venue-templates

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---
name: venue-templates
description: Prepares journal manuscripts, conference papers, research posters, and grant documents using venue-specific formatting guidance and bundled LaTeX scaffolds. Supports selecting an official template, checking current page or anonymity rules, adapting academic writing to a venue, or inspecting a submission PDF.
license: MIT license
compatibility: Requires Python 3.11+ for helper scripts; LaTeX and Poppler command-line tools are optional for compilation and PDF inspection. Needs network access to verify current venue instructions.
metadata:
  version: "1.6"
  last-reviewed: "2026-10-01"
  skill-author: K-Dense Inc.
---

# Venue Templates

Prepare publication and funding documents without treating stale formatting details as authoritative. This skill combines:

- a verification-first workflow for current venue rules;
- bundled LaTeX scaffolds for a small, explicit set of document types;
- writing-style and reviewer-expectation guides; and
- local helpers for discovering, copying, and inspecting templates.

## Mandatory Currency Rule

Venue requirements are time-sensitive. Before giving exact page limits, deadlines, style-file names, anonymity rules, or required sections:

1. Identify the exact venue, year or funding cycle, track, and article or proposal type.
2. Open the official author instructions, call, solicitation, notice of funding opportunity (NOFO), or policy guide.
3. Record the source URL and the date checked.
4. Distinguish initial submission, revision/rebuttal, and camera-ready rules.
5. Treat bundled files as scaffolds unless this skill explicitly says they are a copy of an official template.

Never infer a current style-file name by changing the year in an old filename. Never present a generic scaffold as an official venue template.

## When to Use

Use this skill for:

- locating official journal or conference author instructions;
- checking page limits, required sections, anonymity, supplemental-material rules, or citation style;
- choosing and adapting a bundled LaTeX scaffold;
- preparing NSF, NIH, DOE, DARPA, or foundation proposal documents;
- designing a research poster after checking event-specific dimensions;
- adapting prose to a venue's audience and reviewer expectations; or
- inspecting a PDF's page count and embedded fonts.

## Verification-First Workflow

### 1. Resolve the exact target

Ask for or derive:

- venue or funding agency;
- year/cycle and track;
- document type, such as research article, short paper, main track, R01, or R21;
- submission stage; and
- authoring format, such as LaTeX or Word.

Do not combine rules from similarly named venues or tracks.

### 2. Consult the right reference

| Need | Reference |
|---|---|
| Journal submission and official publisher resources | `references/journals_formatting.md` |
| Conference rules and 2026 verified snapshots | `references/conferences_formatting.md` |
| Poster sizes, layout, and accessibility | `references/posters_guidelines.md` |
| NSF, NIH, DOE, DARPA, and foundation proposals | `references/grants_requirements.md` |
| Cross-venue writing comparison | `references/venue_writing_styles.md` |
| Nature and Science writing | `references/nature_science_style.md` |
| Cell Press writing | `references/cell_press_style.md` |
| Medical journal writing | `references/medical_journal_styles.md` |
| ML and computer-vision conference writing | `references/ml_conference_style.md` |
| ACL, EMNLP, CHI, and other CS writing | `references/cs_conference_style.md` |
| Review criteria and rebuttals | `references/reviewer_expectations.md` |

Reference files summarize rules but do not override the current official source.

### 3. Capture a compliance note

Before editing, write a short note in the working document or task log:

```text
Target: ICML 2026 main track, initial submission
Official source: https://icml.cc/Conferences/2026/AuthorInstructions
Checked: 2026-10-01
Main-text limit: 8 pages
References/appendices: additional pag