Agent skill

Scatter Label Layout

Tune Matplotlib labels on pgbent PG18 charts: scatter point placement, horizontal bar value labels (inside bar with contrast color when they fit), overlap avoidance, and PNG regeneration.

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Install Scatter Label Layout

skills CLI

$ npx skills add gregs1104/pgbent --skill scatter-label-layout -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install gregs1104/pgbent scatter-label-layout --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/gregs1104/pgbent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.cursor/skills/scatter-label-layout .claude/skills/scatter-label-layout && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "scatter-label-layout" agent skill from https://github.com/gregs1104/pgbent/tree/main/.cursor/skills/scatter-label-layout into .claude/skills/scatter-label-layout/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "scatter-label-layout", 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

$skill-installer install https://github.com/gregs1104/pgbent/tree/main/.cursor/skills/scatter-label-layout

Type 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.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add gregs1104/pgbent --skill scatter-label-layout -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install gregs1104/pgbent scatter-label-layout --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/gregs1104/pgbent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/.cursor/skills/scatter-label-layout .agents/skills/scatter-label-layout && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "scatter-label-layout" agent skill from https://github.com/gregs1104/pgbent/tree/main/.cursor/skills/scatter-label-layout into .agents/skills/scatter-label-layout/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "scatter-label-layout", 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.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add gregs1104/pgbent --skill scatter-label-layout -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install gregs1104/pgbent scatter-label-layout --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/gregs1104/pgbent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/.cursor/skills/scatter-label-layout .cursor/skills/scatter-label-layout && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "scatter-label-layout" agent skill from https://github.com/gregs1104/pgbent/tree/main/.cursor/skills/scatter-label-layout into .cursor/skills/scatter-label-layout/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "scatter-label-layout", 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

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/gregs1104/pgbent.git --path .cursor/skills/scatter-label-layout

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add gregs1104/pgbent --skill scatter-label-layout -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install gregs1104/pgbent scatter-label-layout --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/gregs1104/pgbent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/.cursor/skills/scatter-label-layout .gemini/skills/scatter-label-layout && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "scatter-label-layout" agent skill from https://github.com/gregs1104/pgbent/tree/main/.cursor/skills/scatter-label-layout into .gemini/skills/scatter-label-layout/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "scatter-label-layout", 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.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install gregs1104/pgbent scatter-label-layout

Installs 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).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add gregs1104/pgbent --skill scatter-label-layout -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/gregs1104/pgbent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/.cursor/skills/scatter-label-layout .github/skills/scatter-label-layout && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "scatter-label-layout" agent skill from https://github.com/gregs1104/pgbent/tree/main/.cursor/skills/scatter-label-layout into .github/skills/scatter-label-layout/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "scatter-label-layout", 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.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add gregs1104/pgbent --skill scatter-label-layout -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install gregs1104/pgbent scatter-label-layout --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/gregs1104/pgbent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/.cursor/skills/scatter-label-layout .opencode/skills/scatter-label-layout && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "scatter-label-layout" agent skill from https://github.com/gregs1104/pgbent/tree/main/.cursor/skills/scatter-label-layout into .opencode/skills/scatter-label-layout/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "scatter-label-layout", 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: scatter-label-layout
GitHub stars: 268
Token cost: ~1.9k tokens
SKILL.md length: 819 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 1
Repo updated: Aug 15, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: Custom licence

At a glance

Tune Matplotlib labels on pgbent PG18 charts: scatter point placement, horizontal bar value labels (inside bar with contrast color when they fit), overlap avoidance, and PNG regeneration.

Works in 3 steps: Never place labels outside the plot… → Overrides that extend outside ax.patch… → When the user asks to nudge a label,…
Fixing crowded scatter
SKILL.md covers Goal, Hard constraints, Tooling in this repo and Workflow, plus 7 more sections
Calls python

What it does

Scatter Label Layout is an agent skill from gregs1104/pgbent. Tune Matplotlib labels on pgbent PG18 charts: scatter point placement, horizontal bar value labels (inside bar with contrast color when they fit), overlap avoidance, and PNG regeneration. Use when fixing crowded scatter or bar labels, pg18-osm-power-.png, pg18-osm-relation-power.png, pg18-osm-relation-scatter.png, reports/labellayout.py, or placepointlabels.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.9k 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 Matplotlib and PostgreSQL. The repository describes itself as: PostgreSQL Benchmarking Toolkit.

