Latex Formatting

lingzhi227/latex-formatting

Handle LaTeX formatting, templates, and styling for academic papers. Set up conference templates (ICML, ICLR, NeurIPS, AAAI, ACL), fix formatting issues, manage packages, and ensure venue-specific compliance. Use when the user needs to set up a paper template, fix LaTeX formatting, or prepare for submission.

6k tokens

context cost

the whole folder, loaded on every use

files

ships runnable scripts

copies elsewhere

how many repositories repackaged it

256

stars on the repo

on the repository, not the skill itself

Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository

npx skills add https://github.com/lingzhi227/agent-research-skills --skill latex-formatting

The instruction itself

12 sections, as written by the author

LaTeX Formatting

Set up and manage LaTeX formatting for academic papers.

Input

$0 — Action: setup, fix, check
$1 — Venue name (for setup) or .tex file path (for fix/check)

Scripts

Pre-submission format checker

python ~/.claude/skills/latex-formatting/scripts/latex_checker.py paper/main.tex --venue neurips --check-anon

Checks: word count, required sections, TODO markers, anonymization, mismatched environments, content stats.

Validate citations and references

python ~/.claude/skills/citation-management/scripts/validate_citations.py \
  --tex paper/main.tex --bib paper/references.bib --check-figures

Clean LaTeX text (fix special characters)

python ~/.claude/skills/latex-formatting/scripts/clean_latex.py \
  --input paper/main.tex --output paper/main_cleaned.tex

Replaces special/non-UTF8 characters with LaTeX equivalents, skips math environments.

Key flags: --dry-run, --tables-only

Auto-fix after checking

python ~/.claude/skills/latex-formatting/scripts/latex_checker.py paper/main.tex --venue neurips --fix

Runs checks then applies clean_latex.py fixes, writing to main_fixed.tex.

References

Venue specs, project structure, packages, commands: ~/.claude/skills/latex-formatting/references/venue-templates.md

Action: `setup`

Create the project directory structure and main.tex for the specified venue. Use the template from references/venue-templates.md.

Action: `fix`

Fix common LaTeX issues: unescaped special chars, math mode errors, float placement, overfull/underfull boxes, cross-reference issues.

Action: `check`

Run latex_checker.py for pre-submission validation. Check page count, anonymization, required sections, TODO markers.

Upstream: paper-writing-section, table-generation
Downstream: paper-compilation
See also: citation-management

How to use it

Copy the folder

Take lingzhi227/latex-formatting from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

Check the name does not clash

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