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Awesome-Agent-Skills-for-Empirical-Research latex-to-typst

Translates LaTeX documents (.tex) to Typst (.typ), focusing on article-class documents. Use when asked to convert, port, migrate, or translate LaTeX to Typst. Covers document structure, text formatting, page layout, math equations and symbols, figures, tables, TikZ-to-CeTZ diagrams, bibliography, cross-references, footnotes, and code blocks. Includes comprehensive symbol mapping tables.

install
source · Clone the upstream repo
git clone https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Agent-Skills-for-Empirical-Research
Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/
T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Agent-Skills-for-Empirical-Research "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/latex-to-typst" ~/.claude/skills/brycewang-stanford-awesome-agent-skills-for-empirical-research-latex-to-typst && rm -rf "$T"
manifest: skills/22-christopherkenny-skills/skills/latex-to-typst/SKILL.md
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LaTeX to Typst Translation Guide

A comprehensive reference for converting LaTeX article-class documents to Typst.

When to Use This Skill

  • User asks to convert, port, or translate a 
    .tex
    file to 
    .typ
  • User wants to know the Typst equivalent of a LaTeX command
  • User is migrating an academic paper or report from LaTeX to Typst
  • User needs help with specific LaTeX environments in Typst

Quick Navigation: Use What Reference

TaskReference File
Overall document structure, preamble → set rules01-document-structure.md
Bold, italic, fonts, font sizes, colors02-text-formatting.md
Margins, page size, columns, headers/footers03-page-layout.md
\section
, 
\subsection
, numbering		04-headings-sections.md
itemize
, 
enumerate
, 
description
05-lists.md
Math mode, equations, aligned, matrices, operators06-math.md
Symbol table: arrows, Greek, operators, sets, logic07-math-symbols.md
\includegraphics
, 
figure
environment, subfigures		08-figures.md
tabular
, 
booktabs
, 
tabularx
, multirow/multicolumn		09-tables.md
BibTeX, biblatex, natbib → 
bibliography
, 
cite
10-bibliography.md
\label
, 
\ref
, 
\eqref
, 
\autoref
11-cross-references.md
TikZ → CeTZ diagrams12-diagrams-cetz.md
verbatim
, 
lstlisting
, 
minted
; footnotes, links		13-misc.md

Key Conceptual Differences

Preamble → 
set
and 
show
Rules

LaTeX uses a 

\documentclass{article}
preamble with 
\usepackage
calls. Typst replaces this with 
set
rules (for properties) and 
show
rules (for transformations), placed at the top of the document.

% LaTeX
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}
\usepackage{fontenc}
\setmainfont{Times New Roman}

// Typst equivalent
#set page(paper: "a4", margin: 1in)
#set text(font: "Times New Roman", size: 12pt)

No 
\begin
/
\end
Environments

Most LaTeX environments have direct Typst function equivalents. For example:

LaTeXTypst
\begin{equation}...\end{equation}
$ ... $
(block, with space)
\begin{figure}...\end{figure}
#figure(...)
\begin{tabular}...\end{tabular}
#table(...)
\begin{itemize}...\end{itemize}
- item
(markup)

Content vs. Code Mode

In Typst, 

#
switches from markup mode into code mode. Inside 
#{ }
blocks or function arguments, you write code. Markup is the default.

Units

LaTeXTypstNotes
pt
pt
Same
em
em
Same
cm
cm
Same
mm
mm
Same
in
in
Same
\textwidth
100%
(relative to container)		—
0.5\textwidth
50%
—

Minimal Article Template

% LaTeX article
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\title{My Paper}
\author{Jane Doe}
\date{\today}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\begin{abstract}
This paper...
\end{abstract}
\section{Introduction}
Hello world.
\end{document}

// Typst equivalent
#set page(margin: 1in)
#set text(size: 12pt)

#align(center)[
  = My Paper
  Jane Doe \
  #datetime.today().display()
]

#set par(justify: true)

*Abstract.* This paper...

= Introduction

Hello world.

For a more polished article template with abstract box, see 01-document-structure.md.

Workflow for Full Document Conversion

  1. Convert preamble → 
    #set page()
    , 
    #set text()
    , 
    #set par()
    (see 03-page-layout.md, 02-text-formatting.md)
  2. Convert sectioning → 
    =
    , 
    ==
    , 
    ===
    (see 04-headings-sections.md)
  3. Convert math → inline 
    $...$
    , block 
    $ ... $
    (see 06-math.md, 07-math-symbols.md)
  4. Convert figures → 
    #figure(image(...), caption: [...])
    (see 08-figures.md)
  5. Convert tables → 
    #table(...)
    or 
    #figure(table(...), ...)
    (see 09-tables.md)
  6. Convert bibliography → 
    #bibliography("refs.bib")
    + 
    @key
    citations (see 10-bibliography.md)
  7. Convert TikZ → 
    #canvas({...})
    with CeTZ (see 12-diagrams-cetz.md)
  8. Fix cross-references → 
    <label>
    + 
    @label
    (see 11-cross-references.md)