polish-sci-figures

Polish Scientific Figures

Deliver the near-final figure in one internal pass: establish the claim and final placement, trace the authoritative data, compare the existing and proposed forms, draw, export, inspect at real size, correct, and package. Do not make the user rediscover alignment, canvas, font, overlap, scientific-label, or editability defects.

Use the bundled resources

• Use $make-sci-data-figures first when the input is raw CSV/TSV/XLSX data or the user needs statistical design checks, several chart forms from the same data, or palette-only rerendering.
• When the user cites a template number from the audited 1-124 collection or asks for template-based alternatives, run scripts/template_router.py resolve --template NUMBER. Use its upgraded scientific family and input contract; never copy ornamental styling or redistribute the source PDF/Prism files.
• Use $standardize-sci-images first when the input is microscopy, fluorescence, histology, or electron-microscopy imagery that needs locked batch display settings, equal dimensions, calibrated scale bars, or a processing audit.
• Return the selected outputs from either companion skill to this skill for final canvas, typography, overlap, editability, and real-container QA.
• Load assets/sci_style.mplstyle as a baseline; override it for a verified journal, deck, or user requirement.
• Do not add panel letters or serial labels by default. Use scripts/panel_labels.py only when the user or verified target explicitly requires them, preferably at final composite assembly.
• Use scripts/figure_text_qa.py as an authoring-time release gate before accepting Matplotlib exports; block delivery on grid-geometry drift, unrequested panel titles, collisions, or common baseline scientific notation. Run the skill copy from the agent/test harness, not by making the delivered plotting source search for or import the installed skill.
• Run scripts/check_source_portability.py on every delivered plotting source. Treat skill/plugin runtime paths, home-directory support lookups, and machine-specific absolute private paths as release failures. Dynamic imports, sys.path mutation, and external processes are advisory unless the user or delivery contract explicitly requires a fully self-contained source; only then add --strict.
• Use scripts/make_montage.py to compare a figure series.
• Run scripts/check_svg_canvas.py on every independently editable SVG series intended for one grid or repeated slot.
• Run scripts/check_svg_editability.py --require-fully-editable when fully editable SVG is requested.
• Run scripts/figure_accessibility_qa.py for SVG external-resource, embedded-raster DPI, grayscale separation, basic contrast, and manual review flags.
• Use scripts/render_doc_pages.py after insertion into an existing DOCX, PPTX, or PDF.
• Read references/canvas_profiles.md whenever delivering multiple standalone panels, a manuscript composite assembled later, or figures that will be placed into PPT slots.
• Read references/journal_specs.md for a submission and verify the current official instructions.