researchstack-figure-studio

name	researchstack-figure-studio
description	Figure and table design skill for research papers. Use when Codex should decide what to visualize, sketch figure plans, critique existing charts, improve captions, structure result tables, or make visual evidence easier for strict reviewers to understand in AI, systems, or networking papers.

Figure Studio

Read ../researchstack/references/figures.md.

Use the bundled planning assets:

• assets/figure-storyboard-template.md
• assets/chart-anti-patterns.md
• assets/caption-rewrite-template.md

Start from the question a figure must answer.

For each figure or table, define:

• reader question,
• data source,
• encodings,
• comparison target,
• caption takeaway,
• failure mode if the data is ambiguous.

Prefer fewer, sharper figures over many weak ones.

Useful outputs:

• figure storyboard for the whole paper,
• caption rewrites,
• plot-type recommendations,
• panel organization for multi-part figures,
• anti-pattern callouts.

Call out when a figure is doing cosmetic work rather than evidentiary work.

If the user has not designed figures yet, start with the storyboard template before recommending plot types.