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Use when the user needs an academic poster, conference poster, poster-style visual summary, section planning, figure-text balance, or poster packaging workflow.

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Academic Poster Workflow

Create a poster-ready content package without duplicating the full workflows of the other writing skills.

Purpose

This skill is for poster-specific organization:

  • define the poster's audience and message
  • decide what belongs on the poster and what must be omitted
  • convert literature or manuscript content into poster sections
  • route figure/layout work to /draw and /document

Do not treat a poster like a shortened paper. A poster is a visual argument with a small number of high-priority claims.

When To Use

Use this skill when the user wants:

  • a conference poster
  • a poster-style literature summary
  • a visual one-page research overview
  • help deciding poster sections, text density, and figure priorities

If the user mainly wants:

  • a slide deck: route to /document
  • a long written report: route to /technical-report
  • a paper section: route to /paper-writing

Workflow

1. Clarify Poster Context

Identify:

  • target venue or audience
  • poster goal: present a study, summarize a topic, or pitch a direction
  • expected size or format if the user knows it
  • available materials: workspace papers, manuscript draft, figures, data

2. Choose The Content Source

Use one main upstream workflow:

SituationRoute
Poster summarizes a research field/literature-review
Poster presents a user's own paper or method/paper-writing
Poster motivates a new topic or open problem/research-gap

3. Build A Poster Skeleton

Default sections:

  1. Title + one-sentence claim
  2. Background / problem
  3. Method or comparison frame
  4. Key evidence or findings
  5. Main takeaway
  6. References / contact / QR block if needed

Keep these rules:

  • one central claim, not many equal claims
  • prefer figures, tables, and short bullets over dense prose
  • each section should answer one question only
  • remove any paragraph that needs sustained close reading

4. Route Assets And Packaging

  • Use /draw when the poster needs diagrams, cleaned figures, timelines, or concept maps.
  • Use /document when the result should be packaged into a practical file such as PPTX or another layout-friendly deliverable.
  • If the user explicitly needs a print-ready poster size, keep the poster structure here, then use /document to implement the layout.

Output Pattern

Recommended outputs inside workspace/<name>/:

  • poster-outline.md
  • poster-copy.md
  • poster-assets/
  • packaged deliverable from /document

Principles

  • Poster first: optimize for scanability, not completeness.
  • Visual priority: text exists to support figures and claims.
  • Claim discipline: every block must support the poster's main message.
  • Honest scope: current first-class packaging is via /document; do not imply a dedicated poster renderer if none exists.

Example

用户说："帮我把这个工作区做成一个 conference poster" → 用本 skill确定 poster 骨架和主张，再转 /paper-writing 或 /literature-review 生成文案，必要时接 /draw 和 /document