Purpose

Make every visual evidence-bearing. Prefer fewer useful visuals over a decorative inventory.

Inputs

• method card and decision ledger;
• run summaries and final result analysis;
• robustness evidence;
• solution package and frozen numbers in submission mode;
• existing figures/tables.

Figure Types

• Type 1 diagnostic: internal debugging; never in the paper.
• Type 2 comparison: main vs usable baseline or a genuinely tested alternative; optional in paper.
• Type 3 paper: directly supports a main claim; required only when the claim benefits materially from a visual.
• Type 4 appendix: supplementary evidence referenced from the main text.