS

Read the figure-engine skill first.

Steps

  1. Parse $ARGUMENTS — extract the data file path and visualization intent
  2. Read and validate the data file (CSV or JSON)
  3. PRIMARY: Use the direct Python API via paperbanana_direct.py script:
    PB_SCRIPT="$(find ~/.claude/plugins -name paperbanana_direct.py -path '*/open-academic-paper-machine/*' 2>/dev/null | head -1)" && \
    python3 "$PB_SCRIPT" plot \
      --data '{"col1": [...], "col2": [...]}' \
      --caption "Description of the plot" \
      --output-dir figures/ \
      --filename "fig_results_name.png" \
      --iterations 3
    
  4. If the script is not found, FALLBACK: generate using Python (matplotlib/seaborn) with academic styling
  5. Save output PNG to figures/ in the workspace (300 DPI, tight layout)
  6. Provide the LaTeX \begin{figure} snippet ready for inclusion
  7. Show the user the generated figure using the Read tool on the PNG path
Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 2d ago First seen · 26 lines · 24 tokens per session scan B aabda1b57ece

Subscribe to this mod's changes

generate-plot is a command published in the GitHub repository TobiasBlask/open-paper-machine (18 stars, last pushed 4mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 24 tokens to every session and 286 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it B with 1 finding (reads agent configuration directories). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.