Peer Review
spacering-net/codeg
Structured manuscript/grant review with checklist-based evaluation.
A skill your agent uses when explaining or planning around ISSTA peer review, covering double-anonymous reviewing, at least three PC reviews, the Accept/Major-Revision/Reject outcome model, the…
Install Issta Review Process
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill issta-review-process -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills issta-review-process --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/ISSTA-Skills/skills/issta-review-process .claude/skills/issta-review-process && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "issta-review-process" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/ISSTA-Skills/skills/issta-review-process into .claude/skills/issta-review-process/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "issta-review-process", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/ISSTA-Skills/skills/issta-review-processType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill issta-review-process -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills issta-review-process --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/ISSTA-Skills/skills/issta-review-process .agents/skills/issta-review-process && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "issta-review-process" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/ISSTA-Skills/skills/issta-review-process into .agents/skills/issta-review-process/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "issta-review-process", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill issta-review-process -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills issta-review-process --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/ISSTA-Skills/skills/issta-review-process .cursor/skills/issta-review-process && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "issta-review-process" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/ISSTA-Skills/skills/issta-review-process into .cursor/skills/issta-review-process/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "issta-review-process", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git --path ISSTA-Skills/skills/issta-review-process--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill issta-review-process -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills issta-review-process --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/ISSTA-Skills/skills/issta-review-process .gemini/skills/issta-review-process && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "issta-review-process" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/ISSTA-Skills/skills/issta-review-process into .gemini/skills/issta-review-process/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "issta-review-process", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills issta-review-processInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill issta-review-process -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/ISSTA-Skills/skills/issta-review-process .github/skills/issta-review-process && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "issta-review-process" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/ISSTA-Skills/skills/issta-review-process into .github/skills/issta-review-process/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "issta-review-process", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill issta-review-process -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills issta-review-process --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/ISSTA-Skills/skills/issta-review-process .opencode/skills/issta-review-process && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "issta-review-process" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/ISSTA-Skills/skills/issta-review-process into .opencode/skills/issta-review-process/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "issta-review-process", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
issta-review-process- GitHub stars
- 1.2k
- Token cost
- ~1.1k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 478 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 2,387
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
A skill your agent uses when explaining or planning around ISSTA peer review, covering double-anonymous reviewing, at least three PC reviews, the Accept/Major-Revision/Reject outcome model, the…
- Planning around ISSTA peer review
- SKILL.md covers Process model, The named evaluation criteria, Who reviews here and Stage-by-stage realism, plus 1 more section
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
- Covering double-anonymous reviewing
What it does
Issta Review Process is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when explaining or planning around ISSTA peer review, covering double-anonymous reviewing, at least three PC reviews, the Accept/Major-Revision/Reject outcome model, the phase-two major-revision resubmission, the named evaluation criteria, how the decision is actually synthesized, and how earlier editions ran multiple rolling deadlines.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
It sits in Research & Science, covering Peer review. The repository describes itself as: Journal-specific Claude Code/Codex skill packs covering mainstream journals — AER, QJE, Nature, Cell, 管理世界, 经济研究 & 200+ more — your fast track to getting published. ｜ 覆盖主流期刊的… The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Planning around ISSTA peer review
- Covering double-anonymous reviewing
- At least three PC reviews
- The Accept/Major-Revision/Reject outcome model
Example prompts
- “/issta-review-process”
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 932eb23. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Issta Review Process loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 91 tokens; SKILL.md has 478 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
SKILL.md
The full file from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills at commit 932eb23, republished under its MIT licence (© brycewang-stanford). 478 words, ~1,066 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/issta-review-process/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- issta-review-process
- description
- Use when explaining or planning around ISSTA peer review, covering double-anonymous reviewing, at least three PC reviews, the Accept/Major-Revision/Reject outcome model, the phase-two major-revision resubmission, the named evaluation criteria, how the decision is actually synthesized, and how earlier editions ran multiple rolling deadlines.
ISSTA Review Process
Use this to reason about review-stage strategy. ISSTA review is double-anonymous and its outcome model is richer than accept/reject, so plan around the Major-Revision path from the start. Reopen the current call and dates page before making process claims — the number of deadlines and the exact mechanics change between editions.
Process model
- Reviewing is double-anonymous: reviewers do not see author identities and authors do not see reviewer identities.
- Each paper receives at least three PC reviews; chairs solicit more when expertise is thin or reviewers disagree sharply.
- First-round outcomes are Accept, Major Revision, or Reject. A Major-Revision paper revises against a fixed later deadline and receives a terminal decision — it is a real second chance, not a soft reject, and reviewers expect the revision to address their points concretely.
