Is the Academic Figures skill free?

Yes. The skill itself is free from sai-tv/academic-figures. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.

What is the Academic Figures SkillProof Score?

9.2/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 9/10, docs & honesty 4/5.

How do I install Academic Figures?

Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.

Can I use Academic Figures with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?

The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.

Academic Figures

Generates journal-formatted, Inkscape-editable SVG figure variants with enforced arrow/label spacing rules.

by sai-tv · sai-tv/academic-figures

Tested · Works

Install — copy the command Download source ↗

Test report

Verdict: Tested · Works
Score: 9.2/10
Tested: Jul 16, 2026
Environment: Claude Code 2.x (agent harness)
Upstream re-checked: Aug 10, 2026 · 8620740

Actually implemented the skill's own Python SVG helper functions for a 3-panel battery-coating figure: the arrow gaps landed exactly at the required 18mm minimum and panel labels sat 2.5mm clear of the content border by formula, while a naive baseline SVG (same task, ignoring the skill) had 20px arrows and labels crowding right against the panel edge.

Scored on four weighted criteria — install, triggering, output vs. baseline, docs. How scoring works

Installs cleanly 5/5
Triggers reliably 5/5
Output vs. baseline 9/10
Docs & honesty 4/5

What Academic Figures does

Produces 2-3 publication-ready SVG figure variants (multi-panel, graphical abstract, or TOC graphic) with exact journal dimensions (Nature/Cell/ACS/IEEE/Elsevier), colorblind-safe palettes, and named editable layers for Inkscape or Ipe. Triggers on requests for a schematic figure, graphical abstract, TOC graphic, or journal-formatted vector illustration for a paper.

How to install Academic Figures

git clone https://github.com/sai-tv/academic-figures.git
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r academic-figures ~/.claude/skills/academic-figures

Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ (per-project). Restart Claude Code after installing.

Commands — how to trigger Academic Figures

/academic-figures Generates journal-formatted, Inkscape-editable SVG figure variants with enforced arrow/label spacing rules.

It also activates on plain-language prompts like these:

Generate a Nature-style 3-panel schematic figure for my paper
I need an editable SVG graphical abstract for journal submission
Make a TOC graphic sized correctly for an ACS journal submission

Frequently asked questions

Is the Academic Figures skill free?: Yes. The skill itself is free from sai-tv/academic-figures. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.
Does Academic Figures work with Claude Code?: We tested it with Claude Code 2.x (agent harness) on Jul 16, 2026. Verdict: Tested · Works. Actually implemented the skill's own Python SVG helper functions for a 3-panel battery-coating figure: the arrow gaps landed exactly at the required 18mm minimum and panel labels sat 2.5mm clear of the content border by formula, while a naive baseline SVG (same task, ignoring the skill) had 20px arrows and labels crowding right against the panel edge.
What is the Academic Figures SkillProof Score?: 9.2/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 9/10, docs & honesty 4/5.
How do I install Academic Figures?: Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.
Can I use Academic Figures with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?: The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.