LaTeX Writer Skill

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

Quick Start

# 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

1. Create project structure

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

2. Write content in LaTeX or Markdown

3. Compile

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

Creating a Resume

1. Choose template based on target (modern/academic/chinese)

2. Fill in YAML frontmatter or LaTeX fields

3. Generate PDF

   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:

\documentclass[UTF8,a4paper]{ctexart}

Pandoc command for Chinese:

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

~/.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:

1. Check check-deps.sh output for missing packages
2. Look for error in .log file
3. 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:

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

Optional Packages (for full templates)

sudo tlmgr install biblatex biber fontawesome5 titlesec listings