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Generates publication-quality figures for ML papers from research context. Given a paper section or description, extracts system components and relationships to generate architecture diagrams via Gemini. Given experiment results or data, auto-selects chart type and generates data
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Generates publication-quality figures for ML papers from research context. Given a paper section or description, extracts system components and relationships to generate architecture diagrams via Gemini. Given experiment results or data, auto-selects chart type and generates data-driven figures via matplotlib/seaborn. Use when creating any figure for a conference paper.
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Academic Plotting for ML Papers
Generate publication-quality figures for ML/AI conference papers. Two distinct workflows:
- Diagram figures (architecture, system design, workflows, pipelines) — AI image generation via Gemini
- Data figures (line charts, bar charts, scatter plots, heatmaps, ablations) — matplotlib/seaborn
When to Use Which Workflow
| Figure Type | Tool | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture / system diagram | Gemini (Workflow 1) | Complex spatial layouts with boxes, arrows, labels |
| Workflow / pipeline / lifecycle | Gemini (Workflow 1) | Multi-step processes with connections |
| Bar chart, line plot, scatter | matplotlib (Workflow 2) | Precise numerical data, reproducible |
| Heatmap, confusion matrix | matplotlib/seaborn (Workflow 2) | Structured grid data |
| Ablation table as chart | matplotlib (Workflow 2) | Grouped bars or line comparisons |
| Pie / donut chart | matplotlib (Workflow 2) | Proportional data (use sparingly in ML papers) |
| Training curves | matplotlib (Workflow 2) | Loss/accuracy over steps/epochs |
Rule of thumb: If the figure has numerical axes, use matplotlib. If the figure has boxes and arrows, use Gemini.
Step 0: Context Analysis & Extraction
The user will typically provide one of these inputs — not a ready-made specification:
| Input Type | Example | What to Extract |
|---|---|---|
| Full paper / section draft | "Here's our method section..." | System components, their relationships, data flow |
| Description paragraph | "Our system has three layers that..." | Key entities, hierarchy, connections |
| Raw results / data table | "MMLU: 85.2, HumanEval: 72.1..." | Metrics, methods, comparison structure |
| CSV / JSON data | Experiment log files | Variables, trends, grouping dimensions |
| Vague request | "Make a figure for the overview" | Read surrounding paper context to infer content |
Extraction Workflow
For diagrams (research context → architecture figure):
- Read the provided context — paper section, abstract, or description paragraph
- Identify visual entities — What are the main components/modules/stages?
- Look for: nouns that represent system parts, named modules, layers, stages
- Count them: if >8 top-level entities, consider grouping into sections
- Identify relationships — How do components connect?
- Look for: verbs describing data flow ("sends to", "queries", "feeds into")
- Classify: data flow (solid arrow), control flow (gray), error path (dashed red)
- Determine layout pattern:
- Sequential pipeline → left-to-right flow
- Layered architecture → horizontal bands stacked vertically
- Hub-and-spoke → central node with radiating connections
- Hierarchical → top-down tree
- Assign colors — One accent color per logical group/layer
- Write every label exactly — Extract exact terminology from the paper text
For data charts (results → figure):
- Read the provided data — table, paragraph with numbers, CSV, or JSON
- Identify dimensions:
- What is being compared? (methods, models, configurations) → categorical axis
- What is the metric? (accuracy, loss, latency, F1) → value axis
- Is there a time/step dimension? → line plot
- Are there multiple metrics? → multi-panel or grouped bars
- Choose chart type automatically using this priority:
- Has a step/time axis → line plot
- Comparing N methods on M benchmarks → grouped bar chart
- Single ranking → horizontal bar (leaderboard)
- Correlation between two continuous variables → scatter plot
- Square matrix of values → heatmap
- Proportional breakdown → stacked bar (avoid pie charts)
- Determine figure sizing — Single column vs full width based on data density
- Highlight "our method" — Identify which entry is the paper's contribution and give it a distinct color
Auto-Detection Examples
Context → Diagram: "Our system has a Planner, Executor, and Verifier. Planner sends plans to Executor, Executor returns results to Verifier, Verifier feeds back to Planner on failure." → 3 entities, cycle layout, dashed feedback arrow → Workflow 1 (Gemini)
Data → Chart: "GPT-4: MMLU 86.4, HumanEval 67.0. Ours: 88.1, 71.2. Llama-3: 79.3, 62.1." → 3 methods × 2 benchmarks → Workflow 2 (grouped bar), highlight "Ours" in coral
Workflow 1: Architecture & System Diagrams (AI Image Generation)
Use Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview to generate diagrams. Choose a visual style first — this is the single biggest factor in whether the figure looks professional or generic.
