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Latex Writing

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dbosk·vlatest·writing

Generates and formats LaTeX code for equations, tables, and documents based on natural language descriptions.

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    Run this in your project

    terminal
    $ npx skills add dbosk/claude-skills --skill latex-writing -a claude-code

  2. Uses the open-source skills CLI and needs Node.js. Add -g to install it for your user instead of this project.

What we know about this skill

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dbosk

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This skill passed all 6 checks. We read its files at one commit and looked for the things that make a skill dangerous to run — not for whether it works.

  • Declares what it does: passed

    SKILL.md parses and declares a name and a description.

    SKILL.md exists, its frontmatter parses, and it declares a name and a description.

  • No undeclared network calls: passed

    Makes no network calls.

    Every host the skill dials — from its scripts, its config endpoints or the commands it tells the agent to run — is either well-known package and API infrastructure or declared in its own frontmatter. Links in documentation are not counted.

  • No obfuscated payloads: passed

    No encoded or obfuscated payloads.

    No base64, hex or compressed blob is decoded and then executed, and no encoded shell commands.

  • No credential access: passed

    Reads no keys, tokens, keychains or credential files.

    Neither the code nor the SKILL.md instructions read SSH keys, cloud credentials, keychains, token stores, browser cookie databases or dotfiles that hold secrets.

  • No pipe-to-shell installers: passed

    No pipe-to-shell or download-and-run installers.

    No `curl … | sh` pattern, in the code or in the instructions, that runs code fetched at run time.

  • Pinned to a commit: passed

    Scanned dbosk/claude-skills at 59971ce8dc.

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59971ce8dc
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latex-writing/SKILL.md
Scanned
7 files, 1,461 lines
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About this skill

What it does

This skill generates and formats LaTeX code for equations, tables, and documents based on natural language descriptions. It emphasizes creating well-structured, semantically correct LaTeX by guiding users to use appropriate environments like description, itemize, and enumerate. The skill promotes using LaTeX environments that match the content's meaning rather than just its visual appearance, correcting common formatting anti-patterns.

When to use it

  • Generating documentation for API parameters (e.g., "username" with a description).
  • Creating glossaries or definitions of terms (e.g., defining "LaTeX").
  • Documenting configuration options and their descriptions (e.g., "timeout" set to a specific value).
  • Presenting examples that pass or fail certain criteria, along with explanations.
  • Structuring lists where each item has a label and associated content.

Key capabilities

  • Generates LaTeX code for description, itemize, and enumerate environments.
  • Guides users to use semantic markup in LaTeX documents.
  • Identifies and corrects anti-patterns such as bold labels within itemize lists.
  • Provides guidance on when to use the description environment (for term-definition pairs).
  • Supports literate programming workflows with noweb's [[code]].

Example prompts

  • "Generate LaTeX code for a description of API parameters, including 'username' and 'password'."
  • "Create an itemized list of steps to install the software."
  • "Show me how to format a glossary entry for the term 'LaTeX'."

Tips & gotchas

  • Prioritize semantic meaning when choosing LaTeX environments. Avoid using itemize with bold or emphasized labels; use description instead.
  • When working with literate programming files (.nw), remember to utilize noweb’s [[code]] syntax for embedding LaTeX code.
  • This skill focuses on structuring content and correcting formatting, not generating complex mathematical equations directly.