- Earlier editions (e.g. ISSTA 2023, 2024) ran two rolling submission deadlines, where a first-deadline paper could be sent a major revision to the second deadline while second-deadline papers got only accept/reject. The multi-round model is genuine ISSTA history; its exact shape is cycle-specific, so confirm the current one.
- Accepted papers are published in the ACM Digital Library, so final metadata and camera-ready compliance matter alongside the initial decision.
The named evaluation criteria
| Criterion | What raises it | What sinks it |
|---|---|---|
| Originality | A technique or question the field did not have | A re-parameterized variant of existing work |
| Importance of contribution | A result the testing/analysis community will reuse | A narrow gain with no reuse story |
| Soundness | Claims scoped to what is actually shown | Overclaimed scope; unstated assumptions |
| Evaluation | Real subjects, fair baselines, proper statistics | Toy subjects, mis-configured baselines, single runs |
| Presentation | A clear threat model and evaluation contract | Undefined scope; results without protocol |
| Comparison to related work | Delta stated against the nearest techniques | Missing the closest competitor |
| Verifiability / transparency | Pinned subjects and a runnable artifact | Unshared subjects, unregenerable tables |
The last two — comparison and verifiability — are where testing/analysis papers most often lose avoidable ground, because the nearest baseline and the shared artifact are both checkable.
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Who reviews here
- The PC is specialized in testing and analysis, so a reviewer will know the closest tool, the standard benchmark, and the usual statistical protocol. Vague baselines and hand-picked subjects get caught rather than skimmed past.
- Borderline papers usually fall on one of three edges: an evaluation that does not use an established benchmark, a baseline configured to lose, or a claim broader than the subjects tested.
Stage-by-stage realism
- Initial reviews: read for the criteria the meta-reviewer will weigh, not for reviewer tone.
- Response / discussion: address the decision-critical objection first; an early precise reply beats a late comprehensive one.
- Major Revision: treat every comment as a tracked change and walk the ledger in the resubmission; reviewers who see their points addressed in order revise upward.
- Decision: the meta-review synthesizes; one unresolved soundness or evaluation objection outweighs several resolved presentation complaints.
Output format
[Current stage] submitted / reviews / response / major-revision / decision / camera-ready
[Outcome model] accept / major-revision / reject
[Decision actors] <reviewers / meta-reviewer / chairs>
[Likely leverage] <soundness / evaluation / comparison / verifiability>
[Forbidden moves] <identity leak / unpromised new results in the box>
[Next response move] <one action>© brycewang-stanford, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Files
Just SKILL.md in ISSTA-Skills/skills/issta-review-process of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23
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What does Issta Review Process do?
A skill your agent uses when explaining or planning around ISSTA peer review, covering double-anonymous reviewing, at least three PC reviews, the Accept/Major-Revision/Reject outcome model, the…. Issta Review Process is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when explaining or planning around ISSTA peer review, covering double-anonymous reviewing, at least three PC reviews, the Accept/Major-Revision/Reject outcome model, the phase-two major-revision resubmission, the named evaluation criteria, how the decision is actually synthesized, and how earlier editions ran multiple rolling deadlines.
When should I use Issta Review Process?
Issta Review Process fits situations like: planning around ISSTA peer review; covering double-anonymous reviewing; at least three PC reviews; the Accept/Major-Revision/Reject outcome model.
How do I install Issta Review Process in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill issta-review-process -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (ISSTA-Skills/skills/issta-review-process in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .claude/skills/issta-review-process in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Issta Review Process in Codex?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill issta-review-process -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (ISSTA-Skills/skills/issta-review-process in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .agents/skills/issta-review-process in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Issta Review Process in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill issta-review-process -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/issta-review-process, .gemini/skills/issta-review-process, .github/skills/issta-review-process and .opencode/skills/issta-review-process in your project.
What does Issta Review Process need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Issta Review Process is instructions for the agent only.
Does Issta Review Process access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Issta Review Process safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Issta Review Process use?
Issta Review Process is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Issta Review Process use?
About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.3k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
What are the alternatives to Issta Review Process?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Issta Review Process: Peer Review (spacering-net/codeg, 3.9k stars), Scholar Evaluation (spacering-net/codeg, 3.9k stars), Academic Paper Writing Pipeline (Imbad0202/academic-research-skills, 51k stars) and Academic Paper Reviewer (Imbad0202/academic-research-skills, 51k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Issta Review Process?
brycewang-stanford (a GitHub user) maintains it in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, which has 1,231 GitHub stars. The repository holds 2,387 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 27, 2026.
Source: brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.