Research Figure

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Method overview figures
• Pipeline diagrams
• Architecture diagrams
• System flowcharts

Example prompts

• “method figure”
• “pipeline figure”
• “architecture diagram”
• “/research-figure”

Requirements

• Python 3
• A Bash shell

Workflow steps

6 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

1. 1Card-based layout: Every module is enclosed in a rounded rectangle (card). Cards are connected by arrows. This makes the pipeline…
2. 2Low-saturation colors: Use muted, pastel colors. Never use vivid/saturated colors. The figure should look professional, not like a…
3. 3Compact layout: Minimize whitespace. Align elements horizontally and vertically. The figure should be tight and dense, not scattered.
4. 4Sans-serif fonts: Use \sffamily throughout for a modern, clean look.
5. 5Highlight contributions: The user's novel contribution modules should be visually distinct (thicker border, different background color)…
6. 62D visualization elements: Replace plain text with stylized visual elements where possible (feature maps as stacked rectangles, network…

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit db2763b. 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

  Ships 2 files in scripts/ (Python and Shell, from the files we listed), which the agent can run.

  Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

  • bash
  • brew

  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

Research Figure loads about 5k tokens when it runs, and up to ~19k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 168 tokens; SKILL.md has 2,297 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~168

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~5k

With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them

~19k

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

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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 2,297 words (~5,027 tokens).

name

research-figure

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 36 other files (scripts, references) in .claude/skills/research-figure of chingswy/Skill-Research-Figure.

• SKILL.md
• blender_utils/__init__.py
• blender_utils/camera.py
• blender_utils/colors.py
• blender_utils/fbx.py
• blender_utils/geometry.py
• blender_utils/lighting.py
• blender_utils/material.py
• blender_utils/scene.py
• blender_utils/skeleton.py
• references/blender_api.md
• references/blender_recipes.md
• references/color_schemes.md
• references/layout_templates.md
• references/tikz_elements.md
• scripts/compile_tikz.sh
• scripts/render_blender.sh
• templates
• … and 19 more

Open the folder on GitHubat commit db2763b