nature-figure

1# Nature Figure Making — Router
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3## Routing protocol
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5For a new task, load the core and matching resources below. Reuse already loaded guidance on follow-ups; load more only when the task needs it.
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7### 0. Check for graphical-abstract and AI-schematic routes
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9For every graphical-abstract planning, generation, revision, or audit task that
10uses AI, read
11[references/ai-graphical-abstract-workflow.md](references/ai-graphical-abstract-workflow.md)
12first. It owns the message/audience brief, composition and palette workflow,
13policy gate, human scientific review, disclosure boundary, and provenance
14requirements. A Nature Careers article is practitioner advice, not submission
15clearance; verify the current official policy for the exact target journal.
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17If the request is planning or auditing only, do not ask for Python or R unless
18the user also asks to render or revise a data-driven figure.
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20If the user explicitly asks to generate a manuscript schematic, graphical abstract, mechanism diagram, concept illustration, or paper schematic with OpenRouter, GPT Image 2, an image-generation API, or similar wording, do **not** ask "Python or R?". This is a non-plotting AI-schematic route.
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22For this route:
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241. Read [manifest.yaml](manifest.yaml) and the `always_load` files.
252. Read [references/ai-graphical-abstract-workflow.md](references/ai-graphical-abstract-workflow.md).
263. Read [references/openrouter-image-generation.md](references/openrouter-image-generation.md).
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