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paperbanana-lite

Generate publication-quality academic illustrations using a multi-agent Gemini pipeline via a single-file script.

  • Area: Foundational
  • Category: diagramming
  • Level: advanced
  • Input: conversation
  • Output: diagram
  • Setup: api-key
  • Roles:

Generates publication-quality academic methodology diagrams, charts, graphs, visualizations, and statistical plots using a multi-agent Gemini pipeline.

How you ask

  • “Generate a methodology diagram for my research paper”
  • “Create a publication-quality chart from this data”
  • “Build a statistical visualization for my thesis appendix”
  • “Generate a figure for my manuscript showing the experimental pipeline”

Inputs

  • target_dir — Where to store reference sets (documented default ~/.paperbanana/reference_sets)
  • input — Text file with the methodology section (--input)
  • caption — Figure caption (--caption)
  • iterations — Refinement iterations (--iterations, default 3)
  • data — JSON file with the raw data (--data)
  • intent — Visual intent caption, including the chart form wanted (--intent)
  • image_ref — Existing render to refine
  • changes — What to change, stated as a delta from the current image

Outputs

  • Final image in the timestamped run directory the script creates under --output-dir, next to planning.json and the iter_N files
  • Final image of the new run directory; the prior run stays untouched for comparison
  • prefer a permanent directory)
  • setup-confirmation (markdown)