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Scientific visualization Claude skill

The Scientific visualization skill helps an AI assistant create and audit scientific figures using Matplotlib, Seaborn, or Plotly.

What the Scientific visualization skill does

It helps an assistant design figures, lay out multi-panel plots, and show uncertainty and missing data. It also covers color and contrast review, image metadata validation, and planning journal export. It is meant for publication-ready scientific figures.

What it covers

  • Figure design and multi-panel layouts
  • Uncertainty and missing-data displays
  • Color and contrast review
  • Image metadata validation
  • Journal export planning
  • Plotly static and interactive export guidance

How to install it

Other ways

npx skills add K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills

This installs the whole K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills collection, which includes this skill.

git clone https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills.git ~/.agents/skills/scientific-agent-skills

This installs the whole K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills collection, which includes this skill.

What you need

In its documentation's own words:

  • “Requires Python 3.11+ and uv for pinned examples”
  • “Plotly static export with Kaleido v1 requires a compatible Chrome/Chromium installation”

Steps change between versions. Check the official instructions before you install.