Compiletex — Development skill for Claude Code
Compile LaTeX and report errors/warnings.
How to install Compiletex
Installs to ~/.claude/commands/scunning1975-mixtapetools-compiletex.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/commands && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/scunning1975/MixtapeTools/HEAD/.claude/commands/compiletex.md -o ~/.claude/commands/scunning1975-mixtapetools-compiletex.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What Compiletex does
name: compiletex description: Compile LaTeX and report errors/warnings. Use after editing any .tex file. allowed-tools: Bash(pdflatex*), Bash(latexmk*), Bash(ls*), Read, Glob argument-hint: [tex-file-path]
Compile LaTeX
Compile the specified .tex file and report all errors and warnings.
Usage
The user provides a path to a .tex file (or you infer it from context).
Steps
- Identify the .tex file
- If argument provided, use that path
- If no argument, look for .tex
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