Is the Creating Figures skill free?

Yes. The skill itself is free from isomoes/skills. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.

What is the Creating Figures SkillProof Score?

9.2/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 8/10, docs & honesty 5/5.

How do I install Creating 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 Creating 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.

Creating Figures

Grayscale TikZ block-diagram design system with a mandatory render-and-inspect loop for academic figures

by isomoes · isomoes/skills

Tested · Works

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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 · e193eb8

Compiled a real feedback-loop block diagram both ways (installed tectonic for real) and rendered both to PNG with pdftoppm exactly as the skill's own verification workflow prescribes: the unguided baseline came out in garish default TikZ colors with an unlabeled curved arrow crossing the diagram, the skill version came out grayscale, print-safe, orthogonally routed, with a labeled feedback edge and a grouped subsystem box - a real, visible difference in publication readiness, not a subjective call.

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 8/10
Docs & honesty 5/5

What Creating Figures does

Guides authoring of publication-quality TikZ block diagrams, system architectures, and flowcharts for papers and theses using a strict grayscale palette, standard node/arrow styles, and Tufte-style data-ink discipline, then requires compiling to PDF and rendering a PNG/JPG preview for self-verification before finalizing. Triggers on requests for block diagrams, system architecture figures, flowcharts, or technical illustrations for academic writing.

How to install Creating Figures

git clone https://github.com/isomoes/skills
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r skills/skills/creating-figures ~/.claude/skills/creating-figures

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

Commands — how to trigger Creating Figures

/creating-figures Grayscale TikZ block-diagram design system with a mandatory render-and-inspect loop for academic figures

It also activates on plain-language prompts like these:

Draw a grayscale TikZ block diagram of my system architecture for the paper.
Make a publication-quality flowchart figure for my thesis in LaTeX.
Create a TikZ diagram of my data pipeline with a labeled feedback loop.

Frequently asked questions

Is the Creating Figures skill free?: Yes. The skill itself is free from isomoes/skills. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.
Does Creating Figures work with Claude Code?: We tested it with Claude Code 2.x (agent harness) on Jul 16, 2026. Verdict: Tested · Works. Compiled a real feedback-loop block diagram both ways (installed tectonic for real) and rendered both to PNG with pdftoppm exactly as the skill's own verification workflow prescribes: the unguided baseline came out in garish default TikZ colors with an unlabeled curved arrow crossing the diagram, the skill version came out grayscale, print-safe, orthogonally routed, with a labeled feedback edge and a grouped subsystem box - a real, visible difference in publication readiness, not a subjective call.
What is the Creating Figures SkillProof Score?: 9.2/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 8/10, docs & honesty 5/5.
How do I install Creating 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 Creating 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.