When your agent uses it

Fixing crowded scatter
Pg18-osm-power-.png
Pg18-osm-relation-power.png
Pg18-osm-relation-scatter.png

Example prompts

“/scatter-label-layout”

Requirements

Python 3

Workflow steps

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

Never place labels outside the plot grid. Legend/title margins are off-limits.
Overrides that extend outside ax.patch are rejected silently; auto-placement wins and may look wrong. If a label “won’t move,” check…
When the user asks to nudge a label, change one axis at a time (horizontal or vertical). Do not revert a working horizontal placement…

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 33ae7d5. 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
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
- python
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

Scatter Label Layout loads about 1.9k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 96 tokens; SKILL.md has 819 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~96
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~1.9k

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 819 words (~1,927 tokens).

“Scatter point labels and horizontal bar value labels share one goal: keep readable text inside the plot grid, associated clearly with its mark, without crowding neighbors.”

— opening of SKILL.md by gregs1104, Custom licence

name: scatter-label-layout

Outline of SKILL.md

Graph label layout (pgbent)
Goal
Hard constraints
Tooling in this repo
Workflow
Placement patterns
Default: right of dot, vertically centered
Left of dot (conflict on the right or near right edge)
Stacked labels at similar x (e.g. two Apple chips)
Lowest crowded marker (NVIDIA pattern)
Fine nudges
Direction selection
Axis label cleanup
Failure modes
Reference overrides
Done checklist
Horizontal bar value labels
Rule: inside when it fits, outside when it does not
Why this works on PG18 relation power
Bar chart checklist

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .cursor/skills/scatter-label-layout of gregs1104/pgbent.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 33ae7d5

Compare with similar skills

Scatter Label Layout 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.

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Questions about Scatter Label Layout

What does Scatter Label Layout do?

Tune Matplotlib labels on pgbent PG18 charts: scatter point placement, horizontal bar value labels (inside bar with contrast color when they fit), overlap avoidance, and PNG regeneration. Scatter Label Layout is an agent skill from gregs1104/pgbent. Tune Matplotlib labels on pgbent PG18 charts: scatter point placement, horizontal bar value labels (inside bar with contrast color when they fit), overlap avoidance, and PNG regeneration.

When should I use Scatter Label Layout?

Scatter Label Layout fits situations like: fixing crowded scatter; pg18-osm-power-.png; pg18-osm-relation-power.png; pg18-osm-relation-scatter.png.

How do I install Scatter Label Layout in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add gregs1104/pgbent --skill scatter-label-layout -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.cursor/skills/scatter-label-layout in gregs1104/pgbent) into .claude/skills/scatter-label-layout in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Scatter Label Layout in Codex?

Run `npx skills add gregs1104/pgbent --skill scatter-label-layout -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.cursor/skills/scatter-label-layout in gregs1104/pgbent) into .agents/skills/scatter-label-layout in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Scatter Label Layout 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 gregs1104/pgbent --skill scatter-label-layout -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/scatter-label-layout, .gemini/skills/scatter-label-layout, .github/skills/scatter-label-layout and .opencode/skills/scatter-label-layout in your project.

What does Scatter Label Layout need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Scatter Label Layout needs the command-line tools its instructions call (python). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Scatter Label Layout 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 Scatter Label Layout 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 Scatter Label Layout use?

Scatter Label Layout 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 Scatter Label Layout use?

About 1.9k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7.7k 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 Scatter Label Layout?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Scatter Label Layout: Matplotlib (zLanqing/codex-claude-academic-skills, 4.6k stars), Scientific Visualization (mims-harvard/OptimusKG, 146 stars), Seaborn (zLanqing/codex-claude-academic-skills, 4.6k stars) and Plot From Data (Trae1ounG/paper-plot-skills, 866 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Scatter Label Layout?

gregs1104 (a GitHub user) maintains it in gregs1104/pgbent, which has 268 GitHub stars. The repository was last updated on August 15, 2026.

Source: gregs1104/pgbent on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Install Scatter Label Layout

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Files

Compare with similar skills

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