# Create Publication-Ready Scientific Schematics

Complex scientific concepts are difficult to present clearly in publication figures. This skill generates, reviews, and refines labeled diagrams for defined document standards.

## Install

```bash
npx skillstore add davila7/scientific-schematics
```

## Metadata

- Status: approved
- Slug: davila7-scientific-schematics
- Skillstore revision: r2
- Version status: missing
- Tree hash: fa08595f051c4bb4652af136a06e62b8b5d45e9c4948d5024413c90253e8c356
- Author: davila7
- GitHub username: davila7
- License: MIT
- Repository: https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/main/cli-tool/components/skills/scientific/scientific-schematics
- Ref: c43861a65bb95efcae259cd161c9d6f4dc7eec6f
- Supported tools: Claude, Codex, Claude Code
- Audit status: complete
- Agent install advisory: confirmation\_required
- Manual install advisory: allowed
- Artifact signature: available
- Audit attestation: unavailable
- Human verification: not\_verified
- Risk factors: external\_commands, network, filesystem, env\_access
- Quality score: 38
- Quality tier: warning
- Public page: https://skillstore.pages.dev/skills/davila7-scientific-schematics
- Manifest: https://skillstore.pages.dev/api/skills/davila7-scientific-schematics/manifest

## Capabilities

- Generates scientific diagram images from natural-language descriptions.
- Supports flowcharts, system architectures, neural networks, circuits, and biological pathways.
- Applies document-specific quality thresholds for journals, posters, presentations, and other formats.
- Reviews generated images with a separate vision model.
- Refines prompts and regenerates images when review scores miss the selected threshold.
- Saves versioned images and a review log containing scores and critiques.

## Use Cases

- Prepare Manuscript Figures: Create a labeled study flowchart or conceptual figure for expert review before journal submission.
- Explain Model Architecture: Visualize neural network components, data flow, and attention connections for technical reports or presentations.
- Teach Complex Pathways: Generate accessible biological or systems diagrams with clear labels, direction, and color constraints.

## Prompt Templates

### Create a Basic Flowchart

```
Create a top-to-bottom flowchart for [process]. Include [steps] with short labels and directional arrows. Use a clean white background.
```

### Map a System Architecture

```
Create a left-to-right architecture diagram for [system]. Show [components], data flows, interfaces, and boundaries. Target a presentation audience.
```

### Illustrate a Scientific Pathway

```
Create a journal-quality pathway diagram for [pathway]. Label [entities], activation, inhibition, and compartment boundaries. Use colorblind-friendly redundant encoding.
```

### Design a Constrained Study Figure

```
Create a [document type] figure for [study]. Preserve these exact labels: [labels]. Show counts, exclusions, uncertainty, and legend details. Review scientific accuracy carefully.
```

## Limitations

- Requires an OpenRouter API key, network access, and available model credits.
- Generated scientific content can contain factual, labeling, or layout errors.
- Produces raster images rather than editable vector diagrams.
- Limits refinement to two generation iterations.

## Best Practices

- Specify every required component, relationship, label, and direction in the initial prompt.
- Select the document type that matches the final publication or presentation context.
- Verify scientific accuracy, labels, accessibility, and publisher requirements before using any generated figure.

## Anti Patterns

- Do not submit vague requests that omit the diagram type, components, or relationships.
- Do not treat the model review score as proof of scientific correctness.
- Do not send confidential or regulated material to OpenRouter without authorization.

## Security Audit

- Audited at: 2026-07-23T14:37:57.888\+00:00
- Summary: Most static alerts are false positives caused by Markdown fences, placeholder key names, documentation links, and test code. Confirmed risks include OpenRouter data transmission, plaintext credential guidance, broad ancestor .env loading, and API-key exposure in child-process arguments.

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