Is the LaTeX Paper Writer skill free?

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

What is the LaTeX Paper Writer SkillProof Score?

8.8/10 — installs cleanly 4/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 8/10, docs & honesty 5/5.

How do I install LaTeX Paper Writer?

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 LaTeX Paper Writer 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.

LaTeX Paper Writer

Scaffolds venue-templated LaTeX papers, generates result tables, and builds/git-checkpoints the PDF.

by jimezsa · jimezsa/opencolab

Works with setup

Install — copy the command Download source ↗

Test report

Verdict: Works with setup
Score: 8.8/10
Tested: Jul 16, 2026
Environment: Claude Code 2.x (agent harness)
Upstream re-checked: Aug 10, 2026 · 0c975fa

Ran the real scripts end-to-end (workspace init, CSV-to-LaTeX table, build, git checkpoint) - all worked correctly and the build step honestly reported 'No LaTeX compiler found' with exit 127 instead of faking a PDF. But every command in SKILL.md is hardcoded to 'projects/SKILLS/latex-paper-writer/scripts/...', so a literal standalone install (cp -r the skill folder into ~/.claude/skills/) breaks immediately - reproduced live: 'No such file or directory'.

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

Installs cleanly 4/5
Triggers reliably 5/5
Output vs. baseline 8/10
Docs & honesty 5/5

What LaTeX Paper Writer does

Creates a Git-versioned LaTeX paper workspace from venue templates (ICLR, NeurIPS, ICML, CVPR, ACL, ACM, IEEE, generic), converts CSV/JSON results into LaTeX tables, builds the PDF with latexmk with an honest failure path when no compiler is installed, and scopes Git checkpoints to the paper folder only. Trigger for drafting/editing scientific papers, reports, or research-to-PDF summaries.

How to install LaTeX Paper Writer

git clone https://github.com/jimezsa/opencolab
cd opencolab
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r projects/SKILLS/latex-paper-writer ~/.claude/skills/latex-paper-writer

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

Commands — how to trigger LaTeX Paper Writer

/latex-paper-writer Scaffolds venue-templated LaTeX papers, generates result tables, and builds/git-checkpoints the PDF.

It also activates on plain-language prompts like these:

Scaffold a NeurIPS paper workspace and build the PDF for me
Convert this results.csv into a LaTeX table for my ICML submission
Set up a git-versioned LaTeX paper using the ACL template

Frequently asked questions

Is the LaTeX Paper Writer skill free?: Yes. The skill itself is free from jimezsa/opencolab. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.
Does LaTeX Paper Writer work with Claude Code?: We tested it with Claude Code 2.x (agent harness) on Jul 16, 2026. Verdict: Works with setup. Ran the real scripts end-to-end (workspace init, CSV-to-LaTeX table, build, git checkpoint) - all worked correctly and the build step honestly reported 'No LaTeX compiler found' with exit 127 instead of faking a PDF. But every command in SKILL.md is hardcoded to 'projects/SKILLS/latex-paper-writer/scripts/...', so a literal standalone install (cp -r the skill folder into ~/.claude/skills/) breaks immediately - reproduced live: 'No such file or directory'.
What is the LaTeX Paper Writer SkillProof Score?: 8.8/10 — installs cleanly 4/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 8/10, docs & honesty 5/5.
How do I install LaTeX Paper Writer?: 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 LaTeX Paper Writer 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.