# Science Figure

> Plan, design, audit, or revise Science/AAAS-family scientific figures, multi-panel layouts, figure legends, graphical result stories, source-data mapping, and publication-ready visual outputs. Use when the user asks for a Science-style figure, figure plan, panel order, legend rewrite, graphical abstract-like evidence layout, microscopy/omics/robotics/clinical/materials figure audit, or journal-re…

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-shikaijieskj-science-skills-science-figure`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [shikaijieskj](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/shikaijieskj)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Agent Skills](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/agent-skills)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [shikaijieskj](https://github.com/shikaijieskj)
- **Source:** https://github.com/shikaijieskj/science-skills/tree/main/skills/science-figure

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-shikaijieskj-science-skills-science-figure
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# Science Figure

Use this skill before plotting or rewriting legends. A Science-family figure is an evidence
argument, not a decorative arrangement.

## First move: figure contract

Before editing or making a figure, define:

- core conclusion
- target audience
- panel list and each panel's question
- evidence hierarchy
- source data for each quantitative claim
- likely reviewer risk
- journal and article type, if known

If the user has not supplied data, create a panel plan and legend scaffold rather than fabricating
plots.

## Open extra files

| File | Open when |
|---|---|
| [references/figure-contract.md](references/figure-contract.md) | Need to convert results into panel map, evidence hierarchy, or reviewer-risk checks |
| [references/legend-and-panel-style.md](references/legend-and-panel-style.md) | Need legend structure, panel titles, typography, color, or abbreviation rules |
| [references/qa-checklist.md](references/qa-checklist.md) | Before final delivery or when auditing an existing figure |

## Figure workflow

1. State the figure's one-sentence conclusion.
2. Assign one job per panel:
   `context`, `design`, `validation`, `main result`, `mechanism`, `comparison`, `generalization`, or `limitation`.
3. Order panels by reader logic, not by experiment chronology.
4. Remove redundant panels unless they test different risks.
5. Map every claim in the legend to a panel, method, statistic, or source-data file.
6. Audit visual encoding:
   - color means the same thing across panels
   - axes and units are explicit
   - error bars and sample sizes are defined
   - statistical tests are specified where needed
   - image panels have scale bars and acquisition context
7. Return the figure plan, legend, and unresolved data/source issues.

## Science-family design defaults

- Favor dense but legible multi-panel evidence.
- Put the strongest result in the visual position the reader sees early.
- Use muted neutral structure plus a small number of meaningful accent colors.
- Avoid rainbow palettes unless the data are continuous and colorbar-labeled.
- Never use color alone to encode categorical distinctions.
- Legends should explain what was done and what is shown, not claim more than the data support.

## Output format

```text
Figure conclusion
[one sentence]

Panel map
| Panel | Job | Evidence | Key visual | Reviewer risk |

Legend draft
[legend]

Source-data / methods checks
- [needed files, statistics, scale bars, n, replicates, software, or "None"]
```

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [shikaijieskj](https://github.com/shikaijieskj)
- **Source:** [shikaijieskj/science-skills](https://github.com/shikaijieskj/science-skills)
- **License:** MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-shikaijieskj-science-skills-science-figure
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/shikaijieskj
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