academic-poster-generator

Complete workflow for generating academic research posters from PDF literature; use when you need to extract paper content from PDFs and produce a LaTeX-based poster (beamerposter/tikzposter/baposter) with mandatory figure generation and a final rendered HTML deliverable.

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Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

The body is an executable, well-sequenced multi-stage pipeline with a real validation checkpoint, but it under-uses its own bundle: many reference files exist yet are not surfaced from SKILL.md, weakening navigation.

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Link the orphaned references from the relevant sections (e.g., point to references/pdf-extraction.md in 'PDF extraction approach', references/latex-packages.md and latex_poster_packages.md in 'LaTeX package selection', references/poster-design.md and poster_layout_design.md alongside design_principles.md, references/troubleshooting.md near the pipeline, references/poster_content_guide.md in 'Content structuring rules').

De-duplicate the repeated '2-3 figures / 40-50% visual area / >= 300 DPI' mandate by stating it once in 'Figure requirements' and cross-referencing it from the pipeline stages.

Add a concrete code snippet or scripted step for the Stage E agent-rendering step (CSS injection and `<img>` validation), which is currently described only as instructions.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	Mostly efficient with tight bullet lists and copy-paste commands, assuming Claude's competence; the "2-3 figures" mandate and file-policy are restated across multiple sections, which could be trimmed.	4 / 5
Actionability	Provides executable `python scripts/...` commands with real arguments and an expected output tree, but Stage E's agent-rendering step is instruction-only without concrete code, leaving a minor gap.	4 / 5
Workflow Clarity	Stages A-F are clearly sequenced with an explicit mandatory validation gate (Stage F `check_poster_quality.py`, contrast >= 4.5:1, figure-count check) and checklist references for this batch pipeline.	5 / 5
Progressive Disclosure	SKILL.md is an overview and the references it cites (design_principles.md, poster_quality_checklist.md, 3 templates) are real, but 7 of 9 reference files in the bundle (pdf-extraction, latex-packages, poster-design, poster_content_guide, poster_layout_design, troubleshooting, latex_poster_packages) are never signaled or navigated from the body.	3 / 5
	Total	16 / 20 Passed

Description

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Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

The description is strong: it states concrete capabilities, names the supported poster packages, and gives an explicit "use when" trigger. Minor improvements would add common synonyms and file extensions for broader natural-term coverage.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Lists multiple concrete actions — "extract paper content from PDFs", "produce a LaTeX-based poster (beamerposter/tikzposter/baposter)", "mandatory figure generation", "final rendered HTML deliverable" — with named packages, giving comprehensive coverage rather than just 1-2 actions.	5 / 5
Completeness	Explicitly answers both what (complete workflow: extract content → LaTeX poster → figures → rendered HTML) and when ("use when you need to extract paper content from PDFs and produce a LaTeX-based poster") with concrete trigger phrases.	5 / 5
Trigger Term Quality	Covers natural terms ("research posters", "PDFs", "LaTeX", package names, "figure generation", "HTML") but omits common synonyms/extensions like "conference poster", ".pdf", or "scientific poster", so a few natural terms are missing.	4 / 5
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	Targets a clear niche (academic research posters from PDF literature) with distinct triggers and named poster packages, leaving minimal overlap risk with unrelated skills.	5 / 5
	Total	19 / 20 Passed

Validation

87%

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Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation — 14 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

Criteria	Description	Result
frontmatter_unknown_keys	Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata	Warning
referenced_paths_exist	Referenced path issues: 4 deeper-than-1-level	Warning

	Total	14 / 16 Passed

Repository: aipoch/medical-research-skills
Path: scientific-skills/Other/academic-poster-generator/SKILL.md
Commit: 63c61d3

Reviewed: 9 hours ago

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