dreamlab-ai LaTeX Documents
LaTeX document preparation with the TeX Live toolchain: papers, reports, books, Beamer presentations, math typesetting, and bibliography management.
Quick path
Basic document → PDF:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{amsmath, amssymb}
\title{Document Title}
\author{Author Name}
\date{\today}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\section{Introduction}
Content here...
\end{document}
pdflatex document.tex # single pass
latexmk -pdf document.tex # preferred: auto-resolves passes + bib deps
With a bibliography (references.bib + biblatex/biber):
\usepackage[backend=biber,style=ieee]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{references.bib}
% ... \cite{author2025} ... \printbibliography
latexmk -pdf -bibtex document.tex
# or manually: pdflatex → biber document → pdflatex → pdflatex
Math (inline $E = mc^2$, display \[...\], equation, align) → see
references/latex-reference.md.
When to use
Academic papers, research articles, theses, technical reports, publication-quality
typesetting, math-heavy documents, Beamer presentations, and multi-chapter books
managed with \include/\input.
When not to use
- Simple markdown that doesn't need LaTeX formatting — write markdown directly.
- Comprehensive reports with multi-LLM research, charts, Wardley maps — use report-builder.
- Diagrams/flowcharts as code — use mermaid-diagrams.
- Web docs not compiled to PDF — markdown or HTML fits better.
- Slide decks outside Beamer (HTML/reveal.js) — standard web tools.
Prerequisites
- TeX Live: texlive-basic, texlive-bin, texlive-binextra, texlive-fontsrecommended, texlive-latexrecommended
- Bibliography: biber for biblatex processing
- Engines/tools: pdflatex, xelatex, lualatex, latexmk
Missing package → tlmgr install <package>. Use xelatex/lualatex for system fonts.
Beamer presentations
Quick start with the bundled AmurMaple theme:
\documentclass{beamer}
\usetheme{Amurmaple}
\title{My Presentation}\author{Your Name}\date{\today}
\begin{document}
\frame{\titlepage}
\begin{frame}{First Slide}
\begin{itemize}\item Point 1\item Point 2\end{itemize}
\end{frame}
\thanksframe{Thank you!}
\end{document}
Start from a template and compile with the helper script:
# templates/beamer/{amurmaple-basic,amurmaple-academic,amurmaple-technical}.tex
cd examples/beamer
./compile-beamer.sh your-presentation.tex --biber # add --handout / --lualatex as needed
Full theme detail (color variants, options, frame/block types, overlays, columns,
code listings, TikZ, handouts, notes, troubleshooting) is in
references/beamer.md. One-page cheat-sheet: BEAMER-QUICK-REFERENCE.md.
Live examples: examples/beamer/ (demo + USAGE-EXAMPLES.md).
Deeper reference
references/latex-reference.md holds the full catalog and cookbook:
- Command reference (compile engines, bib tools, utilities)
- Document classes (
article/report/book/beamer/IEEEtran/acmart) - Common packages (essential, bibliography, tables/figures, code listings)
- Multi-file projects, math environments, output formats
- Best practices, compilation/bibliography/font troubleshooting
- Jupyter → LaTeX export, technical details
Beamer specifics: references/beamer.md. Module implementation notes:
BEAMER-MODULE-SUMMARY.md.
Related skills
- jupyter-notebooks — generate LaTeX from notebooks.
- report-builder — create figures for inclusion.