posterskill-academic-posters

claude

/make-poster

poster/                  # this repo
├── .claude/
│   └── commands/
│       └── make-poster.md   # the skill command
├── overleaf/            # your cloned Overleaf project
├── references/          # optional reference PDFs for style matching
└── poster/              # generated output
    ├── index.html       # the poster (self-contained)
    └── logos/           # downloaded institutional logos

// Swap two cards by ID
posterAPI.swapCards('method', 'results')
 
// Move a card to a specific column and position
posterAPI.moveCard('quant', 'col1', 2)
 
// Resize a column (in mm)
posterAPI.setColumnWidth('col1', 280)
 
// Set a specific card's height (in mm)
posterAPI.setCardHeight('method', 150)
 
// Scale all text globally
posterAPI.setFontScale(1.5)
 
// Measure whitespace waste (lower = better layout)
posterAPI.getWaste()
 
// Get the current layout as an object
posterAPI.getLayout()
 
// Get the full config as JSON (paste back to Claude)
posterAPI.getConfig()
 
// Reset to default layout
posterAPI.resetLayout()

const { chromium } = require('playwright');
 
async function optimizePoster() {
  const browser = await chromium.launch();
  const page = await browser.newPage();
  
  await page.goto(`file://${__dirname}/poster/index.html`);
  
  // Use the posterAPI to adjust layout programmatically
  const waste = await page.evaluate(() => posterAPI.getWaste());
  console.log('Whitespace waste:', waste);
  
  // Resize a column
  await page.evaluate(() => posterAPI.setColumnWidth('col1', 300));
  
  // Take a screenshot for visual verification
  await page.screenshot({ path: 'poster-preview.png', fullPage: true });
  
  // Generate PDF at print resolution
  await page.pdf({
    path: 'poster.pdf',
    width: '841mm',   // A0 landscape width
    height: '1189mm',
    printBackground: true,
  });
  
  await browser.close();
}

const CARD_REGISTRY = {
  abstract: {
    title: "Abstract",
    color: "#f0f4ff",
    body: `
      <p>Your abstract text here. Supports full JSX including
      <strong>bold</strong>, <em>italic</em>, and inline math.</p>
    `
  },
  method: {
    title: "Method",
    color: "#fff8f0",
    body: `
      <img src="figures/pipeline.png" style={{width:'100%'}} />
      <p>Caption describing the pipeline above.</p>
    `
  },
  results: {
    title: "Results",
    color: "#f0fff4",
    body: `
      <table>...</table>
    `
  }
};

const DEFAULT_LAYOUT = {
  columns: [
    {
      id: 'col1',
      widthMm: 280,
      cards: ['abstract', 'method']
    },
    {
      id: 'col2', 
      widthMm: 320,
      cards: ['results', 'quant']
    },
    {
      id: 'col3',
      widthMm: 280,
      cards: ['conclusion', 'references']
    }
  ]
};

// In CARD_REGISTRY, add a new card
custom_fig: {
  title: "Qualitative Results",
  color: "#fafafa",
  body: `
    <div style={{display:'grid', gridTemplateColumns:'1fr 1fr', gap:'8px'}}>
      <img src="figures/result1.png" style={{width:'100%'}} />
      <img src="figures/result2.png" style={{width:'100%'}} />
    </div>
    <p style={{fontSize:'0.85em', textAlign:'center'}}>
      Comparison on held-out test scenes.
    </p>
  `
}

{ id: 'col2', widthMm: 320, cards: ['results', 'custom_fig'] }

const DEFAULT_LOGOS = [
  { src: 'logos/university.png', height: 60 },
  { src: 'logos/lab.png', height: 50 },
  { src: 'logos/sponsor.png', height: 45 },
];