Skill guide: /figure — editable vector diagrams

figure draws diagrams — study flow, protocol, conceptual framework, path/SEM model, analysis pipeline, concept tree, simple charts — as native vector figures from a figure DSL. Not for photographic or illustrative art: that is /illustrate.

How to call it

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/figure Draw the study flow diagram for the experiment designed in this session: recruitment → screening → randomization → HRV biofeedback (4 weeks) vs active control → post-test (PSS-10) → 3-month follow-up. Use a journal template.

It reads the session — a design or an analysis earlier in the chat — so you describe the figure, not the study.

What happens

The diagram is built as nodes, edges and groups in a journal template and rendered as SVG.
It opens in the figure panel: drag, rename, recolor, or type a change in "Describe a change…"; undo/redo keep the history.
"Edit in workspace" opens the full editor: select shapes and points, align, compose panels, save versions.

The figure panel with "Describe a change…" above the canvas.

The full-page editor for the same figure.

What you get

The figure artifact (editable), exportable to SVG, PNG, PDF and PPTX with shapes and text intact.
Session citations can be attached to nodes; multi-panel figures compose several artifacts with panel letters.

Design-step figures — protocol flow, expected results, power curve — are drawn by the same engine.

Tips

Name the template ("Nature-style", "APA") and the palette; the figure follows it.
Place an illustration inside a diagram as a node icon by referencing it by name.