LaTeX Writer Skill

Write academic papers and professional resumes with LaTeX quality output on macOS.

Quick Start

bash

# Check dependencies first
~/.claude/skills/latex-writer/scripts/check-deps.sh

# Compile a document
~/.claude/skills/latex-writer/scripts/compile.sh document.tex

Capabilities

1. Paper Writing

•IEEE, ACM, and Chinese academic paper templates
•Automatic bibliography management (BibTeX)
•Math equations, figures, tables, algorithms
•Cross-references and citations

2. Resume/CV Creation

•Modern, academic, and Chinese resume templates
•ATS-friendly formatting
•Multi-version management by company/role

3. Format Conversion

•Markdown → LaTeX → PDF
•LaTeX → DOCX (via Pandoc)
•DOI → BibTeX entry

Available Templates

BasicTeX Compatible (Recommended)

These templates work with BasicTeX without additional packages:

Template	File	Use Case
Chinese Paper	`templates/paper-chinese-basic.tex`	中文学术论文 (BasicTeX)
Chinese Resume	`templates/resume-chinese-basic.tex`	中文简历 (BasicTeX)
IEEE Paper	`templates/paper-ieee.tex`	Conference/journal papers

Full Templates (require additional packages)

These require: sudo tlmgr install biblatex biber fontawesome5 titlesec

Template	File	Use Case
Chinese Paper (full)	`templates/paper-chinese.tex`	中文论文 (biblatex)
Modern Resume	`templates/resume-modern.tex`	Professional CV (fontawesome5)
Academic CV	`templates/resume-academic.tex`	Academic positions (fontawesome5)
Chinese Resume (full)	`templates/resume-chinese.tex`	中文简历 (fontawesome5)

Workflow

Writing a Paper

•

Create project structure

code

paper/
├── main.tex        # Main document
├── sections/       # Chapter files
├── figures/        # Images
└── references.bib  # Bibliography

•
Write content in LaTeX or Markdown

•

Compile

bash

~/.claude/skills/latex-writer/scripts/compile.sh main.tex xelatex

Creating a Resume

•
Choose template based on target (modern/academic/chinese)
•
Fill in YAML frontmatter or LaTeX fields

•

Generate PDF

bash

pandoc resume.md -o resume.pdf --pdf-engine=xelatex \
  -V CJKmainfont="Hiragino Sans GB"

Chinese Document Guidelines

For Chinese documents, always use XeLaTeX with ctex:

latex

\documentclass[UTF8,a4paper]{ctexart}

Pandoc command for Chinese:

bash

pandoc input.md -o output.pdf \
  --pdf-engine=xelatex \
  -V CJKmainfont="Hiragino Sans GB" \
  -V geometry:margin=2.5cm

Bibliography Management

Add citation from DOI

bash

~/.claude/skills/latex-writer/scripts/doi2bib.py 10.1145/1234567.1234568 >> refs.bib

Citation styles

•IEEE: \bibliographystyle{IEEEtran}
•ACM: \bibliographystyle{ACM-Reference-Format}
•APA: Use biblatex with style=apa

Supporting Files

•reference.md - LaTeX syntax quick reference
•templates/ - Document templates
•scripts/ - Build and utility scripts
•examples/ - Sample documents

Error Handling

If compilation fails:

•Check check-deps.sh output for missing packages
•Look for error in .log file
•
Common fixes:
- •Missing package: sudo tlmgr install <package>
- •Font not found: Install via Font Book or use fallback
- •Encoding issue: Ensure UTF-8 and use XeLaTeX

Requirements

•macOS 14+
•BasicTeX (brew install --cask basictex) or full MacTeX
•Pandoc (brew install pandoc) - optional, for Markdown conversion

BasicTeX PATH Setup

Add to ~/.zshrc or ~/.bash_profile:

bash

export PATH="/Library/TeX/texbin:$PATH"

Optional Packages (for full templates)

bash

sudo tlmgr install biblatex biber fontawesome5 titlesec listings