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.
npx skills add fcakyon/phd-skills --skill latex-setupgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/fcakyon/phd-skillsWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/skills/fcakyon/phd-skills/latex-setup)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/fcakyon/phd-skills/latex-setup"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/fcakyon/phd-skills/latex-setup/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/fcakyon/phd-skills/latex-setup"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/fcakyon/phd-skills/latex-setup.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>- NVIDIA SkillSpector warn
SkillSpector: 8 findings, up to medium
These are SkillSpector’s own severities. On a checked sample its high-severity flags on skills were ~96% false positives — a documented command, a public API, a “never do X” rule — so we show them as a caution to read, not a verdict. Why →
- medium Privilege Escalation · line 75 Commands invoke sudo or root privileges. Verify this elevated access is necessary and justified.Fix: Avoid sudo/root unless strictly required. Prefer least-privilege patterns. If elevation is needed, document the justification and scope.
- medium Privilege Escalation · line 72 Commands invoke sudo or root privileges. Verify this elevated access is necessary and justified.Fix: Avoid sudo/root unless strictly required. Prefer least-privilege patterns. If elevation is needed, document the justification and scope.
- medium Privilege Escalation · line 76 Commands invoke sudo or root privileges. Verify this elevated access is necessary and justified.Fix: Avoid sudo/root unless strictly required. Prefer least-privilege patterns. If elevation is needed, document the justification and scope.
- medium Privilege Escalation · line 77 Commands invoke sudo or root privileges. Verify this elevated access is necessary and justified.Fix: Avoid sudo/root unless strictly required. Prefer least-privilege patterns. If elevation is needed, document the justification and scope.
- medium Privilege Escalation · line 78 Commands invoke sudo or root privileges. Verify this elevated access is necessary and justified.Fix: Avoid sudo/root unless strictly required. Prefer least-privilege patterns. If elevation is needed, document the justification and scope.
- medium Privilege Escalation · line 88 Commands invoke sudo or root privileges. Verify this elevated access is necessary and justified.Fix: Avoid sudo/root unless strictly required. Prefer least-privilege patterns. If elevation is needed, document the justification and scope.
- medium Privilege Escalation · line 89 Commands invoke sudo or root privileges. Verify this elevated access is necessary and justified.Fix: Avoid sudo/root unless strictly required. Prefer least-privilege patterns. If elevation is needed, document the justification and scope.
- medium Privilege Escalation · line 95 Commands invoke sudo or root privileges. Verify this elevated access is necessary and justified.Fix: Avoid sudo/root unless strictly required. Prefer least-privilege patterns. If elevation is needed, document the justification and scope.
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.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00076 | $0.01069 |
| Opus 5.5 | $0.00030 | $0.00428 |
| Sonnet 5.5 | $0.00015 | $0.00214 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00008 | $0.00107 |
Grade B, and why
latex-setup 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 2mo 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.
Asks for rootmediumPrivilege escalation
A mod that escalates privileges can change anything on the machine, not only the project.
sudo apt install texlive-base texlive-latex-recommended How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 142 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
LaTeX Environment Setup
You are helping a researcher set up or fix their LaTeX compilation environment. Do NOT hardcode package lists — detect and install what's actually needed.
Step 1: Detect Current State
Before installing anything:
-
Check installed TeX distribution:
which pdflatex && pdflatex --version which xelatex && xelatex --version which lualatex && lualatex --version -
Check bibliography processor:
which biber && biber --version which bibtex && bibtex --version -
Check package manager:
which tlmgr && tlmgr --version
Step 2: Analyze the Project
Read the main .tex file to determine requirements:
- Document class:
\documentclass{article},\documentclass{IEEEtran}, etc. - Bibliography system:
\usepackage{biblatex}→ needsbiber\usepackage{natbib}or\bibliographystyle{...}→ needsbibtex
- Required packages: extract from all
\usepackage{...}declarations - Special requirements: TikZ, minted (needs pygments), algorithm2e, etc.
Step 3: Venue Template Detection
If the user mentions a venue, search for the official template:
- Download from the venue's official website (NOT third-party mirrors)
- Check if the template specifies a required TeX distribution or class
- Note any venue-specific compilation instructions
Common venues and their requirements:
| Venue | Class | Bib system | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVPR/ECCV | Custom class file | bibtex | Usually provided in template |
| NeurIPS | neurips_20XX.sty | natbib + bibtex | Style file changes yearly |
| ICLR | iclr20XX_conference.sty | natbib + bibtex | OpenReview format |
| ACL/EMNLP | acl.cls | bibtex | ACL Anthology format |
| IEEE | IEEEtran.cls | bibtex | Column formatting specific |
| Springer | llncs.cls | bibtex or biblatex | Depends on series |
Step 4: Install Missing Components
Based on analysis, install only what's missing:
On Ubuntu/Debian
# Base installation (if nothing installed)
sudo apt install texlive-base texlive-latex-recommended
# Common extras
sudo apt install texlive-latex-extra # most \usepackage needs
sudo apt install texlive-fonts-recommended texlive-fonts-extra
sudo apt install texlive-bibtex-extra biber # if biblatex used
sudo apt install texlive-science # algorithm2e, etc.
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.
- 2mo ago First seen · 142 lines · 76 tokens per session scan B 4e2ab1e4a96f
latex-setup is a skill published in the GitHub repository fcakyon/phd-skills (437 stars, last pushed 18d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 76 tokens to every session and 1,069 once invoked, about $0.0003 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it B with 1 finding (asks for root). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.
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