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Last commit on May 14, 2026·Created on February 13, 2026

ndpvt-web/latex-document-skill

Turns any draft into a polished LaTeX PDF, from resume to thesis.
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TL;DR

This skill compiles LaTeX documents using a library of templates for resumes, academic papers, theses, reports, posters, cheat sheets, and more. It helps researchers, job seekers, business professionals, and conference presenters create professional PDFs with accurate bibliographies, data charts, and watermarks. Beyond creation, it converts PDFs back to editable LaTeX, runs mail merge from CSV data, and highlights version changes with latexdiff.

WHO IT'S FOR
Academic Researchers
write and format papers, theses, and dissertations
Job Seekers and Career Professionals
create ATS-optimized resumes, CVs, and cover letters
STEM Students and Educators
prepare homework, lab reports, exams, and lecture notes
Business and Administrative Professionals
generate reports, invoices, letters, and fillable PDF forms
Repository contents

1 skill file

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Use this skill

Follow the documented setup, then try a first task.

Claude Code user skill

Installs: Installs the complete LaTeX Document Skill folder into the current user's Claude Code skills directory. · Claude Code

Before you start
  • A local repository directory named `latex-document`.
  • For the documented functionality, the listed system dependencies are TeX Live, Poppler, ImageMagick, Pandoc, Python 3 with matplotlib, numpy, and pandas, and qpdf.

Run from: Parent directory containing the local `latex-document` repository folder

  1. In a terminal, copy the complete `latex-document` repository folder into the current user's Claude Code skills directory.

    cp -r latex-document ~/.claude/skills/
README.md · Checked Sep 18, 2026SKILL.md · Checked Sep 18, 2026

Give it something to do.

Suggested first task

Compile a LaTeX document

Uses latex-document-skill

  • Path to an existing `.tex` file
Use the latex-document-skill to compile the LaTeX source file at <path-to-document.tex> into a PDF with PNG previews. Report any compilation errors and identify the output files. Replace <path-to-document.tex> with the path to my source file.
SKILL.md · Checked Sep 18, 2026
Suggested first task

Convert a document to LaTeX

Uses latex-document-skill

  • Path to a Markdown, DOCX, or HTML document
Use the latex-document-skill to convert <path-to-input-document> from Markdown, DOCX, or HTML into LaTeX and compile it as a PDF with PNG previews. Replace <path-to-input-document> with my source document path.
SKILL.md · Checked Sep 18, 2026
Suggested first task

Create a chart and table from CSV

Uses latex-document-skill

  • Path to a CSV data file
Use the latex-document-skill to create a short LaTeX report from <path-to-data.csv> containing one appropriate chart and a formatted table, then compile it to PDF with PNG previews. Replace <path-to-data.csv> with my CSV file path.
SKILL.md · Checked Sep 18, 2026