Visual Styles
Pick one style per paper (all figures should be consistent):
Style A: "Sketch / 简笔画" (Hand-Drawn)
Warm, approachable, memorable. Ideal for overview figures and system introductions. Looks like a whiteboard sketch refined by a designer.
VISUAL STYLE — HAND-DRAWN SKETCH:
- Slightly irregular, hand-drawn line quality — lines wobble gently, not perfectly straight
- Rounded, soft shapes with visible pen strokes (like drawn with a thick felt-tip marker)
- Warm off-white background (#FAFAF7), NOT pure white
- Fill colors are soft watercolor-like washes: muted blue (#D6E4F0), soft peach (#F5DEB3),
light sage (#D4E6D4), pale lavender (#E6DFF0)
- Borders are dark charcoal (#2C2C2C) with 2-3px line weight, slightly uneven
- Arrows are hand-drawn with slight curves, ending in simple open arrowheads (not filled triangles)
- Text uses a rounded sans-serif font (like Comic Neue or Architects Daughter feel)
- Small doodle-style icons inside boxes: a tiny gear ⚙ for processing, a lightbulb 💡 for ideas,
a magnifying glass 🔍 for search — rendered as simple line drawings, NOT emoji
- Overall feel: a carefully drawn whiteboard diagram, clean but with personality
- NO clip art, NO stock icons, NO photorealistic elements
Style B: "Modern Minimal" (Clean & Bold)
Confident, authoritative. Best for method figures where precision matters.
VISUAL STYLE — MODERN MINIMAL:
- Ultra-clean geometric shapes with crisp edges
- Bold color blocks as backgrounds for sections — NOT just accent bars, but full section fills
using desaturated tones: slate blue (#E8EDF2), warm sand (#F5F0E8), cool mint (#E8F2EE)
- Component boxes have ROUNDED CORNERS (12px radius), NO visible border — they float on
the section background using subtle shadow (1px, 4px blur, rgba(0,0,0,0.06))
- ONE accent color per section used sparingly on key elements: Deep blue (#2563EB),
Emerald (#059669), Amber (#D97706), Rose (#E11D48)
- Arrows are thin (1.5px), dark gray (#6B7280), with small filled circle at source
and clean arrowhead at target — NOT thick colored arrows
- Typography: Inter or system sans-serif, title 600 weight, body 400 weight
- Labels INSIDE boxes, not beside them
- Generous whitespace — at least 24px between elements
- NO decorative elements, NO icons — let the structure speak
Style C: "Illustrated Technical" (Icon-Rich)
Engaging, explanatory. Good for tutorial-style papers and figures that need to be self-explanatory.
VISUAL STYLE — ILLUSTRATED TECHNICAL:
- Each major component has a small MEANINGFUL ICON drawn in a consistent line-art style
(single color, 2px stroke, ~24x24px): brain icon for reasoning, database cylinder for storage,
arrow-loop for iteration, network nodes for communication
- Components sit inside soft rounded rectangles with a LEFT COLOR STRIP (4px wide)
- Background is pure white, but each logical group has a very faint colored region behind it
(#F8FAFC for blue group, #FFF8F0 for orange group)
- Connections use CURVED bezier paths (not straight lines), colored by SOURCE component
- Key data flows are THICKER (3px) than secondary flows (1px, dashed)
- Small annotation badges on arrows: "×N" for repeated operations, "optional" in italics
- Title labels are ABOVE each section in small caps, letter-spaced
- Overall: like a well-designed API documentation diagram
Style D: "Accent Bar" (Classic Academic)
The default academic style. Safe for any venue, works well in grayscale.
