What problem does it solve? Weak figures sink otherwise-strong papers: reviewers scan the Motivated Example, Solution Overview, and Experimental Results figures in under a minute to judge a submission. This Skill guides the design of those three core figures so they communicate the paper's story clearly and pass reviewer scrutiny. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Paradigm Recommendation: Selects the right design paradigm for each figure type, such as Running Example plus Failure Case for Figure 1, or Pipeline, System Architecture, and Multi-layer layouts for the methodology overview. - Layout, Labelling, and Tool Guidance: Produces a concrete layout sketch, real-entity labelling rules, font and colour-blind-safe palette guidance, and a tool recommendation (PowerPoint, Figma, draw.io, Matplotlib, TikZ). - Quality-Control Audit: Audits proposed or existing figures against universal rules covering vector format, 8pt minimum fonts, honest axes, dual encoding, and no chartjunk, with optional vision-based inspection of an uploaded image. - Use Case: Before drawing Figure 1 for a text-to-SQL paper, ask for a design and receive a three-panel failure-case layout, annotation plan, and tool suggestion, then audit the finished draft before submission. ## Quick Start Use phd-figure-designer to design Figure 1 for my paper on text-to-SQL and recommend the right paradigm, layout, and tool.
