brycewang-stanford Beamer → Quarto Translation Workflow
Full translation of a Beamer LaTeX lecture to Quarto RevealJS HTML slides.
CRITICAL: The Beamer .tex file is the SINGLE SOURCE OF TRUTH.
Phase 0: Pre-Flight Checks
0A. Environment Parity Audit
Scan Beamer for all custom environments. Verify CSS equivalents exist in your theme SCSS. If any are missing, create them FIRST.
0B. TikZ Freshness Verification
Run /extract-tikz to verify SVGs match current Beamer source.
0C. RDS Data Inventory
List all RDS files needed for interactive charts.
0D. Citation Key Mapping
Extract all citations from Beamer, map to bibliography keys.
Phase 1: Pre-Translation Preparation
- Read complete Beamer source, count frames
- Inventory figures (TikZ → SVG, R plots → plotly, other → SVG)
Phase 2: Create QMD File with YAML Header
- Standard RevealJS YAML with theme, logo, footer, bibliography
- Setup chunk for R data loading if needed
Phase 3: Slide-by-Slide Translation
- Delegate to
beamer-translatoragent - 1:1 frame-to-slide mapping
- Verbatim math, environment parity, no font reduction
Phase 4: TikZ Diagram Integration
Reference extracted SVGs with 0-based indexing.
Phase 5: R Figure Integration (Plotly-First)
Interactive plotly from RDS data, static SVG for TikZ/complex figures.
Phase 6: First Render & Content Fidelity Check
Render, count slides, go through EVERY slide checking for issues.
Phase 6.5: Pedagogical Review
Run pedagogy-reviewer before visual polish.
Phase 7: Visual Polish
Semantic colors, transition slides, framing sentences.
Phase 8: Proofreading
Run /proofread on the QMD file.
Phase 9: Final Verification & Deployment
Render, open in browser, verify all elements.
Phase 10: Beamer Source Sync
Apply any corrections back to Beamer source.
Phase 11: Documentation
Update CLAUDE.md, session log, create PR.