# Templates Index Eight production-grade PDF templates — every CREATE / REFORMAT skeleton renders via Playwright HTML+CSS → PDF (no token pipeline, no LaTeX). Use them as starting points; copy, re-skin, and render. > **Diversity reminder.** Each skeleton ships with a baseline palette, fonts, and section ordering > so the layout demo works out-of-the-box. **Adapt these to the user's brand, topic, mood, or > audience every time** — do not return three different documents using the same bronze/gold (menu) > or navy (research report) palette. Each README §7 lists the **structural invariants** you must > keep and the **swappables** you should vary. | Slug | Route | Use case | Trigger keywords | | ------------------------- | -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------- | | bilingual-menu-premium | CREATE | Premium bilingual menus | "menu", "bilingual menu", "餐厅菜单" | | brand-guide-2page | CREATE | 2-page brand guide | "brand guide", "design system" | | data-viz-report | CREATE | Chart-rich data analysis brief | "data report", "可视化", "benchmark", "图文报告" | | multi-article-aggregator | CREATE | Article digest / anthology | "article digest", "newsletter" | | multilang-research-report | CREATE | Multi-country research report | "research report", "regulatory survey" | | reformat-default | REFORMAT | Default markdown / text / pdf reformat | "reformat", "markdown to PDF", "重排版" | | translate-preserve-layout | REFORMAT | Translate while preserving layout | "translate PDF", "翻译保版" | | form-fill-acroform | FILL | Government / official form fill | "fill form", "visa form", "签证表" | | latex-technical-book | LATEX_TECHNICAL_BOOK | Chinese technical books / engineering monographs | "技术书", "源码解析书", "LaTeX 技术出版", "O'Reilly 风格" | ## Usage ### CREATE — copy a skeleton, fill placeholders, render ```bash # 1. Pick a template cat templates/INDEX.md # the file you are reading cat templates//README.md # 7-section recipe (when-to-use → generalization) # 2. Copy the skeleton + edit cp templates//skeleton.html /tmp/work/page.html $EDITOR /tmp/work/page.html # replace tokens # 3. Render (15s settle if Chart.js is on the page) bash scripts/make.sh render --in /tmp/work/page.html --out /tmp/work/out.pdf --wait 15000 # 4. Verify pdfinfo /tmp/work/out.pdf | grep Pages open /tmp/work/out.pdf ``` ### REFORMAT — single-command markdown → PDF ```bash bash scripts/make.sh reformat \ --input doc.md --out report.pdf \ --title "My Report" --author "Jane" --accent "#0a7488" ``` The `reformat-default` template is auto-applied. Pass `--template ` to use a different `templates/reformat-*/` skeleton. ### FILL — see [form-fill-acroform/README.md](form-fill-acroform/README.md) ```bash bash scripts/make.sh fill probe form.pdf ``` ## Per-template files Each `templates//` contains: - `README.md` — the full seven-section recipe (when-to-use / pipeline / shape / visual / skeleton / pitfalls / generalization). - `skeleton.html` (or `skeleton.json` / `pipeline.md`) — a copy-and-edit starting point with placeholders marked ``. - A small helper file when relevant (`terminology.template.json`, `field_values.template.json`). ## Case exemplars | Case | Source | Use when | Files | | ---------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Goldman China Two Sessions email translation | EML research report with cid charts | Rich HTML email report must be translated to Chinese PDF while preserving charts/images and links; read `../docs/email-translation-goldman-two-sessions-case.md` first | `translate-preserve-layout/cases/goldman-china-two-sessions-cn.html` | | Apple M-series AI static academic data-viz | Markdown report with Chinese prose + numeric tables | Data-heavy Markdown must become an A4 print-academic PDF with source hierarchy preserved and static charts only; read `../docs/markdown-static-academic-data-viz-case.md` first | `data-viz-report/cases/apple-m-ai-static-academic/source.html` | | AI voice cloning regulatory survey | Five-jurisdiction legal/regulatory research prompt | Multi-country regulatory survey must become a Chinese A4 print-academic PDF with bilingual research, fact-checking, comparison table, and source ratings; read `../docs/ai-voice-cloning-regulatory-report-case.md` first | `multilang-research-report/cases/ai-voice-cloning-regulatory/source.html` | | MiniMax web brand guide two-pager | Live brand website + current MiniMax assets | Website-to-brand-guide PDF where real logo, palette, concise voice rules, and exact two-page A4 pagination matter; read the case README first | `brand-guide-2page/cases/minimax-web-brand-guide/README.md`; `brand-guide-2page/cases/minimax-web-brand-guide/source.html` | | Italian Schengen visa AcroForm fill | Chinese employment certificate PDF + DOCX travel itinerary + official visa PDF | Fill official visa/Schengen AcroForm from source materials, transform Chinese facts to Latin form values, leave unknowns blank, and report missing fields; read `../docs/italy-schengen-visa-acroform-case.md` first | `form-fill-acroform/cases/italy-schengen-visa-zhangwei/field_values.case.json`; `form-fill-acroform/cases/italy-schengen-visa-zhangwei/extract_pdfs_key_info.py`; `form-fill-acroform/cases/italy-schengen-visa-zhangwei/USER-FINAL-SUMMARY.template.md` | | Annual-report compact financial digest (LaTeX) | 200+ page listed-company annual report PDF | Extract financial highlights and segment revenue, generate static charts, then compile a dense Chinese table-first LaTeX digest when user wants broker-research/academic style without whitespace; read `../docs/annual-report-financial-digest-latex-case.md` first | `data-viz-report/cases/annual-report-financial-digest-latex/source.tex`; `data-viz-report/cases/annual-report-financial-digest-latex/build_charts.py` | | Chinese technical book (LaTeX) | Structured HTML / Markdown chapters for a technical book | Long-form source-code reading or engineering book needs B5 book typography, O'Reilly-like cover, clickable TOC, code blocks, callouts, and diagrams; read `../docs/latex-technical-book-guide.md` first | `latex-technical-book/source.tex`; `latex-technical-book/README.md` | | Legal contract round-trip professional PDF | Legacy Word/DOCX Chinese contract template | Convert DOC/DOCX contract to professional A4 PDF + Markdown + HTML + round-trip DOCX with fidelity-loss report; read `../docs/docx-contract-roundtrip-professional-case.md` first | `reformat-default/cases/pku-contract-roundtrip/source.html`; `reformat-default/cases/pku-contract-roundtrip/source.md`; `reformat-default/cases/pku-contract-roundtrip/docx_engine.py` | ## When nothing matches - Document is structurally close to a template → **adapt the closest one** and re-skin (palette + cover archetype). Faster than from-zero authoring. - Completely different shape → hand-author HTML following [`../docs/html-pdf-spec.md`](../docs/html-pdf-spec.md) (the mechanical contract) and [`../docs/design-guide.md`](../docs/design-guide.md) (the aesthetic contract). Copy individual primitives (KPI grid, chart card, pill table, conclusion block) from `data-viz-report/skeleton.html`. - Still unsure → read a reference PDF first via the READ route: `python3 -m scripts.read_pdf_vision --input --pages 1`, understand the structure, then choose.