VISUAL STYLE — CLASSIC ACCENT BAR:
- Horizontal section bands stacked vertically, pale gray (#F7F7F5) fill
- Thick colored LEFT ACCENT BAR (8px) distinguishes each section
- Content boxes: white fill, thin #DDD border, 4px rounded corners
- Section palette: Blue #4A90D9, Teal #5BA58B, Amber #D4A252, Slate #7B8794
- Sans-serif typography (Helvetica/Arial), bold titles, regular body
- Colored arrows match their SOURCE section
- Clean, flat, zero decoration
Curated Color Palettes
"Ocean Dusk" (professional, calming — default recommendation):
#264653 deep teal, #2A9D8F teal, #E9C46A gold, #F4A261 sandy orange, #E76F51 burnt coral
"Ink & Wash" (for 简笔画 style):
#2C2C2C charcoal ink, #D6E4F0 washed blue, #F5DEB3 washed wheat, #D4E6D4 washed sage, #E6DFF0 washed lavender
"Nord" (for modern minimal):
#2E3440 polar night, #5E81AC frost blue, #A3BE8C aurora green, #EBCB8B aurora yellow, #BF616A aurora red
"Okabe-Ito" (universal colorblind-safe, required for data charts):
#E69F00 orange, #56B4E9 sky blue, #009E73 green, #F0E442 yellow, #0072B2 blue, #D55E00 vermillion, #CC79A7 pink
Checklist
- Extract from context: Read paper/description, identify entities and relationships
- Choose visual style (A/B/C/D) — match the paper's tone and venue
- Choose color palette — or use one consistent with existing paper figures
- Obtain Gemini API key (
GEMINI_API_KEYenv var) - Write a detailed prompt: style block + layout + connections + constraints
- Generate script at
figures/gen_fig_<name>.py, run for 3 attempts - Review, select best, save as
figures/fig_<name>.png
Prompt Structure (6 Sections)
Every Gemini prompt must include these sections in order:
1. FRAMING (5 lines): "Create a [STYLE_NAME]-style technical diagram for a
[VENUE] paper. The diagram should feel [ADJECTIVES]..."
2. VISUAL STYLE (20-30 lines): Copy the full style block from above (A/B/C/D).
This is the most important section — it determines the entire visual character.
3. COLOR PALETTE (10 lines): Exact hex codes for every color used.
4. LAYOUT (50-150 lines): Every component, box, section — exact text, spatial
arrangement, and grouping. Be exhaustively specific.
5. CONNECTIONS (30-80 lines): Every arrow individually — source, target, style,
label, routing direction.
6. CONSTRAINTS (10 lines): What NOT to include. Adapt per style — e.g., sketch
style allows slight irregularity but still no clip art.
Generation Script Template
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Generate [FIGURE_NAME] diagram using Gemini image generation."""
import os, sys, time
from google import genai
API_KEY = os.environ.get("GEMINI_API_KEY")
if not API_KEY:
print("ERROR: Set GEMINI_API_KEY environment variable.")
print(" Get a key at: https://aistudio.google.com/apikey")
sys.exit(1)
MODEL = "gemini-3-pro-image-preview"
OUTPUT_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
client = genai.Client(api_key=API_KEY)
PROMPT = """
[PASTE YOUR 6-SECTION PR
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name: academic-plotting description: Generates publication-quality figures for ML papers from research context. Given a paper section or description, extracts system components and relationships to generate architecture diagrams via Gemini. Given experiment results or data, auto-selects chart type and generates data-driven figures via matplotlib/seaborn. Use when creating any figure for a conference paper. license: MIT metadata: version: 1.0.0 category: visualization-and-presentation maintainer: Kalaris Labs tags: Academic Writing, Visualization, Matplotlib, Seaborn, Plotting, Figures, Diagrams, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, LaTeX dependencies: matplotlib>=3.8.0, seaborn>=0.13.0, numpy, google-genai>=1.0.0
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name: academic-plotting
description: Generates publication-quality figures for ML papers from research context. Given a paper section or description, extracts system components and relationships to generate architecture diagrams via Gemini. Given experiment results or data, auto-selects chart type and generates data-driven figures via matplotlib/seaborn. Use when creating any figure for a conference paper.
