systems-paper-writing

Comprehensive guide for writing systems papers targeting OSDI, SOSP, ASPLOS, NSDI, and EuroSys. Provides paragraph-level structural blueprints, writing patterns, venue-specific checklists, reviewer guidelines, LaTeX templates, and conference deadlines. Use this skill for all systems conference paper writing.

Quality

88%

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Content

77%

Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

A well-structured, highly actionable systems-paper blueprint with clear workflows and checklists, undermined only by some philosophical padding and broken LaTeX-template references. The core progressive disclosure is sound but the missing templates/ directories are a real navigation defect.

Suggestions

Either create the referenced templates/osdi2026/, nsdi2027/, asplos2027/, and sosp2026/ directories or remove the "LaTeX Templates" section and the "LaTeX templates" claim from the description to avoid dead links.

Trim the "Writing Philosophy" section (e.g. the OS-process-state metaphor) and consolidate the per-section "Source:" attribution lines to reduce token overhead.

Move the long page-allocation and conference-difference tables into a reference file if they grow, keeping SKILL.md as a lean overview.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	Mostly dense, actionable structural guidance (page budgets, sentence counts, checklists), but the "Writing Philosophy" aphorisms and repeated "Source:" attribution lines pad the body and could be tightened without losing value.	2 / 3
Actionability	Provides concrete, copy-ready instruction: 5-sentence abstract template, the "X is better for Y in Z" thesis formula, numbered contribution lists, G1–Gn gap mapping, and the "state every conclusion three times" rule — actionable without needing code.	3 / 3
Workflow Clarity	A clear 6-step "Workflow: Structuring a New Systems Paper" sequence is paired with an explicit validation checkpoint (Step 5 runs the pre-submission checklist), matching the clear-sequence-with-checklist anchor.	3 / 3
Progressive Disclosure	The five references/.md links are real, well-signaled, and one level deep, but all four templates/ paths (osdi2026/, nsdi2027/, asplos2027/, sosp2026/) referenced in the body do not exist, breaking navigation for a promised deliverable.	2 / 3
	Total	10 / 12 Passed

Description

100%

Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

A strong, specific description with an explicit Use-when trigger, natural venue keywords, and a clearly bounded niche. It uses third-person voice and names concrete deliverables rather than vague fluff.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Lists multiple concrete capabilities — "paragraph-level structural blueprints, writing patterns, venue-specific checklists, reviewer guidelines, LaTeX templates, and conference deadlines" — matching the multiple-specific-actions anchor.	3 / 3
Completeness	Clearly answers what ("Provides ... blueprints, writing patterns ...") and when with an explicit trigger ("Use this skill for all systems conference paper writing"), satisfying both halves.	3 / 3
Trigger Term Quality	Natural venue keywords users would say ("systems papers", "OSDI, SOSP, ASPLOS, NSDI, and EuroSys", "conference paper writing") are well covered rather than generic jargon.	3 / 3
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	Narrow niche of systems-conference paper writing with named venues and an explicit "Use this skill for all systems conference paper writing" trigger makes it unlikely to fire for unrelated skills.	3 / 3
	Total	12 / 12 Passed

Validation

87%

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Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation — 14 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

Criteria	Description	Result
frontmatter_unknown_keys	Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata	Warning
relative_links	Relative link issues: 4 missing	Warning

	Total	14 / 16 Passed

Repository: Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs
Path: 20-ml-paper-writing/systems-paper-writing/SKILL.md
Commit: 773a529

Reviewed: about 12 hours ago

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