tikz-academic-diagrams

TikZ academic diagram creation guidelines and templates for publication-quality LaTeX figures.

Installation

npm install tikz-academic-diagrams

Usage

This package provides TikZ templates and guidelines for creating academic diagrams, especially for machine learning architectures.

Available Templates

• base-template.tex - Generic diagram starter
• neural-network.tex - Multi-layer neural network
• attention-mechanism.tex - Self-attention mechanism
• cnn-architecture.tex - Convolutional neural network layers

Copy Templates

# Copy a template to your project
cp node_modules/tikz-academic-diagrams/assets/base-template.tex my-diagram.tex
cp node_modules/tikz-academic-diagrams/assets/neural-network.tex my-network.tex

Compile TikZ Files

# Using lualatex
lualatex --output-format=dvi my-diagram.tex
dvisvgm my-diagram.dvi --font-format=woff

# Or use the npm script from this package
npm run tikz

Features

• Publication Quality: Designed for academic papers and presentations
• Math Formula Support: Native LaTeX math rendering
• Precise Positioning: Fine-grained control over layout
• Architecture Templates: Pre-built templates for ML architectures
• Best Practices: Includes styling guidelines and patterns

Claude Skill

This package also works as a Claude skill. When used with Claude Code, it provides:

• Interactive guidance for TikZ diagram creation
• Template selection based on diagram type
• Styling recommendations
• Troubleshooting help

License

MIT