Use this skill when the target figure is driven by numerical transforms rather than an acoustic solver executable.
Recommended workflow
- Reconstruct the data pipeline before polishing the plot.
- Write intermediate arrays or tables when they help verify that the transform is correct.
- Keep axis labels, units, scales, and normalization choices explicit.
- Match the figure contract first, then tune presentation details like colors or line styles.
Common checks
- Sampling rate, window length, overlap, and detrending choices materially change spectra.
- Log-space vs linear-space plotting must match the paper.
- Frequency, range, depth, and time axes often need unit conversion before plotting.
- If the paper describes smoothing, averaging, interpolation, or resampling, implement it explicitly and record the assumption if details are missing.
Retrieval discipline
- Use
retrieval_materialize_reference only when you need exact library API semantics.