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compile-latex skill

by pedrohcgs·pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow·1.6k stars·MIT

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`.

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Install the compile-latex skill

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git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow.git /tmp/claude-code-my-workflow
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/claude-code-my-workflow/.claude/skills/compile-latex ~/.claude/skills/compile-latex
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SKILL.md as published, without the frontmatter. Read it on GitHub

Compile Beamer LaTeX Slides

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

Steps

  1. 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 $ARGUMENTS.tex
  1. Check for warnings:
  • Grep output for Overfull \\hbox warnings
  • Grep for undefined citations or Label(s) may have changed
  • Report any issues found
  1. Open the PDF for visual verification:
open Slides/$ARGUMENTS.pdf          # macOS
   # xdg-open Slides/$ARGUMENTS.pdf    # Linux
  1. Report results:
  • Compilation success/failure
  • Number of overfull hbox warnings
  • Any undefined citations
  • PDF page count

Why 3 passes?

  1. First xelatex: Creates .aux file with citation keys
  2. bibtex: Reads .aux, generates .bbl with formatted references
  3. Second xelatex: Incorporates bibliography
  4. 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

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