quartopress

quartopress

Publication-ready tables and manuscript pipeline for Quarto-based academic projects.

Install

# As a Python package
uv add quartopress

# As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin install github:shakestzd/quartopress

Quick Start

Scaffold a new manuscript project

quartopress-init ./my-manuscript --title "My Study" --journal prs

Build tables from data

from quartopress import TableSpec, build_prs_document

# From CSV
spec = TableSpec.from_csv("data.csv", label="Table 1. Demographics")

# From explicit rows
spec = TableSpec(
    label="Table 2. Results",
    headers=["Metric", "Value"],
    rows=[("Sensitivity", "99.3%"), ("Specificity", "84.4%")],
)

# Generate Word document with three-line table formatting
build_prs_document(
    title_bold="Table 1. ",
    title_text="Patient Demographics",
    tables=[spec],
    output_path="Table 1.docx",
)

Build the upload package

cd my-manuscript
uv run python scripts/build_upload.py

Claude Code Plugin

When installed as a plugin, quartopress provides:

Component	Description
ai-tell-fixer agent	Detects and fixes AI writing markers (em-dashes, "Furthermore", "delve", etc.)
manuscript-reviewer agent	Reviews sections against journal requirements and reviewer comments
table-builder agent	Generates publication-ready Word tables from CSV data
manuscript-setup skill	Scaffolds a new Quarto manuscript project
build-upload skill	Generates complete journal upload packages
journal-compliance skill	Validates manuscript against journal requirements
/build-manuscript command	Runs the full build pipeline

Table Formatting

Tables use the standard three-line academic format:

• Thick top border
• Thin rule under header row
• Thick bottom border
• No internal gridlines, no shading

Supports landscape orientation, section headers within tables, and multi-table documents.