posterskill-academic-posters

What This Skill Does

The posterskill-academic-posters skill is an advanced automation tool designed to bridge the gap between academic paper drafting in Overleaf and the final production of conference posters. By utilizing Claude Code, this skill parses your LaTeX source code and generates a high-quality, print-ready, self-contained HTML document. Unlike static PDF generators, this tool creates a responsive poster that features an integrated React-based visual editor. You can manipulate the structure of your poster in real-time, including resizing columns, swapping card positions, and adjusting typography, all within a browser interface. It eliminates the need for manual design software like Adobe Illustrator or Canva for basic layout tasks, allowing researchers to focus on content rather than aesthetic alignment.

Installation

To install and configure this skill, ensure you have the OpenClaw environment set up. Run the following command in your terminal:

clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/adisinghstudent/posterskill-academic-posters

Once installed, you must clone the posterskill repository locally. Navigate to your project directory and clone your Overleaf LaTeX project into the overleaf/ folder. Ensure your repository structure matches the requirements specified in the documentation to allow the agent to correctly map your LaTeX sections to poster components.

Use Cases

• Rapid prototyping of conference posters directly from existing LaTeX research papers.
• Standardizing lab poster designs by using reference PDFs for automatic style matching.
• Creating interactive digital versions of posters for online conference sessions that allow viewers to toggle between different visualization data.
• Automating layout adjustments using the programmatic posterAPI for complex data-heavy visualizations where manual placement is error-prone.

Example Prompts

1. "/make-poster --input-dir ./overleaf --style-ref ./references/sample_poster.pdf --theme professional"
2. "Update the poster layout to move the 'Methodology' section to the first column and increase the font size of all headers by 10%."
3. "Analyze the current poster layout waste using the API and suggest a more compact configuration to save space for the results section."

Tips & Limitations

• Tip: Use the 'Copy Config' feature after finalizing your layout in the browser. You can feed this JSON back into Claude Code to version control your layout iterations.
• Tip: If your LaTeX project uses complex custom macros or non-standard packages, ensure you provide a clear summary of the content hierarchy to the agent during the generation prompt.
• Limitation: The skill currently relies on standard LaTeX formatting. Extremely complex diagrams generated via TikZ might require manual export as high-resolution images for best performance within the HTML output.
• Limitation: Printing directly from the browser requires a browser-based PDF export; verify your print margins carefully for specific conference dimensions.