Awesome LaTeX Skills
Five LaTeX skills: build repair, prose polish, journal template migration, paper reading and TeX recovery from PDF.
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Why this level
- The skills edit project files and run LaTeX builds on your machine.
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In your terminal, with SkillFoxx CLI
npx skillfoxx add skills/awesome-latex-skillsDetects the agents on your machine, shows the access level and pins the version.
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- The skills edit project files and run LaTeX builds on your machine.
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What it does
Awesome LaTeX Skills is five skills for scientific work in LaTeX. `latex-rescue` diagnoses build errors, makes minimal source fixes and reports what builds and what remains. `latex-polish` edits academic prose at three intensity levels while preserving claims and numbers. `latex-fmt` migrates a paper to a conference or journal template and reports which requirements passed, failed or went unverified. `paper-read` ties claims to evidence and cites locations in the original paper. `pdf2tex` reconstructs editable LaTeX from a PDF and flags uncertain content. Install goes through a Python package and the `als install` command, invoked as `/latex-rescue` in Claude Code or `$latex-rescue` in Codex. The venue guide covers NeurIPS, ICML, CVPR, ACL, ICLR, Nature and Science, but official author kits must be obtained separately.
Who it is for. Authors writing papers in LaTeX who prepare a manuscript for submission and want an agent to fix the build and template rather than rewrite the content.
Good fit when
- A project fails to build because of a package or bibliography error.
- A manuscript moves from one conference template to another.
- Paragraphs are polished so numbers and conclusions stay intact.
- An editable `.tex` is recovered from a PDF without sources.
Not a fit when
- The manuscript is written from scratch, while the skills work on an existing project.
- An official venue template is needed, installed separately.
- The environment is neither Claude Code nor Codex.
Example request
Build the paper project, find the cause of the failure, fix it minimally and show what remains unfixed.Limitations
Python 3.10 or newer is required. The venue guide points to official instructions, but verify the year, track and submission stage yourself. PDF recovery is not exact and uncertain spots are flagged. Prose edits change project files, so work under git. Edits go straight into manuscript files, and build reports rely on your local LaTeX distribution; without it the skills cannot verify the result. Venue requirements change every year, so official instructions must be checked by hand.
How to disable. Delete the `latex-*`, `paper-read` and `pdf2tex` skill folders from the agent's directory and the package with `python -m pip uninstall`.
FAQ
How do I invoke a skill?
As `/latex-rescue` in Claude Code or `$latex-rescue` in Codex. Natural-language requests also work.
What does latex-fmt report?
A list of template requirements marked passed, failed or unverified against the venue's official guidance.
Can I skip installing the package?
Yes. `python scripts/als.py` accepts the same commands from a checkout without installing the package.
Which venues does the guide cover?
NeurIPS, ICML, CVPR, ACL and EMNLP, ICLR, ECCV, AAAI, TMLR, IEEE, Nature, Science, COLING, KDD, SIGIR and Interspeech. The guide only routes to official instructions.
How do I recover LaTeX from a PDF?
Invoke `pdf2tex` on the file. It builds an editable `.tex`, flags uncertain content and compares the result with the original.
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Comparison with similar tools
Cards that share the main search query, and how they differ.
| Tool | Official | Repository stars | Main difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Awesome LaTeX Skills (this card) | no | 187 | |
| latex-paper-skills | no | 275 | carries a paper from topic to PDF step by step; awesome-latex-skills repairs the build, template and polish of an existing project |
| LaTeX Document Skill | no | 828 | builds a PDF from a document description; this one covers journal templates and PDF recovery |
README in short
Five skills with build and template reports instead of a general fix-my-LaTeX prompt.