ClaudSkills / Science & Research / research-methods

Texforge

Category: Science & Research · Sub-category: research-methods

CLI tool for compiling LaTeX documents to PDF without TeX Live, MiKTeX, or any external LaTeX distribution. Use this skill whenever the user wants to create a LaTeX project, compile .tex files to PDF, format or lint LaTeX documents, manage templates, or work with the texforge CLI. Activate when the user mentions "texforge new", "texforge build", "texforge fmt", "texforge check", "texforge init", "texforge template", creating a thesis or academic document, compiling LaTeX without installing TeX Live, using tectonic as a LaTeX engine, project.toml configuration, or any workflow involving .tex files and the texforge tool.

What this skill does

Texforge is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the research-methods sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/texforge/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Texforge skill is built for researchers, data scientists, academics, and analysts working with complex data and scientific literature. It is part of the open ClaudSkills registry, a community-curated catalog of 56,000+ capabilities you can install for Claude Code — the Claude CLI agent.

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/texforge
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/texforge/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/texforge/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/texforge/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/texforge/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\texforge\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

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