Auto Paper Figure

Purpose

Create figure contracts and caption audits before any plotting or asset edits. This branch is not the default drawing tool; enter it when the operator asks for figure work, when TeX already references figures, when source PDFs or Markdown notes mention needed figures/tables, or when harden finds figure/caption risk.

Required Inputs

• figure assets and source data when available
• figure_requirement_scan.md when source materials mention figures/tables
• current claim_register.md
• current citation_support_bank.md
• tex_inventory.json figure references
• ../../../.agents/references/research-supervision-patterns.md
• ../../../.agents/references/research-supervision/scientific-plotting.md
• target venue constraints for resolution, format, panels, and captions

Outputs

Write under auto_paper_output/<paper_id>/:

• figure_asset_map.md
• figure_contract.md
• caption_claim_map.md
• figure_backend_report.md

Rules

• Every quantitative or qualitative caption claim must map to a registered claim, local evidence item, or citation support row.
• Classify each planned figure as motivated example, solution overview, experimental result, or supporting figure.
• Conceptual review figures are allowed, but their caption must be framed as a synthesis or route hypothesis and must cite the source claims it visualizes.
• Do not generate new plots from unverified data paths or inferred metrics.
• If a PDF proposes a figure but the data needed for a quantitative panel is absent, keep the figure as a conceptual schematic, mark the quantitative panel USER_GATE, or write a RUN_REQUEST when the missing data is an experiment artifact.
• Preserve panel labels, file names, and LaTeX graphics references unless the patch plan explicitly changes them.
• If plotting is requested but inputs are incomplete, return USER_GATE.

Gate Ledger

Report a Gate ledger entry with commands run, artifacts written, figure/caption gate result, any USER_GATE or NOT_RUN reason, and the next owner before handoff.