# Paper Latex Sanitizer

> Deterministically normalize safe LaTeX punctuation and replace unsupported forecast magnitudes with explicit placeholders before meta-paper-write publication gates run.

- Skill: `gabrielmoreira/paper-latex-sanitizer` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add gabrielmoreira/paper-latex-sanitizer`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/gabrielmoreira/paper-latex-sanitizer/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: gabrielmoreira (https://skillmd.com/u/gabrielmoreira)
- Updated: 2026-09-09
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/gabrielmoreira/paper-latex-sanitizer

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# Paper LaTeX sanitizer

Internal deterministic pre-publication sanitizer for `meta-paper-write`.
It runs before the length, citation, and publication-quality gates.

The sanitizer performs only two bounded repairs:

- normalize U+2011, U+2013, and isolated U+2014 punctuation to LaTeX-safe
  ASCII equivalents while preserving paired Chinese em dashes (`——`);
- when `EVIDENCE_STATUS: not_supplied`, replace concrete forecast magnitudes
  in results-facing sections with `TBD` / `待实验确定`. Planned setup values
  remain intact. A declared result threshold remains intact only when the same
  magnitude is present in the authoritative user request/paper contract;
  labeling an invented number as a target or hypothesis does not preserve it;
- remove only the known generated `figure_placeholder_template` or
  `table_placeholder_template` input line when the same manuscript already
  contains the corresponding inlined figure/table environment. Arbitrary user
  `\input{...}` commands and non-redundant template inputs remain untouched.

For an artifact-backed package, the referenced `MANUSCRIPT_PATH` is replaced
atomically and the compact manifest is returned. Inline manuscript packages
are normalized in the returned package. This step is not a quality gate: the
independent `paper-quality-gate` must still run afterwards and block any
unsupported semantic claims that remain.