Scientific Figure Pro

Use this skill to create or revise publication figures with consistent aesthetics from the figures4papers project.

Workflow

1. Identify the figure family (bar, trend, heatmap, scatter, multi-panel, conceptual illustration).
2. Load helper APIs from scripts/scientific_figure_pro.py.
3. Apply style first with apply_publication_style(...).
4. Build the figure using make_* helpers.
5. Export with finalize_figure(...) to keep layout and output defaults consistent.

Use The Helper Module

Load by file path when package imports are inconvenient:

import importlib.util
from pathlib import Path