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Add or extend a ScottPlot Cookbook recipe for an IPlottable, finding the right PlotTypes category or creating one when needed, with minimal style-matched examples.

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Source SKILL.md: https://github.com/ScottPlot/ScottPlot/blob/HEAD/.agents/skills/cookbook-add-recipe/SKILL.md

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Cookbook Recipe From IPlottable

If no plottable is named, ask before editing.

Paths: plottables in src/ScottPlot5/ScottPlot5/Plottables; recipes in src/ScottPlot5/ScottPlot5 Cookbook/Recipes/PlotTypes.

Fast path:

  1. Read the target plottable public API.
  2. Search existing PlotTypes recipes and read adjacent style.
  3. Add a nested RecipeBase to an existing category, or create a matching ICategory file in Recipes/PlotTypes.
  4. Keep code minimal, deterministic, and documentation-friendly.
  5. Run focused cookbook tests.
rg "class .*:.*IPlottable|class TARGET" src/ScottPlot5/ScottPlot5
rg "TARGET|CategoryName =>" "src/ScottPlot5/ScottPlot5 Cookbook/Recipes/PlotTypes"

New category basics: namespace ScottPlotCookbook.Recipes.PlotTypes, implement ICategory, Chapter => Chapter.PlotTypes, one quickstart recipe unless the requested behavior needs something else. Prefer myPlot.Add.*() APIs and deterministic Generate data. Avoid unnecessary titles, labels, legends, limits, styling, comments, refactors, or cleanup.

Validation:

dotnet test "src/ScottPlot5/ScottPlot5 Cookbook/ScottPlot Cookbook.csproj" --filter "FullyQualifiedName~RecipeTests"

If the new recipe must render during validation, run the cookbook project without the filter. Report the command and result.