AlterLab Scientific Schematics
Skill ActivePart of the AlterLab Academic Skills suite. Create publication-quality scientific diagrams using Nano Banana 2 AI with smart iterative refinement. Uses Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview for quality review. Only regenerates if quality is below threshold for your document type. Specialized in neural network architectures, system diagrams, flowcharts, biological pathways, and complex scientific visualizations.
To enable users to effortlessly create high-quality, publication-ready scientific diagrams using advanced AI, eliminating the need for manual drawing or complex tools.
Features
- AI-powered diagram generation via natural language
- Iterative refinement with quality review
- Specialized quality thresholds for document types
- Support for various scientific diagram types
- Automatic output optimization for publication
Use Cases
- Creating neural network architecture diagrams for papers
- Illustrating system architectures and data flow
- Visualizing complex biological pathways or signaling cascades
- Generating methodology flowcharts for study designs
- Producing diagrams for presentations, posters, and theses
Non-Goals
- Manual diagram editing or drawing
- Generating diagrams for non-scientific purposes
- Providing a vector graphics editing suite
- Creating diagrams without AI assistance
Workflow
- User provides a natural language description of the desired diagram.
- The skill constructs a detailed prompt including scientific diagram guidelines.
- Nano Banana 2 AI generates an initial image.
- Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview reviews the image against quality thresholds.
- If quality is below threshold, the prompt is improved based on critique, and regeneration occurs (up to max iterations).
- The final, highest-quality image is saved along with a review log.
Practices
- AI-driven content generation
- Iterative refinement workflows
- Quality assurance via AI review
Prerequisites
- OPENROUTER_API_KEY environment variable set
- Python 3.10+ and pip
- requests library installed
Maintenance
- warning:Dependency ManagementThe script relies on the 'requests' library, but there's no explicit mention of lockfiles or dependency update mechanisms like dependabot.
Execution
- warning:Pinned dependenciesThe script requires the 'requests' library, but it is not pinned via a lockfile, nor is the interpreter explicitly pinned with side-effect headers.
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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