license: MIT
metadata:
version: 1.0.0
category: visualization-and-presentation
maintainer: Kalaris Labs
tags: Academic Writing, Visualization, Matplotlib, Seaborn, Plotting, Figures, Diagrams, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, LaTeX
dependencies: matplotlib>=3.8.0, seaborn>=0.13.0, numpy, google-genai>=1.0.0
---
# Academic Plotting for ML Papers
Generate publication-quality figures for ML/AI conference papers. Two distinct workflows:
1. **Diagram figures** (architecture, system design, workflows, pipelines) — AI image generation via Gemini
2. **Data figures** (line charts, bar charts, scatter plots, heatmaps, ablations) — matplotlib/seaborn
## When to Use Which Workflow
| Figure Type | Tool | Why |
|-------------|------|-----|
| Architecture / system diagram | Gemini (Workflow 1) | Complex spatial layouts with boxes, arrows, labels |
| Workflow / pipeline / lifecycle | Gemini (Workflow 1) | Multi-step processes with connections |
| Bar chart, line plot, scatter | matplotlib (Workflow 2) | Precise numerical data, reproducible |
| Heatmap, confusion matrix | matplotlib/seaborn (Workflow 2) | Structured grid data |
| Ablation table as chart | matplotlib (Workflow 2) | Grouped bars or line comparisons |
| Pie / donut chart | matplotlib (Workflow 2) | Proportional data (use sparingly in ML papers) |
| Training curves | matplotlib (Workflow 2) | Loss/accuracy over steps/epochs |
**Rule of thumb**: If the figure has numerical axes, use matplotlib. If the figure has boxes and arrows, use Gemini.
---
## Step 0: Context Analysis & Extraction
The user will typically provide one of these inputs — not a ready-made specification:
| Input Type | Example | What to Extract |
|-----------|---------|-----------------|
| Full paper / section draft | "Here's our method section..." | System components, their relationships, data flow |
| Description paragraph | "Our system has three layers that..." | Key entities, hierarchy, connections |
| Raw results / data table | "MMLU: 85.2, HumanEval: 72.1..." | Metrics, methods, comparison structure |
| CSV / JSON data | Experiment log files | Variables, trends, grouping dimensions |
| Vague request | "Make a figure for the overview" | Read surrounding paper context to infer content |
### Extraction Workflow
**For diagrams** (research context → architecture figure):
1. **Read the provided context** — paper section, abstract, or description paragraph
2. **Identify visual entities** — What are the main components/modules/stages?
- Look for: nouns that represent system parts, named modules, layers, stages
- Count them: if >8 top-level entities, consider grouping into sections
3. **Identify relationships** — How do components connect?
- Look for: verbs describing data flow ("sends to", "queries", "feeds into")
- Classify: data flow (solid arrow), control flow (gray), error path (dashed red)
4. **Determine layout pattern**:
- Sequential pipeline → left-to-right flow
- Layered architecture → horizontal bands stacked vertically
- Hub-and-spoke → central node with radiating connections
- Hierarchical → top-down tree
5. **Assign colors** — One accent color per logical group/layer
6. **Write every label exactly** — Extract exact terminology from the paper text
**For data charts** (results → figure):
1. **Read the provided data** — table, paragraph with numbers, CSV, or JSON
2. **Identify dimensions**:
- What is being compared? (methods, models, configurations) → categorical axis
- What is the metric? (accuracy, loss, latency, F1) → value axis
- Is there a time/step dimension? → line plot
- Are there multiple metrics? → multi-panel or grouped bars
3. **Choose chart type** automatically using this priority:
- Has a step/time axis → **line plot**
- Comparing N methods on M benchmarks → **grouped bar chart**
- Single ranking → **horizontal bar** (leaderboard)
- Correlation between two continuous variables → **scatter plot**
- Square matrix of values → **heatmap**
- Proportional breakdown → **stacked bar** (avoid pie charts)
4. **Determine figure sizing** — Single column vs full width based on data density
5. **Highlight "our method"** — Identify which entry is the paper's contribution and give it a distinct color
### Auto-Detection Examples
**Context → Diagram**: "Our system has a Planner, Executor, and Verifier. Planner sends plans to Executor, Executor returns results to Verifier, Verifier feeds back to Planner on failure."
