Alterlab Matplotlib
Skill ActivePart of the AlterLab Academic Skills suite. Low-level plotting library for full customization. Use when you need fine-grained control over every plot element, creating novel plot types, or integrating with specific scientific workflows. Export to PNG/PDF/SVG for publication. For quick statistical plots use seaborn; for interactive plots use plotly; for publication-ready multi-panel figures with journal styling, use scientific-visualization.
To serve as a low-level plotting library for full customization in scientific workflows, enabling users to create novel plot types and export them for publication.
Features
- Low-level plotting for fine-grained control
- Support for various plot types (line, scatter, bar, heatmap, 3D, etc.)
- Extensive customization of plot elements (colors, styles, labels)
- Guidance on using both pyplot and object-oriented APIs
- Exporting plots to PNG, PDF, and SVG formats
- Best practices for scientific visualizations
Use Cases
- Creating publication-quality scientific visualizations
- Developing novel plot types beyond standard offerings
- Integrating plotting into specific scientific computing workflows
- Customizing every element of a plot for precise aesthetic control
Non-Goals
- Quick statistical plots (suggests seaborn)
- Interactive plots (suggests plotly)
- Publication-ready multi-panel figures with journal styling (suggests scientific-visualization)
Trust
- warning:Issues AttentionThere are 2 open issues and 0 closed issues in the last 90 days, indicating slow response to new issues.
Installation
npx skills add AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-Academic-SkillsRuns the Vercel skills CLI (skills.sh) via npx — needs Node.js locally and at least one installed skills-compatible agent (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, …). Assumes the repo follows the agentskills.io format.
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