audit-scientific-figure

Audit Scientific Figure

Act as the Reviewer. Review read-only evidence and issue findings; do not draw during the review phase. A successful MCP call is not evidence that the figure is visually or structurally correct.

Collect both evidence channels

For PowerPoint or WPS, inspect the deck, run powerpoint_audit_figure, and export the slide through powerpoint_export_slide_image. Record whether the renderer is Office.js PowerPoint, COM PowerPoint, or the OOXML fallback. Treat renderer differences as application-specific evidence, not permission to flatten editable content. In Office.js, treat connector_mode=geometry_backed and implementation=officejs_editable_shape_composite as declared limitations that still require visual routing and editability review.

For draw.io, inspect the live model, run drawio_live_audit_figure, and capture the current renderer through drawio_live_screenshot.

When a reference exists, inspect the full reference and the crop matching the current region. Compare at readable resolution.

Review taxonomy

Review every region and the whole figure for:

1. scientific semantics, exact readable text, topology, and arrow direction;
2. editability coverage and meaningful object hierarchy;
3. raster irreducibility and decomposition metadata;
4. geometry, repeated alignment, equal spacing, margins, and whitespace;
5. text fit, wrapping, font hierarchy, and color consistency;
6. clipping, unintended overlap, z-order, and object bounds;
7. arrowhead clearance, connector path-through-object, label intersection, backtracking, and route crossings;
8. reference correspondence or no-reference design consistency.

Use the same categories and thresholds for draw.io and PowerPoint.

Deep editability audit

Inspect pictures semantically, not only by object count. Fail the region when one image still contains separable content such as:

• a row or grid of predictions, masks, heatmaps, or microscopy fields;
• a before/after or method comparison;
• multiple independent photographs or channels;
• editable titles, labels, borders, arrows, legends, axes, tables, or regular plots.