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 "schema_version": 1,
 "generated": "2026-10-26",
 "id": "sakanaai-autoillustrate--draft-paper-method-figure",
 "repo": "SakanaAI/AutoIllustrate",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/SakanaAI/AutoIllustrate",
 "repo_slug": "sakanaai-autoillustrate",
 "title": "Draft a method figure from a paper's methods section",
 "page_title": "How to draft a method figure from a paper's methods section with Auto Illustrate",
 "summary": "Generate an editable draw.io figure and a restyled PNG from a LaTeX methods section in one command.",
 "who": "A researcher preparing a paper who needs a front-page or method diagram and has the methods text in a .tex file.",
 "problem": "Drawing a clear method diagram by hand in draw.io takes hours, and a figure that is not editable is hard to revise after feedback.",
 "outcome": "A run folder with an editable full_figure.drawio, a deterministic full_figure.png, and a restyled full_figure_enhanced.png.",
 "steps": [
  "Install the draw.io desktop app so the drawio command is on PATH, and install the Claude Code CLI so claude is on PATH. (inferred, check the README)",
  "`npm install -g autoillustrate`",
  "`autoillustrate doctor`",
  "`autoillustrate examples/ai_scientist_method.tex --prompt \"Please make a diagram illustrating the method of our scientific research paper in a single panel. We intend to use it as front-page diagram in our research paper.\"` (replace the path with your own .tex file and edit the prompt to describe your method) (inferred, check the README)",
  "Open the newest folder under runs/ and read the files in its figures/ folder. Use full_figure.drawio for edits and full_figure_enhanced.png for the restyled image."
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "Using the repo SakanaAI/AutoIllustrate, run autoillustrate on <path to methods .tex file> with a prompt asking for a single-panel front-page method diagram. Confirm that the newest runs/ folder contains figures/full_figure.drawio, figures/full_figure.png and figures/full_figure_enhanced.png, and report that folder path.",
 "agents": [
  "claude-code"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Intermediate",
 "time": "1 hour",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "Matplotlib subplots and placeholder boxes are not directly editable in draw.io, and a default medium run takes about 15 minutes.",
 "category": "Research",
 "tags": [
  "Research"
 ],
 "lang": "typescript",
 "requirements": [
  "Node 22 or newer",
  "draw.io desktop CLI on PATH as drawio",
  "Claude Code CLI (claude) on PATH, since it is the default agent",
  "OPENAI_API_KEY set in the shell or a .env file",
  "Python 3.10 or newer (the CLI creates its own cached venv on first run)"
 ],
 "risk": "none",
 "seen_in_the_wild": false,
 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [
  {
   "tag": "credentials",
   "notice": "Coding agents launched by the tool inherit your environment, including OPENAI_API_KEY, so run it on trusted papers and preferably inside a container or VM."
  }
 ],
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 "score": 1.0,
 "evidence": [],
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