Agent skill · writing content · k-dense-ai
venue-templates
Prepare journal manuscripts, conference papers, research posters, and grant documents using venue-specific formatting guidance and bundled LaTeX scaffolds. Use when selecting an official template, checking current page or anonymity rules, adapting academic writing to a venue, or inspecting a submission PDF.
Why this skill is useful
Provides venue-specific formatting guidance and LaTeX scaffolds that the AI wouldn't reliably generate on its own.
What it needs
Requires python installed locally. About 6k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-03. 32,849 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
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. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills k-dense-ai/venue-templates