Openclaw Skills for kirklin-typst helps you create, customize, compile, and preview polished Typst documents from reusable templates in one fast workflow.
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What is kirklin-typst?
kirklin-typst is a template-driven Typst document workflow built for producing polished, compile-tested outputs with minimal friction. It is designed around curated document templates that you copy into your workspace, customize, and then compile into PDF with per-page PNG previews for visual verification.
This skill is especially useful for academic and research writing, including NeurIPS and arXiv-style papers, but it also supports any .typ document that needs a reliable build-and-preview pipeline. Openclaw Skills makes the process repeatable by combining template selection, self-contained styling, Typst compilation, and preview delivery into a single developer-friendly flow.
kirklin-typst Use Cases
- Writing a research paper or academic manuscript in Typst, especially NeurIPS/arXiv style.
- Converting an existing
.typfile into a compiled PDF. - Generating page-by-page PNG previews to verify layout before delivery.
- Copying a complete template into a working directory and customizing titles, authors, and sections.
- Building self-contained document projects without depending on network-fetched preview packages.
- Extending the framework with new document types by adding template directories.
How kirklin-typst Works
- Select the right template. Match the requested document type against
references/templates.md, withneurips-paperas the current research-paper option. - Copy the template into the working area. Duplicate the entire template directory into the user-visible output location, typically
./outputs/, so the document remains self-contained. - Edit the document content. Update the main
.typfile and any included section files, following the template-specificREADME.mdfor required replacements. - Compile the document. Run
scripts/compile.sh <path>/paper.typ --previewto executetypst compile, produce the PDF, and render one PNG preview per page. - Review the previews. Inspect the generated PNG pages to confirm layout, typography, and correctness before handing off the final PDF.
- Deliver the result. Share the preview images and the compiled PDF with the user, keeping outputs in
./outputs/for transparency and reuse.
kirklin-typst Setup
- Ensure the required tooling is available:
typst --version
pdftoppm -h
Install dependencies if needed. You need the
typstCLI andpoppler-utilsforpdftoppmpreviews.Choose a template from
references/templates.mdand copy it to a writable output directory such as./outputs/.Customize the copied template rather than editing the source template in place.
Compile with previews:
bash scripts/compile.sh <path>/paper.typ --preview
- Optional flags supported by the compiler wrapper:
bash scripts/compile.sh FILE.typ [--preview] [--preview-dir DIR] [--dpi N] \
[--root DIR] [--font-path DIR]
- If you need more detail, inspect the wrapper help:
bash scripts/compile.sh --help
- Use
--rootto control file access scope and--font-pathto add custom fonts when required.
kirklin-typst Data Schema & Taxonomy
Openclaw Skills for kirklin-typst organizes document generation as a template-first file system rather than a single monolithic project.
Core structure
| Path | Purpose |
|---|---|
templates/ |
Complete, compile-tested document templates that can be copied and customized. |
templates/neurips-paper/paper.typ |
Main build file for the current NeurIPS/arXiv-style paper template. |
references/templates.md |
Template catalog and guidance for choosing the correct document type. |
references/adding-templates.md |
Contract for adding new template directories and registering them. |
scripts/compile.sh |
Wrapper that runs typst compile and generates PNG previews. |
./outputs/ |
User-visible destination for generated and customized documents. |
Template taxonomy
- Document type: e.g. research paper, academic paper, future template categories.
- Build entrypoint: the primary
.typfile to compile. - Self-contained assets: local style functions, figures, and section files that travel with the template.
- Preview artifacts: PDF output plus one PNG per page for visual review.
Output conventions
- Generated work should be written to
./outputs/. - Templates should be copied before editing.
- Styling should live in local
.typfunctions instead of remote@previewdependencies. - User prose must be escaped for Typst special characters when injected into templates.
kirklin-typst Advanced Features
- Single-pass Typst compilation with automatic resolution of references, citations, and outlines.
- Per-page PNG preview generation for rapid visual QA after every build.
- Self-contained template architecture that avoids network-dependent preview packages.
- Template catalog approach that makes Openclaw Skills extensible for new document types.
- Support for custom root paths and font directories through
scripts/compile.shflags. - Clean separation between reusable templates and user-specific outputs for safer iteration.
- Guidance for escaping Typst syntax in user-provided prose and math content to prevent build errors.
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