How ComfyTex Works

ComfyTex is built around a three-layer multi-agent architecture. Each agent has a distinct, narrow responsibility. No single agent makes decisions across layers — the system is designed so that each stage validates and constrains the output of the previous one.

1. LLM Assembly Agent — reads your Markdown and your target venue's LaTeX template, then generates a first-draft .tex file. It understands template-specific conventions (preamble structure, sectioning commands, bibliography style) and maps your Markdown content into them.
2. LLM Checker Agent — audits the generated .tex for structural correctness: missing environments, broken cross-references, escaped-character errors, and template-compliance violations. It produces a structured error report.
3. LLM Overviewer Agent — receives both the draft and the error report, then applies targeted fixes. It does not regenerate from scratch — it surgically corrects the specific issues flagged by the Checker.

Each agent performs structural translation only. The pipeline never rewrites, paraphrases, summarises, or generates new academic content. Specifically:

• Maps Markdown headings (#, ##) to LaTeX sectioning commands (\section, \subsection)
• Converts $...$ and $...$ math into the template's required math environments
• Transforms Markdown tables into properly-structured tabular or table* environments
• Matches author-year citations to .bib entries and inserts template-appropriate \cite commands
• Copies figure assets into the output package and generates \includegraphics wrappers
• Preserves your paragraph structure, emphasis, and inline formatting exactly as written

Being transparent about limitations is how we earn trust. Here is what the pipeline explicitly avoids:

• Does not rewrite your prose. Your words stay yours. No paraphrasing, no "improving" — structural conversion only.
• Does not verify citation accuracy. If a reference in your .bib file has incorrect author names or years, ComfyTex carries them through verbatim.
• Does not guarantee float placement. LaTeX's float algorithm determines final figure/table positions at compile time. ComfyTex produces correct float code; final placement is a LaTeX compiler decision.
• Does not add or remove content. Every sentence in your Markdown appears in the output. Nothing is added, nothing is deleted.
• Does not format bibliographies. ComfyTex inserts \nocite{*} so your reference list renders. You supply the .bib file; the template's bibliography style handles formatting.

The ComfyTex pipeline is described in detail in a peer-reviewed technical paper: