publication-figures-guide

publication-figures-guide is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from wentorai/research-plugins. It costs 16 tokens per session (2,082 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A guide to creating scientific charts that meet common journal requirements for resolution, file format, color, sizing, readability, and accessibility.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to prepare journal-ready exports with Matplotlib, Seaborn, or ggplot2, including appropriate dimensions, fonts, line widths, and formats.
Why use it?
It reduces the risk of figures being unclear, incorrectly formatted, or rejected during publication.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Which agent this was written for is unclear — built for openclaw. Also seen: built for openclaw.

Good fit Use it to prepare journal-ready exports with Matplotlib, Seaborn, or ggplot2, including appropriate dimensions, fonts, line widths, and formats.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/wentorai/research-plugins/publication-figures-guide
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Any agent
npx skills add wentorai/research-plugins --skill publication-figures-guide
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/wentorai/research-plugins

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe. Third-party audits
  • NVIDIA SkillSpector pass 7 Sept 2026
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Opus 5 $0.00008 $0.01041
Sonnet 5 $0.00003 $0.00416
Haiku 4.5 $0.00002 $0.00208

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skills/analysis/dataviz/publication-figures-guide/SKILL.md · 239 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 239 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Publication Figures Guide

A skill for creating publication-quality scientific figures that meet journal standards for resolution, formatting, accessibility, and visual clarity. Covers matplotlib, seaborn, and ggplot2 workflows with journal-ready export settings.

Journal Figure Requirements

Common Standards

Requirement Typical Spec Notes
Resolution 300-600 DPI 300 DPI minimum for print
File format PDF, EPS, TIFF Vector (PDF/EPS) preferred
Color mode CMYK for print, RGB for online Check journal spec
Max width Single column: 3.3in / Double: 6.7in Varies by journal
Font size 6-8pt minimum Must be legible at final print size
Line width 0.5-1.5pt Thin lines may not reproduce
File size Varies (often <10MB per figure) TIFF can be large

Matplotlib Configuration for Publication

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib as mpl
import numpy as np

def setup_publication_style(journal: str = 'nature'):
    """
    Configure matplotlib for publication-quality figures.
    """
    styles = {
        'nature': {
            'figure.figsize': (3.3, 2.5),    # single column
            'font.size': 7,
            'font.family': 'sans-serif',
            'font.sans-serif': ['Arial', 'Helvetica'],
            'axes.linewidth': 0.5,
            'axes.labelsize': 8,
            'xtick.labelsize': 7,
            'ytick.labelsize': 7,
            'legend.fontsize': 6,
            'lines.linewidth': 1.0,
            'lines.markersize': 4,
            'savefig.dpi': 300,
            'savefig.bbox': 'tight',
            'savefig.pad_inches': 0.05,
        },
        'ieee': {
            'figure.figsize': (3.5, 2.6),
            'font.size': 8,
            'font.family': 'serif',
            'font.serif': ['Times New Roman', 'Times'],
            'axes.linewidth': 0.5,
            'axes.labelsize': 9,
            'xtick.labelsize': 8,
            'ytick.labelsize': 8,
            'legend.fontsize': 7,
            'lines.linewidth': 1.0,
            'savefig.dpi': 300,
        },
        'acs': {
            'figure.figsize': (3.25, 2.5),
            'font.size': 7,
            'font.family': 'sans-serif',
            'font.sans-serif': ['Arial'],
            'axes.linewidth': 0.5,
            'savefig.dpi': 600,
        }
    }

    style = styles.get(journal, styles['nature'])
    mpl.rcParams.update(style)
    return style

setup_publication_style('nature')

Read the full file on GitHub · 239 lines

Changes

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  1. 9d ago First seen · 239 lines · 16 tokens per session scan A b917df058102

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publication-figures-guide is a skill published in the GitHub repository wentorai/research-plugins (290 stars, last pushed 2mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 16 tokens to every session and 2,082 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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