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Figure Designer

Figure Designer is an agent skill (a SKILL.md file) from HKUSTDial/Supervisor-Skills. Advises on the design of the three core figures in a technical paper: the Motivated Example (Figure 1), the Solution Overview (Methodology), and the Experimental Results figures. It works with Claude Code, Codex and Cursor and has 8,430 GitHub stars across a repository of 2 listed skills.

github.com/HKUSTDial/Supervisor-Skills/skills/figure-designer (opens in a new tab)

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Claude

Claude Code loads skills from ~/.claude/skills/ (all projects) or .claude/skills/ (one project):

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/HKUSTDial/Supervisor-Skills.git
cp -r Supervisor-Skills/skills/figure-designer ~/.claude/skills/figure-designer   # personal, or .claude/skills in a project

In the Claude apps, zip the figure-designer folder and upload it under Customize > Skills > + > Upload a skill (code execution must be on).

ChatGPT / Codex

Codex reads skills from .agents/skills/ in a repo or ~/.agents/skills/ for every project:

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/HKUSTDial/Supervisor-Skills.git
cp -r Supervisor-Skills/skills/figure-designer .agents/skills/figure-designer   # repo; ~/.agents/skills for all projects

Standalone skills also load in the ChatGPT desktop app.

Cursor

Cursor loads skills from .cursor/skills/ (or ~/.cursor/skills/) and also reads .claude/skills/:

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/HKUSTDial/Supervisor-Skills.git
cp -r Supervisor-Skills/skills/figure-designer .cursor/skills/figure-designer   # project; ~/.cursor/skills for all projects

Source (checked Oct 7, 2026): code.claude.com/docs/en/skills (opens in a new tab), support.claude.com/en/articles/12512180-using-skills-in-claude (opens in a new tab), learn.chatgpt.com/docs/build-skills (opens in a new tab), cursor.com/docs/context/skills (opens in a new tab)

What this skill does

Advises on the design of the three core figures in a technical paper: the Motivated Example (Figure 1), the Solution Overview (Methodology), and the Experimental Results figures. Recommends the right design paradigm, layout, labelling, and tool for each figure type, then runs a quality-control audit. Use when the user asks to 'design a figure', 'draw Figure 1', 'plot experiment results', 'choose the right chart type', 'which figure tool to use', or 'figure looks unprofessional'.

When it triggers

  • Use when the user asks to 'design a figure', 'draw Figure 1', 'plot experiment results', 'choose the right chart type', 'which figure tool to use', or 'figure looks unprofessional'.

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What is the Figure Designer skill?

Figure Designer is an agent skill (a SKILL.md file) from HKUSTDial/Supervisor-Skills. Advises on the design of the three core figures in a technical paper: the Motivated Example (Figure 1), the Solution Overview (Methodology), and the Experimental Results figures. It works with Claude Code, Codex and Cursor and has 8,430 GitHub stars across a repository of 2 listed skills. Its SKILL.md lives at github.com/HKUSTDial/Supervisor-Skills/skills/figure-designer.

How do I install the Figure Designer skill?

Copy the figure-designer folder (the one containing SKILL.md) into ~/.claude/skills/ for Claude Code, .agents/skills/ for Codex or .cursor/skills/ for Cursor. The agent picks it up automatically when a task matches its description.

Is the Figure Designer skill free?

Yes. The repository is open source under the CC-BY-4.0 license.

Is Figure Designer maintained?

The repository's most recent commit was on Sep 5, 2026. appsgit only lists skills from repositories with a commit in the last six months.