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Generate a LaTeX conference poster from project memory.

/poster builds a publication-ready academic conference poster as a .tex file from your .neuroflow/ project memory. Choose a template size, optionally add a QR code, and Claude will extract your title, authors, methods, key results, and conclusions — then run the draft through an iterative poster-critic review loop before saving.

When to use it

  • Before a conference (SfN, OHBM, FENS, COSYNE, NeurIPS…)
  • For a lab retreat or departmental poster session
  • When you want a print-ready poster tied directly to your project data

What it does

Claude asks:

  1. Conference name — used to infer the standard poster size if not specified
  2. Template size — five options (see below)
  3. QR code URL — preprint DOI, OSF page, GitHub repo, or skip
  4. Authors and affiliations — confirmed or updated from project_config.md
  5. Which sections to include — all five standard sections or a subset

Then Claude reads the relevant .neuroflow/ phase files, populates the template, and submits the draft to the poster-critic agent for iterative review (up to 3 cycles).

Template sizes

Option Size Orientation Typical use
A A0 (841 × 1189 mm) Portrait Most European conferences; SfN, OHBM, FENS
B A0 (1189 × 841 mm) Landscape Wide-format boards; side-by-side figures
C A1 (594 × 841 mm) Portrait Lab retreats, seminars, smaller venues
D 90 × 120 cm Portrait Common European conference custom size
E 48 × 36 in Landscape US conferences (COSYNE, NeurIPS, SfN US booths)

All templates use the tikzposter LaTeX class with a consistent blue colour theme and support the qrcode package for QR code generation.

QR code

If you provide a URL, Claude inserts a \qrcode{} block in the poster footer. The poster-critic agent will flag a missing or placeholder QR URL if you requested one.

Recommended targets:

  • bioRxiv preprint: https://doi.org/10.1101/XXXX
  • OSF preregistration URL
  • GitHub repository
  • Lab or personal page

Iterative critic review

Before every review round Claude compiles the poster and renders page 1 as a small preview image, so the critic judges the printed layout, not just the source. It needs a TeX installation (latexmk or pdflatex) and one of pdftoppm, mutool or magick; without them the loop runs on the source alone and says so.

The .tex source, the compile log summary and the preview are reviewed by the poster-critic agent against a five-area rubric:

  1. Content accuracy — title, authors, objectives, N, methods, results with numerical values, references
  2. Visual balance — column proportions, section density, title prominence
  3. Scientific communication — claims stated with statistics, figure captions, appropriate jargon level
  4. QR code — present and non-placeholder (if requested)
  5. LaTeX correctness — column fractions ≤ 1.0, required packages, no unclosed environments

The loop runs up to 3 iterations. Unresolved issues are logged to .neuroflow/poster/critic-log.md.

Compilation

The last compiled PDF is in poster/build/. To compile again yourself:

cd poster
pdflatex poster-YYYY-MM-DD.tex

Or with latexmk:

latexmk -pdf poster-YYYY-MM-DD.tex

Required packages: tikzposter, qrcode, graphicx, booktabs, amsmath — all in TeX Live ≥ 2020 and MiKTeX.

Figures: Replace each \includegraphics{figures/...} stub with the actual figure file. Use .pdf or .eps for vector graphics; .png/.jpg for bitmaps.

Output

Direction Files
Reads .neuroflow/project_config.md, .neuroflow/flow.md, .neuroflow/ideation/flow.md, .neuroflow/data-analyze/flow.md, .neuroflow/paper/flow.md, .neuroflow/preregistration/flow.md
Writes poster/poster-YYYY-MM-DD.tex, poster/build/ (compiled PDF, previews), .neuroflow/poster/critic-log.md, .neuroflow/poster/flow.md, .neuroflow/sessions/YYYY-MM-DD.md

If a same-date .tex file exists, a version suffix is added (-v2, -v3, etc.).

  • /slideshow — build a talk slide deck for the same conference
  • /paper — write up the results as a manuscript
  • /write-report — generate a prose summary of the project
  • /output — package the poster file for sharing or archiving