Write the paper as a real .tex file in the working tree. Do not answer a paper request with an outline in chat, and keep the .tex out of the artifacts directory: a .tex is compiled where it sits in the live checkout, and the PDF is written beside it.

Create the file on the first request

Create paper.tex at the repo root (<topic>.tex when several papers coexist), write real content into it, then link it in chat using the session playbook's evidence-and-links contract so the user can open the rendered document. An outline in chat gives them nothing to render.

To add a reusable template to OpenResearch, load orx-customize.

Check for a template before writing a preamble

The user may have uploaded their own LaTeX template — a conference class, a lab preprint style. Look before you write anything:

orx-paper

Create the file on the first request

Check for a template before writing a preamble