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 "generated": "2026-10-26",
 "id": "xuzhougeng-scientificfigurelibrary--build-personal-figure-template-library",
 "repo": "xuzhougeng/ScientificFigureLibrary",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/xuzhougeng/ScientificFigureLibrary",
 "repo_slug": "xuzhougeng-scientificfigurelibrary",
 "title": "Keep a versioned library of your figure templates",
 "page_title": "How to keep a versioned library of your figure templates with Scientific Figure Library",
 "summary": "Install Scientific Figure Library as an MCP server, bind one global Library folder, and import figures with their code as reviewed, immutable releases.",
 "who": "A researcher or bioinformatician who reuses plotting code across papers and wants every figure template versioned with the exact code that made it.",
 "problem": "Figure scripts are scattered across old projects, and nobody remembers which version produced the plot in the published paper.",
 "outcome": "One local library of reviewed figure templates, each release hashed and versioned, searchable from Claude, Codex, Cursor, Pi or dsh.",
 "steps": [
  "For Pi run `pi install npm:pi-mcp-adapter` and then `pi install npm:scientific-figure-library`",
  "For other stdio hosts, follow docs/QUICKSTART.md and register the server figure-library pointing at dist/index.js (Node.js 22 or newer)",
  "Restart the host and call figure_library_get_skill, then figure_library_source_status",
  "If it reports setup_required, bind one absolute global Library directory and a Local workspace",
  "Import a figure image with its code and review it at the gate",
  "Publish an immutable Release so it shows up under Local Published"
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 "agent_prompt": "Call figure_library_source_status. If writes are disabled, help me bind <absolute path> as my global Library after I confirm. Then import the figure <image path> with its code <script path>, review it and publish a release named <name>. Do not execute R or Python.",
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  "cursor",
  "claude-code"
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 "difficulty": "Intermediate",
 "time": "30 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "The server does not run plotting code; your host agent inspects and runs files.",
 "category": "Research",
 "tags": [
  "Research"
 ],
 "lang": "typescript",
 "requirements": [
  "An MCP host such as Pi, DeepSeek Harness (dsh), Claude, Codex or Cursor",
  "Node/npm for the Pi install"
 ],
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 "mentioned_publicly": false,
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