Scientific Visualization
Oleafly/Oleafly
Create and audit truthful, accessible, publication-ready scientific figures with Matplotlib, Seaborn, or Plotly.
Generate publication-quality figures and tables from experiment results.
Install Paper Figure
$ npx skills add AI4Scientist/nano-scientist --skill paper-figure -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install AI4Scientist/nano-scientist paper-figure --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/AI4Scientist/nano-scientist.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/paper-figure .claude/skills/paper-figure && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "paper-figure" agent skill from https://github.com/AI4Scientist/nano-scientist/tree/main/skills/paper-figure into .claude/skills/paper-figure/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "paper-figure", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/AI4Scientist/nano-scientist/tree/main/skills/paper-figureType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add AI4Scientist/nano-scientist --skill paper-figure -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install AI4Scientist/nano-scientist paper-figure --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/AI4Scientist/nano-scientist.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/paper-figure .agents/skills/paper-figure && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "paper-figure" agent skill from https://github.com/AI4Scientist/nano-scientist/tree/main/skills/paper-figure into .agents/skills/paper-figure/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "paper-figure", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add AI4Scientist/nano-scientist --skill paper-figure -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install AI4Scientist/nano-scientist paper-figure --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/AI4Scientist/nano-scientist.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/paper-figure .cursor/skills/paper-figure && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "paper-figure" agent skill from https://github.com/AI4Scientist/nano-scientist/tree/main/skills/paper-figure into .cursor/skills/paper-figure/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "paper-figure", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/AI4Scientist/nano-scientist.git --path skills/paper-figure--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add AI4Scientist/nano-scientist --skill paper-figure -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install AI4Scientist/nano-scientist paper-figure --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/AI4Scientist/nano-scientist.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/paper-figure .gemini/skills/paper-figure && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "paper-figure" agent skill from https://github.com/AI4Scientist/nano-scientist/tree/main/skills/paper-figure into .gemini/skills/paper-figure/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "paper-figure", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install AI4Scientist/nano-scientist paper-figureInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add AI4Scientist/nano-scientist --skill paper-figure -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/AI4Scientist/nano-scientist.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/paper-figure .github/skills/paper-figure && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "paper-figure" agent skill from https://github.com/AI4Scientist/nano-scientist/tree/main/skills/paper-figure into .github/skills/paper-figure/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "paper-figure", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add AI4Scientist/nano-scientist --skill paper-figure -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install AI4Scientist/nano-scientist paper-figure --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/AI4Scientist/nano-scientist.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/paper-figure .opencode/skills/paper-figure && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "paper-figure" agent skill from https://github.com/AI4Scientist/nano-scientist/tree/main/skills/paper-figure into .opencode/skills/paper-figure/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "paper-figure", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
paper-figure- GitHub stars
- 128
- Used in
- 5 other repos
- Token cost
- ~2.9k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 836 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 74
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- None found
At a glance
Generate publication-quality figures and tables from experiment results.
- Works in 8 steps: Read Figure Plan → Set Up Plotting Environment → Auto-Select Figure Type → …
- Generate figures
- SKILL.md covers Scope: What This Skill Can and…, Constants, Inputs and Workflow, plus 4 more sections
- Calls python
What it does
Paper Figure is an agent skill from AI4Scientist/nano-scientist. Generate publication-quality figures and tables from experiment results. Use when user says "画图", "作图", "generate figures", "paper figures", or needs plots for a paper.
Its SKILL.md is about 2.9k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
It sits in Data & Analytics, covering Data visualization. It works with LaTeX. The repository describes itself as: An autonomous research agent that turns a topic into a peer-reviewed technical report.
When your agent uses it
- Generate figures
- Needs plots for a paper
Example prompts
- “generate figures”
- “paper figures”
- “/paper-figure”
Requirements
- Python 3
- Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Bash(*), Read, Write, Edit, Grep, Glob, Agent, mcp__codex__codex, mcp__codex__codex-reply
Workflow steps
8 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
- Read Figure Plan
- Set Up Plotting Environment
- Auto-Select Figure Type
- Generate Each Figure
- Run All Scripts
- Generate LaTeX Include Snippets
- Figure Quality Review with REVIEWER_MODEL
- Quality Checklist
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 7132192. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:
Bash(*)ReadWriteEditGrepGlobAgentmcp__codex__codexmcp__codex__codex-reply
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
python
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):
github.comdavidmathlogic.com
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Paper Figure loads about 2.9k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 45 tokens; SKILL.md has 836 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check: notes
The automated check noted patterns worth knowing about, such as sudo or a known installer.