→ 3 entities, cycle layout, dashed feedback arrow → **Workflow 1 (Gemini)**
**Data → Chart**: "GPT-4: MMLU 86.4, HumanEval 67.0. Ours: 88.1, 71.2. Llama-3: 79.3, 62.1."
→ 3 methods × 2 benchmarks → **Workflow 2 (grouped bar)**, highlight "Ours" in coral
---
## Workflow 1: Architecture & System Diagrams (AI Image Generation)
Use Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview to generate diagrams. **Choose a visual style first** — this is the single biggest factor in whether the figure looks professional or generic.
### Visual Styles
Pick one style per paper (all figures should be consistent):
#### Style A: "Sketch / 简笔画" (Hand-Drawn)
Warm, approachable, memorable. Ideal for overview figures and system introductions. Looks like a whiteboard sketch refined by a designer.
```
VISUAL STYLE — HAND-DRAWN SKETCH:
- Slightly irregular, hand-drawn line quality — lines wobble gently, not perfectly straight
- Rounded, soft shapes with visible pen strokes (like drawn with a thick felt-tip marker)
- Warm off-white background (#FAFAF7), NOT pure white
- Fill colors are soft watercolor-like washes: muted blue (#D6E4F0), soft peach (#F5DEB3),
light sage (#D4E6D4), pale lavender (#E6DFF0)
- Borders are dark charcoal (#2C2C2C) with 2-3px line weight, slightly uneven
- Arrows are hand-drawn with slight curves, ending in simple open arrowheads (not filled triangles)
- Text uses a rounded sans-serif font (like Comic Neue or Architects Daughter feel)
- Small doodle-style icons inside boxes: a tiny gear ⚙ for processing, a lightbulb 💡 for ideas,
a magnifying glass 🔍 for search — rendered as simple line drawings, NOT emoji
- Overall feel: a carefully drawn whiteboard diagram, clean but with personality
- NO clip art, NO stock icons, NO photorealistic elements
```
#### Style B: "Modern Minimal" (Clean & Bold)
Confident, authoritative. Best for method figures where precision matters.
```
VISUAL STYLE — MODERN MINIMAL:
- Ultra-clean geometric shapes with crisp edges
- Bold color blocks as backgrounds for sections — NOT just accent bars, but full section fills
using desaturated tones: slate blue (#E8EDF2), warm sand (#F5F0E8), cool mint (#E8F2EE)
- Component boxes have ROUNDED CORNERS (12px radius), NO visible border — they float on
the section background using subtle shadow (1px, 4px blur, rgba(0,0,0,0.06))
- ONE accent color per section used sparingly on key elements: Deep blue (#2563EB),
Emerald (#059669), Amber (#D97706), Rose (#E11D48)
- Arrows are thin (1.5px), dark gray (#6B7280), with small filled circle at source
and clean arrowhead at target — NOT thick colored arrows
- Typography: Inter or system sans-serif, title 600 weight, body 400 weight
- Labels INSIDE boxes, not beside them
- Generous whitespace — at least 24px between elements
- NO decorative elements, NO icons — let the structure speak
```
#### Style C: "Illustrated Technical" (Icon-Rich)
Engaging, explanatory. Good for tutorial-style papers and figures that need to be self-explanatory.
