Figure Style
aipoch/open-science
Publication-grade correctness and legibility rules for final-deliverable scientific figures, not exploratory plots.
Design and format publication-quality figures: chart choice, color, scales, legends, captions, reproducibility.
Install Figures
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill figures -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills figures --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/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/54-scdenney-open-science-skills/skills/figures .claude/skills/figures && 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 "figures" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/54-scdenney-open-science-skills/skills/figures into .claude/skills/figures/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "figures", 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/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/54-scdenney-open-science-skills/skills/figuresType 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 brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill figures -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills figures --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/54-scdenney-open-science-skills/skills/figures .agents/skills/figures && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "figures" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/54-scdenney-open-science-skills/skills/figures into .agents/skills/figures/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "figures", 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 brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill figures -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills figures --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/54-scdenney-open-science-skills/skills/figures .cursor/skills/figures && 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 "figures" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/54-scdenney-open-science-skills/skills/figures into .cursor/skills/figures/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "figures", 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/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git --path skills/54-scdenney-open-science-skills/skills/figures--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 brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill figures -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills figures --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/54-scdenney-open-science-skills/skills/figures .gemini/skills/figures && 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 "figures" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/54-scdenney-open-science-skills/skills/figures into .gemini/skills/figures/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "figures", 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 brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills figuresInstalls 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 brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill figures -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/54-scdenney-open-science-skills/skills/figures .github/skills/figures && 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 "figures" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/54-scdenney-open-science-skills/skills/figures into .github/skills/figures/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "figures", 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 brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill figures -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills figures --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/54-scdenney-open-science-skills/skills/figures .opencode/skills/figures && 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 "figures" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/main/skills/54-scdenney-open-science-skills/skills/figures into .opencode/skills/figures/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "figures", 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
figures- GitHub stars
- 4.5k
- Token cost
- ~2.1k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 1,104 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 383
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
Design and format publication-quality figures: chart choice, color, scales, legends, captions, reproducibility.
- Works in 8 steps: State the comparison before drawing → Choose the chart type from the comparison → Pick scales and axes deliberately → …
- Tasks that involve Data visualization
- SKILL.md covers Heritage and scope, Instructions, Output and Quality checks
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Figures is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Design and format publication-quality figures: chart choice, color, scales, legends, captions, reproducibility.
Its SKILL.md is about 2.1k 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 Research & Science, covering Data visualization and Reproducible research. The repository describes itself as: 🔬 A curated collection of 23,000+ agent skills for empirical research across 8 social science disciplines. | 精选 23,000+ AI Agent 技能库，覆盖8大社会科学学科的实证研究。CoPaper.AI…
When your agent uses it
- Tasks that involve Data visualization
- Tasks that involve Reproducible research
Example prompts
- “/figures”
Workflow steps
8 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
- State the comparison before drawing
- Choose the chart type from the comparison
- Pick scales and axes deliberately
- Choose color with intent
- Match legend order to the visual order in the chart
- Write a self-contained caption
- Make it reproducible
- Accessibility and production sanity
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9fa87d8. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
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
Figures loads about 2.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 30 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,104 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 passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
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
Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 1,104 words (~2,089 tokens).
“This is an original Open Science Skills workflow for figure production in social-science manuscripts. It is general — apply to any figure type (line, bar, point, density, map, network, small multiples). For figures whose interpretation depends on method-specific standards, also…”
- name
- figures
- argument-hint
- [describe the figure you are building, the data, the claim it supports, and the target venue]
Files
Just SKILL.md in skills/54-scdenney-open-science-skills/skills/figures of brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9fa87d8
Compare with similar skills
Figures 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Figures this skillbrycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills | 4.5k | — | ~2.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Figure Styleaipoch/open-science | 5.5k | — | ~5.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Math Modeling Code and Figuresjihe520/MathModelAgent | 6.2k | — | ~444 | Automated safety check: Notes | None | |
| Nature-Style Scientific FiguresYuan1z0825/nature-skills | 47k | — | ~2.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| CHARLS Paper Reproduction Guidexjtulyc/MedgeClaw | 617 | 1 repos | ~1.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Engineering Figure Agentheyu-233/engineering-figure-agent | 305 | — | ~1.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Figures
What does Figures do?
Design and format publication-quality figures: chart choice, color, scales, legends, captions, reproducibility. Figures is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills. Design and format publication-quality figures: chart choice, color, scales, legends, captions, reproducibility.
When should I use Figures?
Figures fits situations like: tasks that involve Data visualization; tasks that involve Reproducible research.
How do I install Figures in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill figures -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/54-scdenney-open-science-skills/skills/figures in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .claude/skills/figures in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Figures in Codex?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill figures -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/54-scdenney-open-science-skills/skills/figures in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) into .agents/skills/figures in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Figures 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 brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill figures -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/figures, .gemini/skills/figures, .github/skills/figures and .opencode/skills/figures in your project.
What does Figures need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Figures is instructions for the agent only.
Does Figures access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Figures safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Figures use?
Figures has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.
How many tokens does Figures use?
About 2.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 8.4k 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 Figures?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Figures: Figure Style (aipoch/open-science, 5.5k stars), Math Modeling Code and Figures (jihe520/MathModelAgent, 6.2k stars), Nature-Style Scientific Figures (Yuan1z0825/nature-skills, 47k stars) and CHARLS Paper Reproduction Guide (xjtulyc/MedgeClaw, 617 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Figures?
brycewang-stanford (a GitHub user) maintains it in brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills, which has 4,542 GitHub stars. The repository holds 383 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 5, 2026.
Source: brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.