- NotePre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: Bash)SKILL.md
allowed-tools: Bash(*), Read, Write, Edit, Grep, Glob, Agent, mcp__codex__codex, mcp__codex__codex-reply
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
SKILL.md
Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 836 words (~2,871 tokens).
“Generate all figures and tables for a paper based on: $ARGUMENTS”
- name
- paper-figure
- allowed-tools
- Bash(*), Read, Write, Edit, Grep, Glob, Agent, mcp__codex__codex, mcp__codex__codex-reply
- argument-hint
- figure-plan-or-data-path
Files
Just SKILL.md in skills/paper-figure of AI4Scientist/nano-scientist.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 7132192
Used in 5 other repositories
We found 16 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 5 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in AI4Scientist/nano-scientist, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.
- OpenLAIR/dr-clawskills/aris-paper-figure
- wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleepskills/paper-figureskills/skills-codex/paper-figure+2 more
- brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skillsskills/42-wanshuiyin-ARIS/skills/paper-figureskills/42-wanshuiyin-ARIS/skills/skills-codex/paper-figure+2 more
- franklee16/academic-research-skillsresearch-workflow/codex-paper-skills-main/paper_skills/paper-figure
- Tai609/NebulaMatruntime/skills-bundle/aris-paper-figureruntime/aris/skills-nebulamat/aris-paper-figure+1 more
Compare with similar skills
Paper Figure next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper Figure this skillAI4Scientist/nano-scientist | 128 | 5 repos | ~2.9k | Automated safety check: Notes | None | |
| Scientific VisualizationOleafly/Oleafly | 212 | — | ~3.4k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Scientific Figure Generationlingzhi227/agent-research-skills | 390 | — | ~809 | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Publication Chart SkillGalaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar | 5.7k | 1 repos | ~3.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Publication Outputbrycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills | 4.6k | — | ~2k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Latex Drawing Guidewentorai/research-plugins | 298 | 1 repos | ~1.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Paper Figure
What does Paper Figure do?
Generate publication-quality figures and tables from experiment results. Paper Figure is an agent skill from AI4Scientist/nano-scientist. Generate publication-quality figures and tables from experiment results.
When should I use Paper Figure?
Paper Figure fits situations like: generate figures; needs plots for a paper.
How do I install Paper Figure in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add AI4Scientist/nano-scientist --skill paper-figure -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/paper-figure in AI4Scientist/nano-scientist) into .claude/skills/paper-figure in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Paper Figure in Codex?
Run `npx skills add AI4Scientist/nano-scientist --skill paper-figure -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/paper-figure in AI4Scientist/nano-scientist) into .agents/skills/paper-figure in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Paper Figure in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add AI4Scientist/nano-scientist --skill paper-figure -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/paper-figure, .gemini/skills/paper-figure, .github/skills/paper-figure and .opencode/skills/paper-figure in your project.
What does Paper Figure need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Paper Figure needs the command-line tools its instructions call (python). Our summary lists: Python 3. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Bash(*), Read, Write, Edit, Grep, Glob, Agent, mcp__codex__codex, mcp__codex__codex-reply.
Does Paper Figure access the network?
SKILL.md names 2 domains. As links in the text: github.com and davidmathlogic.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Paper Figure safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found notes only (pre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: bash)), nothing it rates as a warning. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Paper Figure use?
No licence was found for Paper Figure or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.
How many tokens does Paper Figure use?
About 2.9k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 11k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
What are the alternatives to Paper Figure?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Paper Figure: Scientific Visualization (Oleafly/Oleafly, 212 stars), Scientific Figure Generation (lingzhi227/agent-research-skills, 390 stars), Publication Chart Skill (Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar, 5.7k stars) and Publication Output (brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills, 4.6k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Paper Figure?
AI4Scientist (a GitHub organization) maintains it in AI4Scientist/nano-scientist, which has 128 GitHub stars. The repository holds 74 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on June 3, 2026.
Source: AI4Scientist/nano-scientist on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.