Create lecture

Skill brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/skills/12-pedrohcgs-claude-code-my-workflow/dot-claude/skills/create-lecture

Create new Beamer lecture from papers and materials. Guided workflow with notation consistency.From its SKILL.md

Install

npx -y skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill create-lecture

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SKILL.md

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Lecture Creation Workflow

Create a beautiful, pedagogically excellent Beamer lecture deck.

This is a collaborative, iterative process. The instructor drives the vision; Claude is a thinking partner.

CONSTRAINTS (Non-Negotiable)

Read the knowledge base FIRST — notation registry, narrative arc, applications database
Every new symbol MUST be checked against the notation registry
Motivation before formalism — no exceptions
Worked example within 2 slides of every definition
Max 2 colored boxes per slide
No \pause or overlay commands (check project rules)
Transition slides at major conceptual pivots
Thread at least 1 running empirical application throughout
All citations verified against the bibliography
Work in batches of 5-10 slides — share for feedback, don't bulk-dump

WORKFLOW

Phase 0: Intake & Context

Read knowledge base and creation guide
Inventory provided materials (papers, slides, code)
Read previous lecture's structure and ending
State pedagogical goal, get user confirmation

Phase 1: Paper Analysis (When Papers Provided)

Split into chunks, extract key ideas
Map paper notation → course notation
Identify slide-worthy content
Present summary for approval

Phase 2: Structure Proposal

Propose outline (5-Act or 3-Part template)
List TikZ diagrams and R figures needed
List new notation to introduce
GATE: User approves before Phase 3

Phase 3: Draft Slides (Iterative)

Work in batches of 5-10 slides
Check notation, apply creation patterns
Quality checks during drafting

Phase 4: Figures & Code

R scripts following conventions
TikZ diagrams in Beamer source (single source of truth)
Save RDS for future Quarto integration

Phase 5: Polish & Compile

Full 3-pass compilation
Run Devil's Advocate
Run Substance Review (if domain reviewer configured)
Update knowledge base with new notation

Post-Creation Checklist

[ ] Lecture compiles without errors
[ ] No overfull hbox > 10pt
[ ] All citations resolve
[ ] Every definition has motivation + worked example
[ ] Max 2 colored boxes per slide
[ ] 2-3 Socratic questions embedded
[ ] Transition slides between sections
[ ] At least 1 running application threaded throughout
[ ] New notation added to knowledge base
[ ] Session log updated
[ ] Devil's Advocate run

What ships with it

Read from the repository

Just SKILL.md. No reference files, no scripts.