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FigRecipe (``scitex-plt``) - Reproducible Scientific Figures
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**FigRecipe** is a framework for creating reproducible, style-editable scientific figures via YAML recipes. It wraps matplotlib with automatic recording, enabling figures to be reproduced, modified, and shared. Part of `SciTeX <https://scitex.ai>`_.

.. figure:: /_static/figrecipe_concept.png
   :alt: FigRecipe: Reproducible Scientific Figures
   :width: 100%
   :align: center

   FigRecipe separates data, style, and specification for fully reproducible scientific figures.

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2
   :caption: Getting Started

   installation
   quickstart

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2
   :caption: User Guide

   terminology
   gallery
   style_reference
   cli_reference
   mcp_spec

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2
   :caption: API Reference

   api/figrecipe

Key Features
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- **Automatic Recording**: All matplotlib calls automatically recorded to YAML
- **Reproducibility**: Recreate any figure from its recipe file
- **Style Editing**: Change styles without regenerating data
- **Data Preservation**: Plot data saved to CSV files
- **CSV Column Input**: Reference CSV columns in declarative specs
- **Statistical Annotations**: Add significance brackets with p-values
- **Multi-Panel Composition**: Combine figures with fr.compose()
- **Diagrams**: Box-and-arrow diagrams with mm-based coordinates, 9 validation rules (R1--R9), auto-fix, and flex layout
- **MCP Integration**: AI agents can create figures via MCP server
- **47 Plot Types**: All standard matplotlib plot types supported

Quick Example
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Python API:

.. code-block:: python

    import figrecipe as fr
    import numpy as np

    # Create figure (auto-recording enabled)
    fig, ax = fr.subplots()

    # Standard matplotlib API
    x = np.linspace(0, 10, 100)
    ax.plot(x, np.sin(x), label="sin(x)")
    ax.set_xlabel("X")
    ax.set_ylabel("Y")
    ax.legend()

    # Save creates image + recipe + data CSVs
    fr.save(fig, "my_plot.png")

CLI:

.. code-block:: bash

    # Reproduce a figure from recipe
    figrecipe reproduce my_plot.yaml -o reproduced.png

    # Launch GUI editor
    figrecipe gui my_plot.yaml

    # Validate reproduction fidelity
    figrecipe validate my_plot.yaml

MCP Server:

.. code-block:: bash

    # Start MCP server for AI agent integration
    figrecipe mcp start

Four Freedoms for Research
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0. The freedom to **run** your research anywhere — your machine, your terms.
1. The freedom to **study** how every step works — from raw data to final manuscript.
2. The freedom to **redistribute** your workflows, not just your papers.
3. The freedom to **modify** any module and share improvements with the community.

AGPL-3.0 — because research infrastructure deserves the same freedoms as the software it runs on.

Indices and tables
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* :ref:`genindex`
* :ref:`modindex`
* :ref:`search`
