FigMirror
VILA-Lab/FigMirror
Mirrors the visual style of a top-conference paper figure onto your own data, producing a camera-ready PDF and a self-contained matplotlib script.
“Covers publication-ready matplotlib figures for academic papers, slides, and reports—bars, trends, scatter, heatmaps, and multi-panel layouts—with this repository’s house style…”
Install Scientific Figure Making
$ npx skills add ChenLiu-1996/figures4papers --skill scientific-figure-making -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install ChenLiu-1996/figures4papers scientific-figure-making --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/ChenLiu-1996/figures4papers.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/scientific-figure-making .claude/skills/scientific-figure-making && 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 "scientific-figure-making" agent skill from https://github.com/ChenLiu-1996/figures4papers/tree/main/scientific-figure-making into .claude/skills/scientific-figure-making/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "scientific-figure-making", 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/ChenLiu-1996/figures4papers/tree/main/scientific-figure-makingType 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 ChenLiu-1996/figures4papers --skill scientific-figure-making -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install ChenLiu-1996/figures4papers scientific-figure-making --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ChenLiu-1996/figures4papers.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/scientific-figure-making .agents/skills/scientific-figure-making && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "scientific-figure-making" agent skill from https://github.com/ChenLiu-1996/figures4papers/tree/main/scientific-figure-making into .agents/skills/scientific-figure-making/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "scientific-figure-making", 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 ChenLiu-1996/figures4papers --skill scientific-figure-making -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install ChenLiu-1996/figures4papers scientific-figure-making --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ChenLiu-1996/figures4papers.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/scientific-figure-making .cursor/skills/scientific-figure-making && 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 "scientific-figure-making" agent skill from https://github.com/ChenLiu-1996/figures4papers/tree/main/scientific-figure-making into .cursor/skills/scientific-figure-making/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "scientific-figure-making", 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/ChenLiu-1996/figures4papers.git --path scientific-figure-making--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 ChenLiu-1996/figures4papers --skill scientific-figure-making -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install ChenLiu-1996/figures4papers scientific-figure-making --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ChenLiu-1996/figures4papers.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/scientific-figure-making .gemini/skills/scientific-figure-making && 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 "scientific-figure-making" agent skill from https://github.com/ChenLiu-1996/figures4papers/tree/main/scientific-figure-making into .gemini/skills/scientific-figure-making/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "scientific-figure-making", 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 ChenLiu-1996/figures4papers scientific-figure-makingInstalls 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 ChenLiu-1996/figures4papers --skill scientific-figure-making -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ChenLiu-1996/figures4papers.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/scientific-figure-making .github/skills/scientific-figure-making && 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 "scientific-figure-making" agent skill from https://github.com/ChenLiu-1996/figures4papers/tree/main/scientific-figure-making into .github/skills/scientific-figure-making/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "scientific-figure-making", 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 ChenLiu-1996/figures4papers --skill scientific-figure-making -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install ChenLiu-1996/figures4papers scientific-figure-making --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ChenLiu-1996/figures4papers.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/scientific-figure-making .opencode/skills/scientific-figure-making && 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 "scientific-figure-making" agent skill from https://github.com/ChenLiu-1996/figures4papers/tree/main/scientific-figure-making into .opencode/skills/scientific-figure-making/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "scientific-figure-making", 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
scientific-figure-making- GitHub stars
- 8.3k
- Token cost
- ~557 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 173 words
- Files
- 6 (incl. references)
- Skills in repo
- 1
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
- SKILL.md covers When to load this skill, When not to load and Related files
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
About this skill
“Covers publication-ready matplotlib figures for academic papers, slides, and reports—bars, trends, scatter, heatmaps, and multi-panel layouts—with this repository’s house style, print/vector export conventions, and parity with figures4papers demos. Use when the user is finalizing or creating such figures in matplotlib. Do not use for interactive dashboards or web viz (Plotly, Altair, Bokeh), exploratory-only plots without a publication target, dominant 3D or geographic mapping, or Illustrator/Figma-first infographic workflows.”
Scientific Figure Making is a skill in ChenLiu-1996/figures4papers (8.3k stars). Its SKILL.md is about 557 tokens, with 5 other files in the folder (references). Licence: Custom licence.
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 81f7615. 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
Scientific Figure Making loads about 557 tokens when it runs, and up to ~6.6k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 139 tokens; SKILL.md has 173 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 173 words (~557 tokens).
“Open references/ only as needed; do not preload every file. Start from the table below, then follow links inside the document you opened (and into figure_* code via references/demos.md) instead of loading the full reference set up front.”
- name
- scientific-figure-making
Files
SKILL.md and 5 other files (references) in scientific-figure-making of ChenLiu-1996/figures4papers.
- SKILL.md
- references/api.md
- references/common-patterns.md
- references/demos.md
- references/design-theory.md
- references/tutorials.md
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 81f7615
Compare with similar skills
Scientific Figure Making 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scientific Figure Making this skillChenLiu-1996/figures4papers | 8.3k | — | ~557 | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| FigMirrorVILA-Lab/FigMirror | 521 | — | ~2.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Agent Figure GalleryDsadd4/AgentFigureGallery | 163 | — | ~643 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Scientific Figure Generationlingzhi227/agent-research-skills | 390 | — | ~809 | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| MathModel Figure Templatesjihe520/MathModelAgent | 6.2k | — | ~627 | Automated safety check: Notes | None | |
| FigMirror Figure Style TransferVILA-Lab/FigMirror | 521 | — | ~2.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | None |
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Questions about Scientific Figure Making
How do I install Scientific Figure Making in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add ChenLiu-1996/figures4papers --skill scientific-figure-making -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (scientific-figure-making in ChenLiu-1996/figures4papers) into .claude/skills/scientific-figure-making in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Scientific Figure Making in Codex?
Run `npx skills add ChenLiu-1996/figures4papers --skill scientific-figure-making -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (scientific-figure-making in ChenLiu-1996/figures4papers) into .agents/skills/scientific-figure-making in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Scientific Figure Making 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 ChenLiu-1996/figures4papers --skill scientific-figure-making -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/scientific-figure-making, .gemini/skills/scientific-figure-making, .github/skills/scientific-figure-making and .opencode/skills/scientific-figure-making in your project.
What does Scientific Figure Making need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Scientific Figure Making is instructions for the agent only.
Does Scientific Figure Making 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 Scientific Figure Making 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 Scientific Figure Making use?
Scientific Figure Making 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 Scientific Figure Making use?
About 557 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 6.1k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Scientific Figure Making?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Scientific Figure Making: FigMirror (VILA-Lab/FigMirror, 521 stars), Agent Figure Gallery (Dsadd4/AgentFigureGallery, 163 stars), Scientific Figure Generation (lingzhi227/agent-research-skills, 390 stars) and MathModel Figure Templates (jihe520/MathModelAgent, 6.2k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Scientific Figure Making?
ChenLiu-1996 (a GitHub user) maintains it in ChenLiu-1996/figures4papers, which has 8,302 GitHub stars. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.
Source: ChenLiu-1996/figures4papers on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.