latex-documents

name	latex-documents
description	Compile LaTeX documents to PDF - academic papers, theses, Beamer presentations, technical docs with math, bibliographies, and multi-file projects. Use when writing or compiling .tex/.bib source, typesetting equations, or building Beamer slides.

LaTeX Documents

LaTeX document preparation with the TeX Live toolchain: papers, reports, books, Beamer presentations, math typesetting, and bibliography management.

Quick path

Basic document → PDF:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{amsmath, amssymb}

\title{Document Title}
\author{Author Name}
\date{\today}

\begin{document}
\maketitle
\section{Introduction}
Content here...
\end{document}

pdflatex document.tex          # single pass
latexmk -pdf document.tex      # preferred: auto-resolves passes + bib deps

With a bibliography (references.bib + biblatex/biber):

\usepackage[backend=biber,style=ieee]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{references.bib}
% ... \cite{author2025} ... \printbibliography

latexmk -pdf -bibtex document.tex
# or manually: pdflatex → biber document → pdflatex → pdflatex

Math (inline $E = mc^2$, display \[...\], equation, align) → see references/latex-reference.md.

When to use

Academic papers, research articles, theses, technical reports, publication-quality typesetting, math-heavy documents, Beamer presentations, and multi-chapter books managed with \include/\input.

When not to use

• Simple markdown that doesn't need LaTeX formatting — write markdown directly.
• Comprehensive reports with multi-LLM research, charts, Wardley maps — use report-builder.
• Diagrams/flowcharts as code — use mermaid-diagrams.
• Web docs not compiled to PDF — markdown or HTML fits better.
• Slide decks outside Beamer (HTML/reveal.js) — standard web tools.

Prerequisites

• TeX Live: texlive-basic, texlive-bin, texlive-binextra, texlive-fontsrecommended, texlive-latexrecommended
• Bibliography: biber for biblatex processing
• Engines/tools: pdflatex, xelatex, lualatex, latexmk

Missing package → tlmgr install <package>. Use xelatex/lualatex for system fonts.

Beamer presentations

Quick start with the bundled AmurMaple theme:

\documentclass{beamer}
\usetheme{Amurmaple}
\title{My Presentation}\author{Your Name}\date{\today}
\begin{document}
\frame{\titlepage}
\begin{frame}{First Slide}
  \begin{itemize}\item Point 1\item Point 2\end{itemize}
\end{frame}
\thanksframe{Thank you!}
\end{document}

Start from a template and compile with the helper script:

# templates/beamer/{amurmaple-basic,amurmaple-academic,amurmaple-technical}.tex
cd examples/beamer
./compile-beamer.sh your-presentation.tex --biber      # add --handout / --lualatex as needed

Full theme detail (color variants, options, frame/block types, overlays, columns, code listings, TikZ, handouts, notes, troubleshooting) is in references/beamer.md. One-page cheat-sheet: BEAMER-QUICK-REFERENCE.md. Live examples: examples/beamer/ (demo + USAGE-EXAMPLES.md).

Deeper reference

references/latex-reference.md holds the full catalog and cookbook:

• Command reference (compile engines, bib tools, utilities)
• Document classes (article/report/book/beamer/IEEEtran/acmart)
• Common packages (essential, bibliography, tables/figures, code listings)
• Multi-file projects, math environments, output formats
• Best practices, compilation/bibliography/font troubleshooting
• Jupyter → LaTeX export, technical details

Beamer specifics: references/beamer.md. Module implementation notes: BEAMER-MODULE-SUMMARY.md.

Related skills

• jupyter-notebooks — generate LaTeX from notebooks.
• report-builder — create figures for inclusion.