```
VISUAL STYLE — ILLUSTRATED TECHNICAL:
- Each major component has a small MEANINGFUL ICON drawn in a consistent line-art style
(single color, 2px stroke, ~24x24px): brain icon for reasoning, database cylinder for storage,
arrow-loop for iteration, network nodes for communication
- Components sit inside soft rounded rectangles with a LEFT COLOR STRIP (4px wide)
- Background is pure white, but each logical group has a very faint colored region behind it
(#F8FAFC for blue group, #FFF8F0 for orange group)
- Connections use CURVED bezier paths (not straight lines), colored by SOURCE component
- Key data flows are THICKER (3px) than secondary flows (1px, dashed)
- Small annotation badges on arrows: "×N" for repeated operations, "optional" in italics
- Title labels are ABOVE each section in small caps, letter-spaced
- Overall: like a well-designed API documentation diagram
```
#### Style D: "Accent Bar" (Classic Academic)
The default academic style. Safe for any venue, works well in grayscale.
```
VISUAL STYLE — CLASSIC ACCENT BAR:
- Horizontal section bands stacked vertically, pale gray (#F7F7F5) fill
- Thick colored LEFT ACCENT BAR (8px) distinguishes each section
- Content boxes: white fill, thin #DDD border, 4px rounded corners
- Section palette: Blue #4A90D9, Teal #5BA58B, Amber #D4A252, Slate #7B8794
- Sans-serif typography (Helvetica/Arial), bold titles, regular body
- Colored arrows match their SOURCE section
- Clean, flat, zero decoration
```
### Curated Color Palettes
**"Ocean Dusk"** (professional, calming — default recommendation):
`#264653` deep teal, `#2A9D8F` teal, `#E9C46A` gold, `#F4A261` sandy orange, `#E76F51` burnt coral
**"Ink & Wash"** (for 简笔画 style):
`#2C2C2C` charcoal ink, `#D6E4F0` washed blue, `#F5DEB3` washed wheat, `#D4E6D4` washed sage, `#E6DFF0` washed lavender
**"Nord"** (for modern minimal):
`#2E3440` polar night, `#5E81AC` frost blue, `#A3BE8C` aurora green, `#EBCB8B` aurora yellow, `#BF616A` aurora red
**"Okabe-Ito"** (universal colorblind-safe, required for data charts):
`#E69F00` orange, `#56B4E9` sky blue, `#009E73` green, `#F0E442` yellow, `#0072B2` blue, `#D55E00` vermillion, `#CC79A7` pink
### Checklist
- [ ] **Extract from context**: Read paper/description, identify entities and relationships
- [ ] **Choose visual style** (A/B/C/D) — match the paper's tone and venue
- [ ] **Choose color palette** — or use one consistent with existing paper figures
- [ ] Obtain Gemini API key (`GEMINI_API_KEY` env var)
- [ ] Write a detailed prompt: style block + layout + connections + constraints
- [ ] Generate script at `figures/gen_fig_<name>.py`, run for 3 attempts
- [ ] Review, select best, save as `figures/fig_<name>.png`
### Prompt Structure (6 Sections)
Every Gemini prompt must include these sections in order:
```
1. FRAMING (5 lines): "Create a [STYLE_NAME]-style technical diagram for a
[VENUE] paper. The diagram should feel [ADJECTIVES]..."
2. VISUAL STYLE (20-30 lines): Copy the full style block from above (A/B/C/D).
This is the most important section — it determines the entire visual character.
3. COLOR PALETTE (10 lines): Exact hex codes for every color used.
4. LAYOUT (50-150 lines): Every component, box, section — exact text, spatial
arrangement, and grouping. Be exhaustively specific.
5. CONNECTIONS (30-80 lines): Every arrow individually — source, target, style,
label, routing direction.
6. CONSTRAINTS (10 lines): What NOT to include. Adapt per style — e.g., sketch
style allows slight irregularity but still no clip art.
```
### Generation Script Template
```python
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Generate [FIGURE_NAME] diagram using Gemini image generation."""
import os, sys, time
from google import genai
API_KEY = os.environ.get("GEMINI_API_KEY")
if not API_KEY:
print("ERROR: Set GEMINI_API_KEY environment variable.")
print(" Get a key at: https://aistudio.google.com/apikey")
sys.exit(1)
MODEL = "gemini-3-pro-image-preview"
OUTPUT_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
client = genai.Client(api_key=API_KEY)
PROMPT = """
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