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graphe

graphe builds and checks documents: LaTeX papers, markdown rendered to PDF, and talk decks. It also scaffolds a research paper and runs a pre-submission novelty review. The skill pages describe each skill.

Install

/plugin marketplace add ajbarea/techne
/plugin install graphe@techne

Then run /graphe:setup. It checks uv, TeX Live (latexmk, pdflatex, biber), poppler, strings, Playwright's Chromium, and the optional tools for .pptx decks. It only reads, and prints the install command for anything missing. Claude follows the setup runbook.

First use

  • /graphe:latex paper/main.tex builds the paper and checks the log and the PDF.
  • /graphe:pdf notes.md renders markdown to a PDF.
  • /graphe:slides starts a web talk deck from the starter.

Troubleshooting

  • A script says latexmk is not on PATH. It prints the install command for your system. On Debian or Ubuntu that is sudo apt install texlive-latex-extra latexmk; on macOS, brew install --cask mactex-no-gui, then a new terminal.
  • pdftotext or pdftoppm is missing. Install poppler: sudo apt install poppler-utils, or brew install poppler.
  • Chromium does not start on Linux. Run uv run --no-project --with playwright==1.63.0 playwright install-deps chromium, which installs its system libraries with sudo apt.
  • graphe on claude.ai. The skills install there, and their build steps run shell commands that need Claude Code.