Paper Compile

Paper Compile is an Automation skill for Claude Code, published by OpenLAIR in dr-claw.

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ai-agentsai-scientistauto-researchclaude-codeclaude-science-desktop-alternativeclaude-science-freeliterature-reviewpaper-writingresearch-assistant

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Install Paper Compile

Copy Paper Compile into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/OpenLAIR/dr-claw/tree/main/skills/aris-paper-compile ~/.claude/skills/aris-paper-compile

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/OpenLAIR/dr-claw.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: skills/aris-paper-compile/SKILL.md in OpenLAIR/dr-claw
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/aris-paper-compile
Collection: One of 25 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Automation — 1523 skills

What Paper Compile does

Paper Compile compiles a LaTeX paper into a PDF, diagnoses build errors, and checks the final output. Use it when you need to build a submission-ready paper or fix compilation issues.

Paper Compile is cataloged under Automation on DirSkills. Paper Compile comes from a repository tagged ai-agents, ai-scientist, auto-research, claude-code and claude-science-desktop-alternative.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

Paper Compile: LaTeX to Submission-Ready PDF

Compile the LaTeX paper and fix any issues: $ARGUMENTS

Constants

COMPILER = latexmk — LaTeX build tool. Handles multi-pass compilation automatically.
ENGINE = pdflatex — LaTeX engine. Options: pdflatex (default), xelatex (for CJK/custom fonts), lualatex.
MAX_COMPILE_ATTEMPTS = 3 — Maximum attempts to fix errors and recompile.
PAPER_DIR = paper/ — Directory containing LaTeX source files.
MAX_PAGES — Page limit. ML conferences: main body to Conclusion end (excluding references & appendix). ICLR=9, NeurIPS=9, ICML=8. IEEE venues: references ARE included in page count. IEEE journal ≈ 12-14 pages, IEEE conference ≈ 5-8 pages (all inclusive).

Workflow

Step 1: Verify Prerequisites

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Commands Paper Compile provides

Slash commands named in this skill’s SKILL.md, listed in the order they first appear.

/aris-paper-write

Frequently asked about Paper Compile

What else does OpenLAIR publish alongside Paper Compile?
Paper Compile is one of 25 skills that DirSkills catalogs from OpenLAIR/dr-claw, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include ARIS Infra, Ablation Planner and Academic Researcher. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Paper Compile does, and is maintained by OpenLAIR in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the OpenLAIR/dr-claw page.
How does Paper Compile compare to other Automation skills?
Paper Compile ranks #819 by stars among the 1523 Automation skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Autonomous Loops, Autonomous Agent Harness and Automation Audit Ops. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Paper Compile against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.