Compile latex

Skill pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow/.claude/skills/compile-latex

Compile a Beamer LaTeX slide deck with XeLaTeX (3 passes + bibtex). Use when user says "compile", "build the slides", "rebuild the PDF", "run latex", "render the tex", or asks why a `.tex` file isn't producing a PDF. Operates on `Slides/*.tex`.From its SKILL.md

Install

npx -y skills add pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow --skill compile-latex

Assembled from the repository path, not quoted from the project. Check it against their README if it does not work.

One thing to look at

runs commandsInstructs the agent to run 7 commands, including `cd Slides` and 6 more.

SKILL.md

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Compile Beamer LaTeX Slides

Compile a Beamer slide deck using XeLaTeX with full citation resolution.

Steps

Navigate to Slides/ directory and compile with 3-pass sequence:

cd Slides
TEXINPUTS=../Preambles:$TEXINPUTS xelatex -interaction=nonstopmode $ARGUMENTS.tex
BIBINPUTS=..:$BIBINPUTS bibtex $ARGUMENTS
TEXINPUTS=../Preambles:$TEXINPUTS xelatex -interaction=nonstopmode $ARGUMENTS.tex
TEXINPUTS=../Preambles:$TEXINPUTS xelatex -interaction=nonstopmode $ARGUMENTS.tex

Alternative (latexmk):

cd Slides
TEXINPUTS=../Preambles:$TEXINPUTS BIBINPUTS=..:$BIBINPUTS latexmk -xelatex -interaction=nonstopmode $ARGUMENTS.tex

Check for warnings:
- Grep output for Overfull \\hbox warnings
- Grep for undefined citations or Label(s) may have changed
- Report any issues found

Open the PDF for visual verification:

open Slides/$ARGUMENTS.pdf          # macOS
# xdg-open Slides/$ARGUMENTS.pdf    # Linux

Report results:
- Compilation success/failure
- Number of overfull hbox warnings
- Any undefined citations
- PDF page count

Why 3 passes?

First xelatex: Creates .aux file with citation keys
bibtex: Reads .aux, generates .bbl with formatted references
Second xelatex: Incorporates bibliography
Third xelatex: Resolves all cross-references with final page numbers

Important

Always use XeLaTeX, never pdflatex
TEXINPUTS is required: your Beamer theme lives in Preambles/
BIBINPUTS is required: your .bib file lives in the repo root

What ships with it

Read from the repository

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