What problem does it solve?
Scientific authors need a reliable, reproducible workflow to write publication-quality LaTeX papers without repeatedly breaking the build or losing track of citations and figures. This Skill enforces a test-driven pipeline that scaffolds a LaTeX project, manages BibTeX entries from OpenAlex, compiles incrementally, and runs strict verification so every section is always in a compilable state.
Core Features & Use Cases
- TDD compilation workflow: Write one section at a time, compile, and verify before proceeding to the next to avoid cascading LaTeX errors.
- Citation automation: Convert OpenAlex search results to BibTeX entries with the included Python converter and integrate them into references.bib.
- Reproducible build tooling: Scripts for pdflatex + bibtex compilation and a 12-check verifier that enforces PDF existence, citation/reference hygiene, figure presence, TODO removal, and overfull box limits.
- Template and reproducibility: Minimal IMRaD LaTeX template plus guidance for venue changes, macro conventions, and figure generation best practices.
- Use Case: An academic team with experiment results and figures can scaffold a paper, import references, iteratively draft sections, and produce a final, clean PDF that passes strict checks.
Quick Start
Scaffold a new LaTeX paper project, copy the provided template, and run the compile and verify scripts to produce an initial clean PDF for your paper slug.
