name: julia-makie-recipes description: Create custom Makie plot types using recipes for reusable, themeable visualizations. Use this skill when implementing plot recipes in Makie extensions.

Julia Makie Recipes

Create custom Makie plot types using recipes. This skill assumes recipes live in package extensions (see julia-pkgextension).

Type Recipes (Conversions)

function Makie.convert_arguments(P::Type{<:Makie.Heatmap}, data::MyType)
    matrix = extract_matrix(data)
    return Makie.convert_arguments(P, matrix)
end

Full Recipes (Custom Plots)

Makie.@recipe(CircuitPlot, circuit) do scene
    Makie.Theme(;
        gatewidth = 0.8,
        wirecolor = :black,
    )
end

Implement plot!

function Makie.plot!(plot::CircuitPlot)
    circuit = plot[:circuit][]
    Makie.lines!(plot, xs, ys; color = plot.wirecolor)
    Makie.scatter!(plot, points; markersize = 10)
    return plot
end

Notes

• Pass the recipe plot object as the first argument to primitives.
• Use plot.attr[] for the current value and plot.attr for Observables.

Checklist

• Add Makie as a weak dep via Pkg (pkg> add --weak Makie)
• Add [extensions] mapping for {Package}MakieExt
• Create stub functions in the main package (with docstrings)
• Implement the recipe and Makie.plot! in the extension
• Test with CairoMakie and GLMakie

Reference

• Complete Examples - Full extension example with recipes
• Patterns - Attributes, reactivity, axis configuration

Related Skills

• julia-pkgextension - Package extension setup
• julia-docs - Documenting extension functionality