Math Figure Generator

A guide for producing publication-quality figures for mathematical modeling contest papers. Every figure starts from a claim, a panel purpose, and an output contract before writing code or styling.

Adapted from the nature-figure skill's philosophy: the chart serves the scientific logic first; aesthetic polish is subordinate to making the conclusion clear, defensible, and reviewable.

For publication-targeted Matplotlib grouped bars, trends, heatmaps, radar plots, or multi-panel comparisons that benefit from a concrete precedent, read references/figures4papers.md after freezing the figure contract. Treat it as an optional style/layout reference, never as a data source or runtime dependency.

First move: figure contract before plotting

Before any code, define the contract: