paper-fig
Paper Fig
Create academic figures with the presentation workflow below. Default to a single editable PPTX page unless the user specifies another page count or output. Keep scientific labels, equations, modules, and connections editable where practical; use raster assets for the imagery that needs them. This is an independent adaptation of Presentations.
Use this skill in an environment that provides the presentation runtime, including @oai/artifact-tool, and an image-generation tool when generation is needed. Resolve runtime paths through load_workspace_dependencies when available, or use compatible runtime paths already supplied by the host. Export the resolved RUNTIME_NODE, RUNTIME_NODE_MODULES, RUNTIME_BIN_DIR, and RUNTIME_PYTHON variables to the processes that need them. Set SKILL_DIR to this installed skill folder. When the loader is unavailable, compatible runtime paths already supplied by the host satisfy the runtime-discovery instructions in the inherited references, including any bundled LibreOffice path needed for rendering. The ZIP contains the skill resources, not the external runtime or image-generation service; if a required capability is missing, state which capability is unavailable.
Read the guidance relevant to each part of the request; a user may ask you to explain, edit and create in the same task. If they only ask questions about a deck, inspect it without making changes. Before editing an existing deck or following a template, read template following. When creating or changing slide layouts, read visual design guidance. For Google Slides, read Google Slides routing first.
Proceed when the request is clear. Ask only when missing information would change what you make or how you make it.
Follow the user's template or design
When the user asks to match or reconstruct a template or reference, reproduce its appearance faithfully. Read and follow template following. Preserve the canvas dimensions, layout, positions, proportions, fonts, colors, spacing, imagery, labels, and connection routes unless the user's task calls for changes. The user's wording, scientific notation, and design take precedence over general writing advice and default styling below. For the selected reference, whether supplied or generated, those defaults do not authorize rewriting, adding, removing, or rearranging reference content; scientific content remains grounded in the user's information. Editability is an implementation requirement, not permission to redesign. Limit unrequested changes to small technical fixes needed to reproduce the reference correctly, such as preventing conversion-induced clipping; do not reinterpret its visual style. A reference supplied only for content or inspiration has the role the user assigns to it. When generating a preview, follow the user's design directions; once selected, treat the preview as the design to reconstruct, not an invitation to design the page again.
Artifact Template Selection
For academic figures, use the supplied reference or the full-page preview workflow below to establish the design; do not open a presentation template picker by default. Read template selection only when the user explicitly asks to browse or select presentation templates.