Paper Spine Latex

PaperSpine LaTeX

Use this skill for LaTeX assembly, template integration, figure placement, citations, labels, and compile-safety checks. Do not change manuscript logic unless rewrite/build outputs require it.

Required Inputs

• revised manuscript or built manuscript
• target template if any
• figures, tables, bibliography, and source files
• paper_rewriting_output/figure_asset_map.md when building from materials

Required Outputs

• updated LaTeX project; for from-materials builds, use paper_rewriting_output/final_paper/main.tex
• compiled PDF when a TeX engine is available; for from-materials builds, use paper_rewriting_output/final_paper/paper.pdf
• paper_rewriting_output/latex_report.md
• paper_rewriting_output/final_artifact_manifest.md when producing final deliverables
• optional paper_rewriting_output/final_paper/paper.docx plus paper_rewriting_output/word_report.md

Rules

• Keep content work separate from LaTeX scaffolding.
• Preserve citation keys and labels unless there is a verified reason to rename.
• Copy approved images into figures/ and use stable labels.
• Run scripts/latex_guard.py when available.
• Record unresolved compile or asset issues in latex_report.md.
• Do not treat Markdown as the final manuscript when the workflow is build_from_materials.
• For Chinese output, prefer XeLaTeX and a CJK-capable template. For English output, follow the target template or use a conservative article template.
• If no TeX engine is available, keep the .tex and record that compilation was skipped in latex_report.md.
• If compilation fails despite an available engine, keep the .tex, write the first fatal error to latex_report.md, and do not claim the artifact check passes.
• If generating Word, run scripts/word_guard.py final_paper/paper.docx --markdown --output paper_rewriting_output/word_report.md and fix failures before presenting the Word file as usable.

Read references/latex-source-control.md before structural LaTeX edits.