figure-table-auditlisted

# Figure and Table Auditor ## Heritage and scope This is an original Open Science Skills workflow for manuscript QA. It remixes general figure/table and citation-compliance ideas from Cheng-I Wu's *Academic Research Skills for Claude Code* (CC BY-NC 4.0), but is rewritten for open-science social-science manuscripts. It is not a visual hallucination engine: when a claim requires reading plotted values from an image, prefer source data or mark the issue as needing author verification. This is the **end-stage** auditor. For figure design and production guidance during drafting, use the `figures` skill; for table design, use the `tables` skill. Run `figure-table-audit` once the figure and table set is stable and you are preparing for submission. ## Instructions ### 1. Orient before auditing Identify: - Manuscript source and compiled output, if any. - Figure directory, table files, appendix/SI files, and build command. - Target journal or style guide. - Whether figures are generated from code, manually edited, or exported from software. - Whether source data for figures/tables are available. If only a PDF is available, state that cross-reference and value checks are lower confidence. ### 2. Inventory figures and tables Build an inventory with: - Figure/table number or label. - File path or source location. - Caption/title. - First in-text callout. - Appendix/SI location if applicable. - Producing script or data source, if visible. Check: - Every in-text callout resolv